His wife, linda, said the cause was a heart attack. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read terrible tuesday. In the beginning there were westerns, mysteries and science fiction. Don was a consulting editor with the harlequin program until his death but did not write any of the harlequin books, which have all been written by a team of writers. The complete series list for super bolan mack bolan don pendleton. The shows hosts, eric compton and tom simon, discuss the series origins including its impact. Leaving his aerospace career behind, don turned to full time writing in 1967, produced a number of mystery, science fiction, and futuristic novels, a sc.
He served in the us navy during world war ii and the korean war. It was 1968, a time in america of civil unrest, love and flower power, psychedelic streets of haight ashbury and berkeley, the horrors of the vietnam war, and the iniquities of the mafia, when mack bolan, the executioner was conceived in the mind of don pendleton. Besides the main series, there are also spinoff series as well. Most of the novels published under the name are using don pendleton as a house name, featuring characters created by pendleton most notably, mack bolan. Don pendletons writing style is hardhitting, fastmoving, gritty, filled with authentic dialogue, and captures keen insights into the innerworkings of his characters. Executioner series don pendleton author 2016 war against the mafia. The series made the mens actionadventure genre popular in the 1960s and 70s, and got him the nickname the father of action adventure. The executioner series in order don pendleton fictiondb. In writing his iconic executioner series, don pendleton turned his lonewolf vigilante into a bestselling phenomenon and spawned a genre that still influences artists today the new york times.
Super bolan mack bolan series in order don pendleton. Browse audiobooks written by don pendleton sorted by best. In 1980, don pendleton sold the franchise don pendleton s mack bolan to harlequins gold eagle books and satans sabbath was the last he ever wrote in the series. Find the complete mack bolan the executioner book series listed in order. Executioner series book 7 don pendleton author 2014. Don pendleton don pendleton december 12, 1927october 23, 1995 was a pulp fiction and mystery writer, best known for the creation of american hero mack bolan. Other works include the joe copp, private eye series of six novels, the ashton ford, psychic detective series of six novels, and. At first, creator of the series, don pendleton wrote the novels. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. War against the mafia, death squad, and battle mask kindle edition by pendleton, don. Executioner series 19691980 are a mens actionadventure series written by don pendleton. Don pendleton books list of books by author don pendleton.
Don pendleton, known as the father of the actionadventure, was the creator of the bestselling original mack bolan, the executioner series, of 37 books, with more than 200. Photo by linda pendleton the original the executioner. Don pendleton has 389 books on goodreads with 68625 ratings. Creator of the original the executioner mack bolan series of action adventure thrillers, joe copp mystery series, ashton ford paranormal series, and nonfiction books. Great deals on one book or all books in the series.
His first short story was published in 1957, but it was not until 1967, at the age of forty, that he left his career as an aerospace engineer and turned to. Don pendletons original executioner novels home facebook. Buy don pendleton ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Don pendleton 19271995 was an american author of actionadventure, thriller and detective fiction novels as well as nonfiction books. Mack bolan series was created by don pendleton in 1969. The complete series list for the executioner don pendleton. Don pendleton still had more in terms of action novels series and between19871992 he wrote the joe copp, private eye series. In the second book of don pendleton s longrunning executioner series, entitled death squad, mack bolan enlisted the help of ten of his old vietnam war buddies to help him take down a mafia family in california.
The stony man series is the successor of the previously published separate able team and phoenix force series. The initial mack bolan the executioner series and related super bolan series share continuity and characters with these ones, while being more focused in the exploits of individual characters. Author don pendleton and book cover artist, gil cohen, 1985. Books by don pendleton author of war against the mafia.
