Review: Wow
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 2, 2012
I thought this book was amazing.  I have read everyone of Tom Clancy's books and this book was very reminiscent of his earlier work before he used ghost writers.  This book painted a very realistic scenario in the near future filled with military action and political intrigue.An interesting critique of Clancy's work was that once the good guys were at war, things always seemed to go smoothly for them and nothing ever went wrong throughout the rest of the book; things always worked out as planned.  A fair criticism looking back.  In this book, however, things don't always go right for the good guys (a lot of the time) and I found myself relieved when they did.  The author did an excellent job of keeping up the tension in that regard.The characters were particularly well rounded and I often found myself rooting for some of the notable bad guys. (You will understand if you read the book.) It is also a very long book, which I also enjoy.I also thought the technological advances in weaponry were a common sense progression from what we are developing currently.  The weapons were slightly more advanced than today, as I would expect, but not so advanced as to come off as science fiction.