System Corruption

System Corruption
Don Pendleton

Frank Carella is just doing his job when he makes a horrifying discovery–a major contractor has knowingly supplied substandard armor to the U.S. military. When Carella becomes a whistle-blower he unwittingly alerts the men behind a sinister and deadly cover-up.Mack Bolan is drawn into the hunt when Carella's life is suddenly under threat as the incriminating information he has gathered becomes the prize in a deadly chase. Bolan must navigate a network of sabotage and deception with a well-organized enemy closing ranks around him. As bodies start piling up, Bolan knows his only chance is to get to the finish line first. Fortunately, it's a game that the Executioner plays with deadly skill….

“You’ve walked into something bigger than you ever figured.”

A sudden burst of confidence boosted Janssen’s ego. “One call and you’re history, Colonel. My employer can get you busted down to buck private.”

“You still don’t get it,” the Executioner said. “I don’t give a damn. You can’t touch me. I’m not in the system. Civilian or military.” Bolan moved his hand so Janssen could see the Beretta. “And this is all the backup I need.”

“So who are you working for?”

Even as the words left Janssen’s mouth his skull blew apart, filling the air with a hazy mist. As Janssen fell the distant bang of the shot reached Bolan’s ears. He was already dropping to the ground, Janssen’s shuddering corpse following him down.

Looking back over his shoulder, Bolan checked out the hole in the armory wall. Big. The bullet had punched through with ease.

A powerful and deadly weapon in the hands of a skilled shooter.

And now Bolan was a target.

System Corruption

Don Pendleton

The Executioner

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The principal foundations of all states are good laws and good arms; and there cannot be good laws where there are not good arms.

—Niccolò Machiavelli

1469–1527

The Prince

I will use all of the weapons at my disposal against those who decide they are above the law. Justice will prevail.

—Mack Bolan

THE MACK BOLAN LEGEND

Nothing less than a war could have fashioned the destiny of the man called Mack Bolan. Bolan earned the Executioner title in the jungle hell of Vietnam.

But this soldier also wore another name—Sergeant Mercy. He was so tagged because of the compassion he showed to wounded comrades-in-arms and Vietnamese civilians .

Mack Bolan’s second tour of duty ended prematurely when he was given emergency leave to return home and bury his family, victims of the Mob. Then he declared a one-man war against the Mafia .

He confronted the Families head-on from coast to coast, and soon a hope of victory began to appear. But Bolan had broken society’s every rule. That same society started gunning for this elusive warrior—to no avail .

So Bolan was offered amnesty to work within the system against terrorism. This time, as an employee of Uncle Sam, Bolan became Colonel John Phoenix. With a command center at Stony Man Farm in Virginia, he and his new allies—Able Team and Phoenix Force—waged relentless war on a new adversary: the KGB.

But when his one true love, April Rose, died at the hands of the Soviet terror machine, Bolan severed all ties with Establishment authority.

Now, after a lengthy lone-wolf struggle and much soul-searching, the Executioner has agreed to enter an “arm’s-length” alliance with his government once more, reserving the right to pursue personal missions in his Everlasting War.

Contents

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20