Samms is the head of a vigilante, anti-terrorist group operating on American soil outside the purview of and to the consternation of the US government. All evidence points to the group having someone on the inside of the intelligence community at a very high level. The President has asked that a secret task force be brought together of the most likely suspects in hopes that the others will out him or her. The group was quickly narrowed down to the CIA Counterterrorism (CT) representative, the FBI Special Agent in Charge of CT, and the Army’s Senior Special Ops CT expert.

Meanwhile, Samms’ group continue to stop numerous acts of violence against the US as the government ignores the threats. The President and his top advisor are doing everything they can to keep a lid on the vigilante groups’ activities. If news leaked out there could be numerous copycat attacks on innocent Americans, and the embarrassment of the government being caught with its pants down.

Samms’ group has access to the same information as the government ABC agencies. The government agencies are restricted by layers upon layers of bureaucracy that keep each other from sharing information. Somehow, Samms’ group can pull that all together and are able to stop terrorist acts before or as they are unfolding. And, the government belittles every attempt by Samms to get them to take the action themselves.

The secret task force can’t seem to discover the identity of Samms, so the President hires a top-secret investigator. Terrorists don’t take holidays and the number of potential attacks continues to drive Samms group into action. Samms’ calling card is left at every mission. What will the President do with the vigilantes if found?

Kohlhagen’s novel, The Point Of A Gun, is a political thriller full of misdirection and cleverly laid clues. It is a fast-paced, heart-stopping tale. The characters are fully developed and likable, well, except for Moose. Nobody likes Moose. The story flows well and the end is satisfying. It is an engaging read and very hard to put down.

Colonel Edwards brought his deputy into his confidence in a meeting with Nancy. The deputy never shows up again in the book. So, I am at a loss as to why there was so much discussion with him at all. Then there was the mention of Cheese having a girlfriend outside of the group, but a lot of seemingly harmless affection exchanged between him and May. Not sure where this was supposed to go.

I really did enjoy the book and would highly recommend it to anyone who likes conspiracy thrillers.

4 out of 5 stars.

Could not persevere with this - premise is good but the author got so tied up trying to be clever that it became tediously hard work.

This book is about the increase in terrorist attacks—by jihadists, white
supremacists, and Mexican cartels, which ironically seems to be based on the events in the past 20 years or so. Right from today's news. Are we ever going to win this fight, will we be able to eradicate the terrorist threats?

A group of vigilantes is taking out these terrorists before they can complete their goals. These people are a select group of people with different skills and knowledge. The President of the US is determined to find out who these vigilante people are, mainly because he objects to what they are doing, but rather because they are rogue government employees and it is illegal for vigilantes to do what they are doing. The President knows that what they are doing is for the good of the US but it is still wrong.

I found this book to be very fast paced and character driven, a real page turner. Even though these people are vigilantes and taking things into their own hands to eliminate the terrorist threat, I had to cheer for them. The author is knowledgeable in his facts about terrorism and terrorists to different countries and ideals. I always enjoy reading a book by an author that can stick to what he knows. In The Point of a Gun, the story is an exciting thriller that will leave you thinking, is there a group out there that is really anhilating the bad guys? I would not be upset if there was.

If you love a good political/mystery/thriller, then you will enjoy this book!

Thoroughly Entertaining. There is always something special about finding a new Author that can capture your attention the way Steven W. Kohlhagen has for me. I liked the pace of this story, the diverse characters, and he’s done a great job with the plot. So it easily held my attention all the way through to the end. Which says a lot about a book. I also enjoyed that the story wasn’t centred on just one group of terrorist. It certainly made the plot quite interesting and exciting, with the amount of different ways in which the terrorists were trying to wreak havoc and cause death across America. The Intelligence services are quite surprised at the ease and skill that the vigilante attacks are being carried out around the US, against known terrorist. Whoever is doing it certainly has the skill and knowledge to carry out such a professional operation. However not everyone is thrilled that there is someone else out there carrying out their own justice, even if they are eliminating enemies of the US. Although the group of vigilantes just happen to be doing a very good job in taking out the terrorist’s before they are able to carry out their evil plans. The President is certainly sweating that the American public will find out that the Governments Intelligent services aren’t quite up to the job of protecting them. So he’s putting pressure on his Department heads to find these vigilantes and bring them to justice. I’d certainly recommend this book to anyone that enjoys a really good Action Thriller.

This is an extremely powerful novel and the first I have read from this author. Getting to know characters are slim at best because the action is non stop and involving several government agencies and so many different terrorist groups. The characters tend to know each other by code names and the terrorists groups are often defeated before they have a chance to apply their trade as such.


It is set in America in the near future and moves from state to state as information is gathered. The attacks are happening daily and the need of groups required to do what law enforcement are unable to do due to the law. These groups are in essence clearing up the terrorist groups that the government can not be seen to be targeting. I would say Kohlhagen is kind of very critical of the present day anti terrorism programme's, as being not enough. In this book the groups are kind of judge and jury. Vigilante groups but the results are surprisingly positive.


I know I should come away from the book feeling it is wrong to play judge and jury when we do have laws in place to deal with these people. But his idea is so effective that I can not see the wrong in it although I know I am wrong thinking it.


We live in a world where human life is regarded as easily disposed off. Scary thought you could go for a coffee and not return home due to a bomb. These groups prevent that. The book is very fast paced and there is a reality there that caused me to pause. With all the government posturing and backstabbing is it a wonder that a group of maybe low government officers group together to perform the tasks others are either unable or unwilling to do.


Would I recommend this? YES without a doubt. Enjoy!


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We as Americans enjoy constitutionally guaranteed freedoms and have done so since our Republic was founded about 250 years ago. In order to protect our freedoms authorities have often gone overboard in making sure that those accused of a crime are not convicted without due process of law. This has led throughout our history to the formation of vigilante groups that have acted outside the law to insure that the guilty are punished. Obviously acting thus gives rise to crime and punishment meted out by these groups that are themselves outside the law.
Mr Kohlhagen has written a novel in which he states his feelings that there is a place for vigilantism in the overall scheme of things when the legal system grinds too slowly. He has postulated a group of self appointed vigilantes that are in very high places in the U.S. government and have decided to act on information they pick up from their sources. Instead of waiting for the wheels of justice to slowly grind and possibly place the lives of innocent people at risk this group acts at once to prevent the planned crimes. Their action involves the killing outright of the terrorists involved in planning the attacks and averting completely both now and in the future deaths of innocent people. The majority of the book is concerned with preemptive strikes against terrorists and the forming of a committee overseen by the president of the United States to catch the group. By some chance, or by design the committee includes some of the members of the Vigilance group which has styled itself "Paladin" after the lone rider in the TV show "Have Gun will Travel" popular some years ago.
Regardless of the opinion of the reader about the legality and justice of a vigilante group the novel makes for a very exciting action packed book. An ending suggests the possibility of more on the activities of "Paladin" in future novels, and hopefully it will be so. A well planned approach to getting Vigilantism to become the central piece in a wide ranging book.

American is having an increase in terrorist threats all of the time. Is the government under too many restraints to keep up? A vigilante group operated by SAMMS is filling the gap. A task force is formed to find this group and soon the president and Moose, the one leading the team have decided SAMMS is one of three people on the task force. Who could it be? As time progresses the terrorists are upping their game and the four vigilantes are spreading themselves thin. Can they make a deal with the president and come in from the cold? Read to find out. Fast paced and keeps you wondering if they can stop what is about to happen.

It was the most violent novel I read. That part bored me. But if it becomes a series it would probably be like Mack Bolan which isn't bad