Don Pendleton

Willing to Kill- "From first word to last, Don Pendleton is in pure form-as is his creation: The Executioner " Jon Guenther, AuthorAt the beginning of his impossible war, Mack Bolan had not envisioned himself as the arch-foe of the Mafia world. He had simply reacted to a terribly disheartening situation-in the same way in which any man of like talents and ideals would have done-without knowing that soon he would become the most feared and hated enemy of the crime kingdoms. Bolan had learned to live one heartbeat at a time-with no thought beyond the next battle line-or beyond the next police trap. The men behind the badges were, in Bolan's understanding, "soldiers of the same side," but in the official book, Mack Bolan was the largest criminal of all. And he accepted that, and would have it no other way. He had also learned early in his war that he was stronger when standing alone-and, indeed, this was how he preferred to operate. He was not "operating" at all, though, that fated morning in Dallas when he stumbled upon the Mafia hit team. Something large was going down, and Mack Bolan invited himself to the war Introduction by Linda Pendleton." The name of the game is Hit the Mafia. We'll hit them so fast, so often, and from so many directions they'll think hell fell in on them." Don Pendleton, Mack Bolan, # 2, Death Squad

The first book in the classic vigilante action series from a “writer who spawned a genre” (The New York Times). Overseas, Mack Bolan was dubbed “Sgt. Mercy” for the compassion he showed the innocent. On the home front, they’re calling him the Executioner for what he’s doing to the guilty. In the jungles of Southeast Asia, American sniper Mack Bolan honed his skills. After twelve years, with ninety-five confirmed hits, he returns home to Massachusetts. But it’s not to reunite with his family, it’s to bury them—victims in a mass murder/suicide. Even though Bolan’s own father pulled the trigger, he knows the old man was no killer. He was driven to madness by Mafia thugs who have turned his idyllic hometown into a new kind of war zone. Duty calls . . . Introducing an action hero “who would make Jack Reacher think twice,” this is the first book in the iconic series of vigilante justice that has become a publishing phenomenon (Empireonline.com). With more than two hundred million Executioner books sold since its debut, the series continues to stimulate. Gerry Conway, cocreator of Marvel Comics’ The Punisher, credits the Executioner as “my inspiration . . . that’s what gave me the idea for the lone, slightly psychotic avenger.” The series is also now in development as a major motion picture. War Against the Mafia is the 1st book in the Executioner series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

“Action adventure icon” Mack Bolan, aka the Executioner, is back—and this time he’s got backup (Los Angeles Times). After Mafia pressure destroyed his family, ace sniper Mack Bolan left the jungles of Southeast Asia to declare a new war on the home front. A one-man army, he wiped out the mob in his Massachusetts hometown. That was just the beginning. Hunted by the police, tracked by the FBI, and carrying a price on his head, Bolan is on the move. After crossing paths with an old war buddy in Los Angeles, the Executioner devises a plan. He’s going to round up the best sharpshooters, scouts, demo experts, and hard-core killers, and clean up the West Coast. Ten ruthless soldiers in all, forged in the fires of Vietnam . . . The Executioner’s own Death Squad. When Don Pendleton created Mack Bolan, the iconic vigilante action hero “who would make Jack Reacher think twice,” he established nothing less than a publishing landmark (Empireonline.com). With more than two hundred million Executioner books sold to date, its influence on the action genre is still being felt. In cocreating his Marvel Comics avenger, The Punisher, Gerry Conway admits: “I was fascinated by the Don Pendleton Executioner character . . . I wanted to do something that was inspired by that.” Now in development as a major motion picture, the Executioner series lives on. Death Squad is the 2nd book in the Executioner series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

The Executioner, a lone-wolf vigilante “who would make Jack Reacher think twice,” takes his war on the mob to a new level (Empireonline.com). Once a Vietnam military hero, crack sniper Mack Bolan is now a vigilante, driven by the death of his Massachusetts family to exact vengeance on the mob. Waging war on the West Coast, the Executioner amassed a ten-man army as backup. Seven are now dead. Two are in jail. Only Bolan remains. With a bounty on his head, and every cop in Los Angeles on his tail, Bolan decides to erase his greatest liability: his face. Under the knife of a former army surgeon, Bolan is transformed. With trademark cunning, he infiltrates the Sicilian syndicate that butchered his friends. In cozying up to the boss’s daughter, Bolan’s plan of revenge has never been so intimate. The Executioner may have a new look, but he’s got the same attitude. Soon his fury is going explode, and strike terror in the very heart of the Mafiosi. In writing his iconic Executioner series, Don Pendleton turned his lone-wolf vigilante into a bestselling phenomenon and “spawned a genre” that still influences artists today (The New York Times). Gerry Conway, cocreator of the Marvel Comics avenger, The Punisher, cited the novels as “my inspiration . . . [the] modern equivalent of the pulps.” More than two hundred million copies of the Executioner books have been sold—and a major motion picture based on this classic action series is now in development. Battle Mask is the 3rd book in the Executioner series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

