Tom Clancy is back with another interesting story that is taken from today's headlines. All of the old familiar characters are back, Jack Sr., John Clark, Domingo Chavez as well as the new set of characters, Jack Jr. and his two cousins, Dominic and Brian Caruso.
The plot of the story is our nations attempt to track down the "Emir" whom we know is just the name Clancy is using for Osama Bin Laden. We start out with a group of Special Forces Rangers checking out the latest cave that might possibly have the Emir hiding in it. Only to have them frustrated that again it is a cold lead, although they do have some interesting finds for the intelligence groups.
We then switch to Jack Sr. and his frustration with how our country is now being run by the new President, or maybe the better thought is how it is not being run, but being manipulated for political power.
Then there are Jack Jr. and the Caruso boys waiting at The Campus for the green light to go ahead and track down the Emir. But the problem is that there are so many different agencies doing intelligence in the U.S. that who knows what all of the real intel is. The boys get the go ahead and the race is on to try and find the Emir. Oh, and to add a bit of suspense Jack Sr. still doesn't know that Jack Jr. is doing work that is highly dangerous and follows the lead of his father's past.
Clancy does a wonderful job of building up each character, adding some new characters, reviving old characters and just generally giving us many sup plots that run alongside the bigger plot. The book is long, but it takes that much time to address all of the people, all of the issues and build a credible story.
Again I think that the intelligence community may have to stop and ask the question, "how does Tom Clancy know all of this stuff", or better yet, "who is his source?" If you are a Tom Clancy fan you are going to enjoy this book. If you are new to Clancy you will also enjoy this book and will find that for the most part you don't need to read all of his other books first to be able to follow this plot and these characters, although previous knowledge of all those involved is helpful.
This is a book that you will find hard to put down. It is great to have Clancy back in good form. Now the problem is what will I do while I wait for his next installment?
Enjoy!
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