Review: Over-complicated and slow to develop
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 26, 2013
Incredibly slow-moving and plodding, it never seemed to get off the ground for me. I had a hard time with the author's habit of injecting countless Hebrew and Arabic words into the narrative, some of which he defines but many he does not. (Coincidentally, I studied both Hebrew and Arabic about 15 yrs ago, albeit informally, but even that wasn't much help here.) Couple that with a plethora of new characters every few pages, all possessing long Arabic names, and I just finally gave up trying to keep everyone straight in my head. Way too many foreign words and WAY too many characters over-complicate things and drag the story down to barely a crawl. Plus it jumps around all over the place, both geographically and chronologically.  Obviously, the majority of reviewers here would disagree with my low rating, but I really had high hopes, as I enjoy reading about Mossad. Couldn't get past the 40% mark. Tom Clancy's legacy is still safe.