Great Story, with the usual Tom Clancy characters, but it should have been about 100 pages shorter, there's only so many times you can read a paragraph explaing how good the soldiers are without it becoming boring! ( )

i loved the opening on board jacking in this book ( )

Tom Clancy is at the top of his game with this novel (I have always been a big Tom Clancy fan). This story is filled with suspense and amazingly detailed action scenes; this book is a non-stop thrill ride. Not only does Clancy create wonderfully detailed characters, he also created a plot that is very believable. It almost seems as if it was ripped from today's headlines. I strongly recommend this book to anybody who is a Clancy fan or enjoys a suspenseful and believable plot. There is also a video game based on the book, many high school students may be turned onto this book by first playing the video game. ( )

This is the first book of Clancy's that I have read, and I liked it a lot. The author has a very methodical style of writing that is elevated by the large amount of research he does for his subject matter. The book was long, but Clancy squeezed an incredible amount of narrative into a very readable package.

I found his technique of internal monologue to be a little distracting, but it worked well in the context of the story, and was a natural match for his overall writing style, so it is hard to fault the author for that. Towards the end of the book my chief complaint was that his characters were all one-dimensional, and on the whole that's still true, but he finished the book in a satisfying way and showed that in his world everyone is defined by an internal moral compass that is a shade of grey. If anything, I would have liked to have seen more from the side characters in this book, who you never feel like you get to know. ( )

This is a great book. This is the first Tom Clancy book that I have read. When I first picked it up I was worried that my short attention span might be taxed by so lengthy a book. This was not the case at all. The concept of the international anti-terrorist squad is just plain cool. The only reason I didn't give this book five stars is that I found the main terrorist plot a little bit of a reach. However, it still makes for a great thriller, good for anyone who likes modern military fiction. ( )