Don pendleton ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. 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. The complete series list for the executioner don pendleton. It went on to become one of the most popular actionadventure franchises in history, selling hundreds of millions of copies worldwide. 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. Don pendleton, 215 books don pendleton, 29 books c.
Other works include the joe copp, private eye series of six novels, the ashton ford, psychic detective series of six novels, and nonfiction books. Besides the main series, there are also spinoff series as well. 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 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. See all books authored by don pendleton, including war against the mafia, and miami massacre, and more on. Discount prices on books by don pendleton, including titles like omega cult gold eagle. The series made the mens actionadventure genre popular in the 1960s and 70s, and got him the nickname the father of action adventure. Order of don pendleton books don pendleton 19271995 was an american author of actionadventure, thriller and detective fiction novels as well as nonfiction books. Don pendletons writing style is hardhitting, fastmoving, gritty, filled with authentic dialogue, and captures keen insights into the innerworkings of his characters. The magazine had little connection to the mack bolan books save for the occasional story related to the mafia.
The executioner series books by pendleton, don ebook. In the beginning there were westerns, mysteries and science fiction. 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. Listen to thousands of best sellers and new releases on your iphone, ipad, or android. He wrote mystery, actionadventure, sciencefiction, crime fiction, suspense, short stories, nonfiction, and was a comic scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, essayist, and. Don pendleton 19271995 was born in little rock, arkansas. Discover book depositorys huge selection of don pendleton books online. Feb 3, 2019 don pendleton s original executioner series. Don pendleton books list of books by author don pendleton. Don pendleton was born in little rock, arkansas, december 12, 1927 and died october 23, 1995 in arizona. Books by don pendleton author of war against the mafia. Don pendleton still had more in terms of action novels series and between19871992 he wrote the joe copp, private eye series. At that time, the author licensed the series to harlequin enterprises, to be issued under their gold eagle label.
Order of executioner books the executioner is a series of actionadventure novels created by american author don pendleton. 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. Feb 3, 2019 don pendletons original executioner series. 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. 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.
The main character is mack bolan, an army sniper who served in the army for 12 years. On his own, he wrote the ashton ford, joe copp and stewart mann. Pendleton sold off the series to another publisher to allow them to continue to release the later novels. 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 19271995 was creator of the original the executioner, mack. Official website of author, don pendleton, bio, bibliography, books. Don pendleton 19271995 published his first short story in 1957 and his first novel in 1961. 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. War against the mafia, death squad, and battle mask the executioner series by don pendleton. 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. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. He wrote the 37 of the first 38 novels, with several ghostwriters penning the subsequent releases. 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. Gerry conway, cocreator of the marvel comics avenger, the punisher, cited the novels as my inspiration.
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. Mack bolan series was created by don pendleton in 1969. Mobley, 1 book don pendleton, 1 book young, william h. Other works include the joe copp, private eye series of six novels, the ashton ford, psychic detective series of six novels, and. Don pendleton audio books gene engene is a voice talent and audiobook narrator. See more ideas about ebooks, adventure novels and mystery thriller. 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.
The executioner books and spinoffs are featured on the august 5th, 2019 episode of the paperback warrior podcast. Executioner series book 7 don pendleton author 2014. Executioner series don pendleton author 2016 war against the mafia. Don pendletons original executioner novels home facebook. Great deals on one book or all books in the series. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Author don pendleton and book cover artist, gil cohen, 1985. Browse audiobooks written by don pendleton sorted by best. Bestseller this month title az title za release date newest first highest rated. Official website of author, don pendleton, creator of the. 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. 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. 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.
Don pendleton, 67, writer who spawned a genre obituary. The complete series list for super bolan mack bolan don pendleton. His wife, linda, said the cause was a heart attack. Don pendleton s writing style is hardhitting, fastmoving, gritty, filled with authentic dialogue, and captures keen insights into the innerworkings of his characters. Don pendleton 19271995 was creator of the original the executioner, mack bolan series of actionadventure novels. 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. Don pendleton 19271995 was an american author of actionadventure, thriller and detective fiction novels as well as nonfiction books. The shows hosts, eric compton and tom simon, discuss the series origins including its impact. At that time, the author licensed the series to harlequin enterprises, to be.
Buy don pendleton ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Don pendleton books list of books by don pendleton. Buy terror intent by don pendleton online at alibris. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read terrible tuesday. The reissued version contained an introduction by linda pendleton, don pendleton s creation of mack bolan, the executioner. At first, creator of the series, don pendleton wrote the novels. Creator of the original the executioner mack bolan series of action adventure thrillers, joe copp mystery series, ashton ford paranormal series, and nonfiction books. Photo by linda pendleton the original the executioner. The executioner series in order don pendleton fictiondb. 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. 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. 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. More than ten years later, after pendleton had stopped writing the series and gho. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read battle mask.
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