The Specialists by Joel Jenkins and Derrick Ferguson

This was an excellent book, but I have to be honest, I had a hard time getting into this book.  It wasn't that the first two stories were bad, I just couldn't get in to them.  Then, towards the end of the second story, Dead Beat in the Gobi Desert, I caught a second wind, or the stories picked up, or something, and then I couldn't put the book down.  Derrick Ferguson has got to be one of the great writers of today, New Pulp or otherwise.  He simply knows how to write a story that grabs a hold of the reader and forces him to continue reading.  If Dillon isn't the best character in New Pulp today, I'm not sure who is.  Then, add Joel Jenkins' Sly Gantlet character to the mix and the action, adventure, and adrenaline levels are maxed out.  I just hope this is isn't the last we see of Sly Gantlet.  The Specialists is another New Pulp masterpiece that you shouldn't miss.