{"id":15305,"date":"2016-05-13T06:47:39","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T11:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=15305"},"modified":"2016-05-13T06:47:39","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T11:47:39","slug":"book-report-paradines-guantlet-by-don-pendleton-1983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/13\/book-report-paradines-guantlet-by-don-pendleton-1983\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Report: Paradine’s Guantlet<\/i> by “Don Pendleton” (1983)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Book<\/a>This book<\/a> is one of the underperformers in the series. In it, a planeful of diplomats is captured by a terrorist who wants Mack Bolan to deliver a briefcase full of diamonds as ransom. However, the kidnapping and ransom are merely a pretext to draw Bolan into a trap so a survivor of one of his earlier exploits can get revenge. However, news of the content of the suitcase leaks, which means that a number of European groups want it for themselves.<\/p>\n

The book features the debut of a new RV with weaponry like the one immoliated at the end of the Pendleton-authored books and the return of April Rose to the field; when she gets wounded, I figured she was a goner as she does eventually die in the series, but it’s not this one.<\/p>\n

You know, I’ve read five or six of these this year. On one hand, it seems like a waste of reading time. On the other hand, I do have the goal of reading all the ones I have before I die. So my continued efforts on this series will likely go in fits and starts for years to come with brief recaps like this one to keep the blog going.<\/p>\n