title: Fire Burst (The Executioner #186) (MACK BOLAN-THE EXECUTIONER NO 186)
author:  Don Pendleton 
description: Fire Burst (The Executioner #186) [May 01, 1994] Don Pendleton
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  Don Pendleton - 079 - Council Of Kings
  
    
  
  "It does life good to have the devil in it, so long as you keep your foot
  planted firmly on his neck." comquoted to Bolan by Buddy, victim of the
  Council offings
  
    
  
  Dedicated to the dead of the Mekong.
  
    
  
  Mack Bolan tensed as he sighted through the.460 Magnum Weatherby Mark V
  rifle's scope, tracking a man leaving a small store on West Burnside Street in
  Portland, Oregon. The man had entered ten minutes earlier, five minutes before
  the 5:30 P.m. closing time.
  
    
  
  Bolan eased his fingers on the trigger guard. A soft misty rain fell. From the
  roof of the fourstory building where he lay, the Executioner watched the man
  emerge from the store.
  
    
  
  He waited for the two others he knew would follow. When the three were outside
  and the heavy door had been shut and locked, the Executioner fired on the man
  farthest from the wall. The firing-pin of his bolt-action, long-range hunting
  rifle ignited the primer in the.460 