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Bolan barely had time to reach out
In the same motion, he instinctively lashed out with his other hand, striking his attacker with a karate chop to the shoulder.
The blow was slight but still strong enough to throw the youth off balance. He lost his grip on Bolan’s shirt as he flailed his arms, trying to keep himself from reeling backward. His reactions were too slow, however. One second Bolan was staring into the youth’s horror-stricken eyes; the next he was gone.
Thirty yards below, the youth was splayed across the boulders, skull cracked open, his lifeblood spilling over the rocks. Bolan felt a grim weariness come over him. Young men who were supposed to be a part of America’s bright future had chosen to die trying to bring their country down.
“What a waste,” Bolan whispered into the night.
MACK BOLAN®
The Executioner
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Don Pendleton
It is easy to be brave behind a castle wall.
—Welsh Proverb
Rich and powerful men manipulate the weak and poor to do their evil bidding. I will make sure that justice is served to those cowards.
—Mack Bolan
THE MACK BOLAN LEGEND
Nothing less than a war could have fashioned the destiny of the man called Mack Bolan. Bolan earned the Executioner title in the jungle hell of Vietnam.
But this soldier also wore another name—Sergeant Mercy. He was so tagged because of the compassion he showed to wounded comrades-in-arms and Vietnamese civilians.
Mack Bolan’s second tour of duty ended prematurely when he was given emergency leave to return home and bury his family, victims of the Mob. Then
