Powder Burn. Don Pendleton

I’m aware of.”

      “Wrong. We’ve seen the first already,” he said. “We’re still alive.”

      “Is that a victory?”

      “Damn right. Now all we have to do is stay alive and keep hitting Macario where it hurts most, until he runs out of steam.”

      “Perhaps you underestimate him,” she suggested.

      “I’ve been up against his kind before,” Bolan replied. “They’re tough, no doubt about it. But they’re only human. Humans die.”

      “It’s all-out war, then?”

      “To the bitter end. If you want out, the time to bail is now.”

      “And spend the rest of my short life in hiding? No, thank you.”

      Her answer seemed to satisfy him. Bolan simply said, “Okay. We’re good to go.”

      “One thing you must remember, Mr. Cooper.”

      “Make it ‘Matt.’”

      “All right. One thing you must remember, Matt.”

      “Which is?”

      “We’re only human, too.”