Official website of author, don pendleton, creator of the. His first short story was published in 1957, but it was not until 1967, at the age of forty, that he left his career as an aerospace engineer and turned to writing full time. Don pendleton, 67, writer who spawned a genre obituary. The magazine had little connection to the mack bolan books save for the occasional story related to the mafia. Don pendleton 19271995 was creator of the original the executioner, mack. Pendleton sold off the series to another publisher to allow them to continue to release the later novels. He wrote the 37 of the first 38 novels, with several ghostwriters penning the subsequent releases. Bestseller this month title az title za release date newest first highest rated. Donald eugene don pendleton december 12, 1927 october 23, 1995 was an american author of fiction and nonfiction books, best known for his creation of the fictional character the executioner. Mobley, 1 book don pendleton, 1 book young, william h. Feb 3, 2019 don pendleton s original executioner series. Order of don pendleton books don pendleton 19271995 was an american author of actionadventure, thriller and detective fiction novels as well as nonfiction books. The series, starring vietnam veteran mack bolan, was so successful that it inspired a new american literary genre, and pendleton became known as the father of actionadventure.
The reissued version contained an introduction by linda pendleton, don pendleton s creation of mack bolan, the executioner. At that time, the author licensed the series to harlequin enterprises, to be issued under their gold eagle label. The executioner books and spinoffs are featured on the august 5th, 2019 episode of the paperback warrior podcast. Don pendleton 19271995 published his first short story in 1957 and his first novel in 1961. Don pendleton, whose executioner series featuring mack boland spawned the paperback genre of mens actionadventure novels, died on monday at his home in sedona, ariz. Buy terror intent by don pendleton online at alibris. In 1980, don pendleton sold the franchise don pendletons mack bolan to harlequins gold eagle books and satans sabbath was the last he ever wrote in the series. Order of executioner books the executioner is a series of actionadventure novels created by american author don pendleton. Discount prices on books by don pendleton, including titles like omega cult gold eagle.
They revolve around the central character, mack bolan, in a stylized, pulp fiction format, beginning with war against the mafia in 1969, and ending with satans sabbath in 1980. More than ten years later, after pendleton had stopped writing the series and gho. Discover book depositorys huge selection of don pendleton books online. The main character is mack bolan, an army sniper who served in the army for 12 years. He wrote mystery, actionadventure, sciencefiction, crime fiction, suspense, short stories, nonfiction, and was a comic scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, essayist, and. Gerry conway, cocreator of the marvel comics avenger, the punisher, cited the novels as my inspiration. Don pendleton s writing style is hardhitting, fastmoving, gritty, filled with authentic dialogue, and captures keen insights into the innerworkings of his characters. The executioner series books by pendleton, don ebook. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Don pendleton books list of books by don pendleton. It went on to become one of the most popular actionadventure franchises in history, selling hundreds of millions of copies worldwide. War against the mafia, death squad, and battle mask the executioner series by don pendleton. Feb 3, 2019 don pendletons original executioner series.
Don pendleton 19271995 was creator of the original the executioner, mack bolan series of actionadventure novels. In the second book of don pendletons longrunning executioner series, entitled death squad, mack bolan enlisted the help of ten of his old vietnam war buddies to help him take down a mafia family in california. See more ideas about ebooks, adventure novels and mystery thriller. Other works include the joe copp, private eye series of six novels, the ashton ford, psychic detective series of six novels, and nonfiction books.
The ballad of songbirds and snakes from the author that brought you the hunger games, reenter the world of panem again sixtyfour years before the events of the original series. Listen to thousands of best sellers and new releases on your iphone, ipad, or android. Official website of author, don pendleton, bio, bibliography, books. Don pendleton ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. Don pendleton audio books gene engene is a voice talent and audiobook narrator. Don pendleton was born in little rock, arkansas, december 12, 1927 and died october 23, 1995 in arizona. Ackerman productions produced don pendleton s the executioner mystery magazine, a digestsized, pulp magazine anthology series along the same lines as the alfred hitchcock mystery magazine. See all books authored by don pendleton, including war against the mafia, and miami massacre, and more on. Don pendleton 19271995 was born in little rock, arkansas. On his own, he wrote the ashton ford, joe copp and stewart mann. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read battle mask. At that time, the author licensed the series to harlequin enterprises, to be. His first short story was published in 1957, but it was not until 1967, at the age of forty, that he left his career as an aerospace engineer and turned to writing fulltime. Don pendleton, 215 books don pendleton, 29 books c.
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