Soldier of Fortune #11: Yellow Rain by Peter McCurtin
Soldier of Fortune #11: Yellow Rain (1984) by Peter McCurtin After a several years hiatus Peter McCurtin resurrected the Soldier of Fortune title with #10, Yellow Rain , in 1984. A few authors are known to have taken on the McCurtin mantle to write this series, among them men’s adventure stalwart Ralph Hayes. Yellow Rain however is fully attributed to McCurtin personally, so I was excited to dive in, especially since I had never read a Soldier of Fortune book. Please forgive me for wading into this slim book with the expectation of wall-to-wall action with little character development or depth of political shading or geographic and cultural detail. Instead I discovered a slow burn of a rescue operation with more of an espionage vibe than a military firepower one. In fact, I was reminded of the master himself, Ian Fleming, in the way McCurtin takes the time to make the ...