The pages of To Dance With Angels hold a key to the meaning of life on planet Earth and all that lies beyond, revealed to the authors of this book, Don and Linda Pendleton, in clear and simple language, often with humor, and always with love, by one who has experienced it all. To Dance With Angels is structured around a series of in-depth interviews with spirit guide, Dr. James Martin Peebles through the trance-mediumship of Thomas Jacobson. Born in Vermont, Dr. Peebles lived from 1822-1922 and was a clergyman, physician, prolific author, leading Spiritualist and humanitarian of the 19th century. These conversations with Dr. Peebles from his home on the Other Side, are frequently startling, always entertaining and enlightening. They touch upon every facet of human and nonhuman experience: life and death, past and future lives, ghosts and guardian angels, world politics and cosmic realities, love and sexuality...and that is only the beginning. A must read for those interested in life after death and spirit communication. In 1990, Don and Linda Pendleton published the inspirational non-fiction book To Dance With Angels, now considered a classic in spiritual literature, and in this new edition nearly twenty five years after the book was originally written, Linda Pendleton has added a new Preface: "Twenty-four Years Later." Endorsements for To Dance With Angels: "This great book correlates with all that I have learned in my own longterm studies of life and death. It should be read by all who wonder about the magic of life. It is powerful, beautiful, it rings with truth. I loved it " -Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M. D." Extremely readable and full of brilliant insights... undoubtedly genuine...this book is an important addition to the literature of spirit communication." -Colin Wilson, Author "...a powerful and deeply moving experience, potentially life-changing and] of universal importance. The book is sublime." -Whitley Strieber, Author From the Author, Linda Pendleton, 2011." What had begun for Don and I as a simple curiosity about mediumship developed into a study of communication with the spirit world and the spiritual psychology of Dr. James Martin Peebles. As a result of our encounter with the world of spirit, we immediately knew we had to share Dr. Peebles with the world. We also knew that To Dance With Angels would be a powerful and inspirational book. The heartwarming response from our readers over these many years has confirmed that." Linda Pendleton is the author of fiction and nonfiction books. Don Pendleton is the creator of The Executioner: Mack Bolan Series; Joe Copp, Private Eye Thrillers; Ashton Ford Psychic Detective Series, and other books. Together, Don and Linda Pendleton also wrote Whispers From the Soul, the Divine Dance of Consciousness.

Copp For Hire, the first of the Joe Copp, Private Eye thrillers, is a high tension, fast-moving story all the way, with Copp always in the eye of the storm and about to be engulfed in it at any moment. Characteristic of Don Pendleton's stories, the hero is never passively involved but is the catalyst for action in straight-ahead, hard-hitting pursuit of solutions, although forever at the point of being overwhelmed by the developing situations. This is classic hardboiled detective fare, and Pendleton is a master of the form. Tough, cagey, ex-cop turned private eye, Joe Copp, descends into the labyrinth of forbidden sex, corrupt politics, and multiple murders. It is a powerful story of gray and light and shifting shadows that conceal as much as they reveal about human nature. The fast moving story takes Joe Copp to the rough and tumble, down and dirty, anything-goes underbelly of Los Angeles and on to the deadly vice pits of Honolulu's Chinatown. Publishers Weekly: "This Joe Copp adventure reads like an express train. A throwback to the vintage Spillane era, Pendleton knows how to keep us turning the pages." St. Petersburg Times: "Pendleton has a great new character in Copp. His style is fresh, the pace is brisk, and there are enough twists to please any mystery fan." Library Journal: "Pendleton, author of the long-running paperback Executioner series, shows in his first hardcover that hardboiled writing can be insightful as well as action-packed." ALA Booklist: "This is the real thing, the hardcover debut of the author of the perennially popular 'Executioner series'...the charm of the Executioner books." Milwaukee Sentinel: "Pendleton is a master of action and dialog and 'Copp' is a taut detective story."

This action-packed adventure of ex-cop turned private eye, Joe Copp, takes him into the world of corrupt lawmakers and cops on the take. Copp is hired by an old friend, the current Brighton City Administrator, to get to the bottom of the municipal mess in the Southern California town of Brighton. The mayor has been murdered; the Chief of Police has resigned amid rumors of corruption within his department; and other city officials are being accused of similar allegations. Almost from the moment that Joe Copp takes on the job of Acting Police Chief, it is an icy, downhill slide for Copp. A beautiful police officer tries to set him up on attempted rape charges, and his investigation leads him on a murky trail of murder, sex, drugs and dirty politics. The police badge Copp wears offers little protection against the evil forces of corruption. Milwaukee Sentinel: "Pendleton is a master of action and dialog and 'Copp' is a taut detective story.

COPP IN SHOCKPrivate Investigator Joe Copp, finds himself recovering from a bout of partial amnesia after being nearly blown away with his own gun. A woman is dead, a woman who happens to be his wife, and the police are trying to pin the murder on none other than Joe Copp. While being pursued by L. A. P. D. and an unknown assailant, Copp's search for answers leads him from Los Angeles to Mammoth Lakes mountain resort, and to the edge of insanity as he careens toward lethal truth. It is his darkest hour, and also his finest triumph in a riveting story of a man at war with his own mind and with those who would eliminate him. "Pendleton's Joe Copp is a dynamo." Roanoke Times and World NewsDon Pendleton is creator of The Executioner: Mack Bolan original series of novels and is the "father of the Action/Adventure" literary genre.