Review: What Makes a Spy a GREAT Spy?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2012
This short story gives you a bit of background information on Justin Hall, the hero of Arctic Wargame.  Justin is an agent for the Canadian Clandestine Services.  So, what makes a spy a great spy?  Well, one of the things is loyalty to the cause and to his fellow agents.  The second thing is being willing to be tortured and not give up information.  The third thing is the ability to be held captive, tortured and still be able to think on your feet to get yourself out of a desperate situation.Justin is being held and being tortured so that the Terrorist can get more information from him to use in their diabolical schemes.  But Justin is a bright man, able to think on his feet, even when his body is being pushed to the limits.  He is able to come up with a way to overcome and survive so that he can fight another day.But in the midst of all this his thoughts are still on a fellow team member who is also being held hostage.  Justin not only is thinking about how to get himself out of a desperate situation he is not willing to leave any man behind.  That sounds an awful lot like the U.S. Navy Seals and Special Forces motto, no man (or woman) left behind.  But guess what, that is not always the motto of the CIA or other Clandestine services.  Often times their motto seems to be, "every man for himself and don't worry about the other guy."  That's what makes us like Tom Clancy's character, Jim Ryan, the fact that he is unwilling to leave anyone behind.So, here we have Justin Hall, the new breed of Jack Ryan's and James Bond characters, people unwilling to leave others behind, unwilling to sell out their nations and unwilling to not complete a mission.So, now, what's the best part of this short story?  The best part is that it leaves you wanting more.  It leaves you know more about Justin Hall, but it leaves you wanting to know, how does he make out, how does he survive and go on to fight another day, how does he do it?So, OK Ethan, give us the next short story to tell us more about Justin Hall and more about how he and his fellow Canadians will save the day!If you haven't read Arctic Wargame you will want to pick up a copy of that so that you can follow Justin Hall on his next adventure.Ethan Jones is a new writer, a new great writer that you are going to want to follow as he writes more and more Justin Hall adventures.Enjoy!