The Target Is H
Penetrator Series, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Gene Engene
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Written by:
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Chet Cunningham
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With 5 million copies in print, The Penetrator novel series has thrilled readers around the world for years. The series features the action and adventures of Mark Hardin as he wages a continuing war against crime, corruption, and evil organizations from around the world in order to protect the innocent. With, "The Target Is H", find out how it all began and what events lead to Mark Hardin's quest for justice. A quest where he must not only go up against the criminals but at times law enforcement officials who wish to stop him.
The Penetrator. He learned how in Vietnam. Infiltrate the enemy's position, determine the plan of action and then strike swiftly, taking out as many key men as possible, wreaking destruction, leaving chaos in your wake.Now he as in Los Angeles, engaged in a new, far more sinister war. But he was fully prepared and totally committed, and bound by no rules but his own.He is tall and slim, reflecting his unique Indian-Welsh background. His driver's license indicates his age is twenty-eight. If he seems a bit grim, it is for good reason.He was orphaned at four, when his parents and three brothers and sisters were killed in an automobile crash. Since then, he's been mistreated, brutalized by life, injured in games (football), and wounded in combat. Mark Hardin is tough, a survivor, and an expert in marksmanship, karate, aikido and even the crossbow.He is the new breed of warrior without uniform, without rank dedicated to the American way of life, and pledged to fight anyone who seeks to destroy it, on either side of the law. That's why he is in Los Angeles. Just the beginning of a long and lonely series of brushfire wars.
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- Martin S.
- 2024-07-26
What a ride!
61. THE PENETRATOR: THE TARGET IS H (1973) by Lionel Derrick (Pinnacle Books; and Audible 2012, Gene Engene) … July 25 … Lionel Derrick is the shared pseudonym of Mark Roberts and Chet Cummingham, who alternated odds/evens on The Penetrator series of pulps; as this is Book One, Roberts is at bat. Mark Hardin is our titular hero, a Vietnam vet who is undergoing a personal war against the L.A. heroin trade. In this first instalment he kills a drug mule who is also an important Chinese diplomat, so the State Department wants Hardin found and this whole mess kept secret. As expected, being a 1970s pulp, the dialogue is…cringeworthy at best. Lots of big guns, fast cars, and mayhem: the usual for cheap pulps. My copy was picked up off ThriftBooks for pennies and was falling apart faster than I could read it…but it IS a 50-year-old cheap paperback. I ended up having to get the Audible version (which is incorrectly attributed to Cunningham instead of Roberts…or more accurately, Derrick), and Gene Engene does a great job with the shoddy prose: coming up with over two dozen different voices to distinguish the many bad stereotypes on the board. The book plows past “so bad it’s good” territory and is definitely a must-listen just for the sheer d-list entertainment value.
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