Doom Prophecy (Stony Man) [Mass Market Paperback]

Don Pendleton (Author)

Book Description

Series: Stony Man | Publication Date: June 13, 2006

The men and women of the covert defense team Stony Man were handpicked because they believe in a cause, driven by a passion that sends them into daily battle against impossible odds. The computer wizardry of the agency's cybernetics team enables the two action units to strike multiple blows for justice against the world's predators. But now, even the cloak of secrecy around Stony Man isn't enough protection from the notorious cybercriminal KA55ANDRA...

She claims to be prophetess of a new age, but her agenda of destruction is aimed directly and very personally at one powerful man inside one of America's highest offices. Her reign of terror is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of lawmen, soldiers and intelligence operatives, and she shows no sign of stopping. Her destructive genius is fueled by white hot vengeance, and she's not above spreading mass murder across the globe to achieve it. For Stony Man, it's a showdown of blood and justice that's as personal as it gets.

--This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Gold Eagle (June 13, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373619677
• ISBN-13: 978-0373619672
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,422,864 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Don Pendleton (1927-1995) was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. At the age of fourteen, during World War II, he enlisted in the Navy, serving until 1947 as a Radioman. He returned to active Naval duty during the Korean Conflict. Following the war he worked as a railroad telegrapher, CAA/FAA air traffic control specialist, and aerospace engineer. In the latter career, he worked as a senior engineer for Martin-Marietta's Titan ICBM programs and as an engineering administrator in NASA's Apollo Moonshot program. He 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 screenplay, and numerous poems, short stories and essays.

In 1969, War Against the Mafia, featuring Mack Bolan, the Executioner, was published. The phenomenal success of the first novel led to thirty-seven sequels over the next twelve years. Dozens of imitators, inspired by Pendleton's success, arose during the 1970's to constitute a new particularly American literary genre and the term Action/Adventure coined by Pendleton himself, has since spread to encompass television and motion picture formats as well. The original thirty-eight Executioner novels have been translated in more than twenty-five languages with in-print figures of more than 200 million copies worldwide. Pendleton franchised "Don Pendleton's Mack Bolan" to Harlequin's Gold Eagle Books in 1980, and more than 600 books based on the Executioner and spin-offs--Phoenix Force, Able Team, Stony Man, Mack Bolan, Super Bolan, have been published under their continuing program.

Don's more recent works include a series of six mystery novels based the exploits of Joe Copp, Private Eye, and another six mystery novels based on the character, Ashton Ford, Psychic Detective.

Don turned to nonfiction in 1990 and, with his wife, Linda, produced To Dance With Angels, a definitive study of life after death and spirit communication. Published in hardcover by Kensington, it is now in its fourth edition. They also co-wrote Whispers From the Soul. Don's last novel was Roulette co-written with Linda Pendleton.

Together, Don and Linda, adapted and scripted The Executioner, War Against the Mafia, to Comic graphic novel format, which was published in 1993. Following Don's death, Linda adapted and scripted the second Executioner novel, Death Squad, published in 1996 by Vivid Comics.

His last nonfiction books are A Search for Meaning From the Surface of a Small Planet, and The Metaphysics of the Novel and a Novelist by Don Pendleton with Linda Pendleton, a book for aspiring writers.

Don was a long time member of the Authors Guild; Authors League of America; Writer's Guild of America, West; Past West Coast Director of Mystery Writers of America; International Platform Association; and a frequent speaker on campus and writers' symposiums.

Don Pendleton published more than 125 books in his career. For biographical reference and bibliography on Don Pendleton, see:

Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers, (St. Martin Press); Contemporary Authors (Gale); Queen's Edition, Dictionary of International Biography (Melrose - London, England); Murder Ink (Workman); Who's Who in the Midwest.

Photo of Don Pendleton by Linda Pendleton.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wall to wall action, July 13, 2006

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Victoria Sorel (Ankeny, IA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doom Prophecy (Stony Man) (Mass Market Paperback)

This one has everything you expect or want from Stony Man, and then some. The characterizations are not only spot on but allow each character to shine on their own. Their is action galore and it never lets up or drags. Highly recommended--especially the audio version from the cutting corporation!

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing and Awesome!, December 28, 2010

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Christopher J. Nardone - See all my reviews
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Amazing...simply amazing and AWESOME! Those clanging sounds you hear when reading this action masterpiece is everything including the kitchen sink making an appearance.

From the opening chapter of a Vietnam massacre to the villianess lying in wait for her prey, but having it go horribly wrong opens this stunning Stony Man.

Then you have action scene after action scene, but the story still unfolds nicely and keeps you wanting more. Instead of just a two-pronged attack for the Stony Men against KA55ANDRA and her minions, you have triple the action as Phoenix gets split up into two groups.

Able, along with Carmen Delahunt is assigned stateside to stop 3 psycho's from unleashing carnage on a horrifying scale. Frankly, Delahunt was never interesting to me as a character...until this one. She shines bright as she wants revenge for the murder of a friend. Carl Lyons's character is BRILLIANT! This is the Lyons of old...grumpy, beserker, but compassionate...and that crush on Delahunt that was mentioned once or twice in previous books makes its way subtly into this one. Pol and Gadgets are the two jokesters that I remember from the mid-1980's, constantly harrassing Lyons and making me giggle.

The one arc of Phoenix's mission is terrifying...a blood-thirsty cult, where the leader revels in wearing human skin as a cloak and his soldiers are pretty much zombified in nature. McCarter, Manning and Hawkins have their hands full.

James and Encizo have the finale scene, and they must tackle ninjas, so their knife-fighting skills come in handy. Also, the computer team must work overtime to stop KA55ANDRA'S repeated cyber-attacks.

There are so many standout scenes, but the one that had me enthralled the most was an in-your-face fight scene between Pol and a massive giant. All the villains were absolutely detestable and dispicable, and you just can't wait until Able and Phoenix deliver them to the fiery pits of hell that they deserve. And the Mott character, the one who ignites KA55ANDRA's reign of terror is yet another memorable slime-ball, who just happens to hold a high office in the U.S. government.

A deliciously intense experience that won't be forgotten.