Review: Good Read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 29, 2011
This is the second book I have read by Thomas Hoover, I had previously read Project Cyclops which has the same central character Michael Vance. This book is an enjoyable read but not as fast paced as the Project Cyclops the author uses the same technique of a time line giving the day and time when changing locations. This does not work very well as I often found that I had to read a couple of paragraphs before I realised who was talking to who and where they were, it would have helped if he had in addition to the day and time given the location.. The other thing that did not quite work was the extensive use of Russian and Japanese phrases assumedly to give a foreign feel. After the prologue the story slowly builds with financial intrigue, money laundering, Japanese gangs and the Russian military. Throw in the CIA and you have most everything. After the build up and bringing the strands together the final 80% is very fast paced until the end when I felt although it ended OK I was disappointed as I would have liked it a bit more tidy.Still well worth reading.