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Summary: An interesting and emotional thrill ride
Review: I wentr into this book thinking that it would be another of Tom Clancy's classic novels. I don't believe that this book lived up to Mr. Clancy's paotintial. Usually his books are full of information and insight on the world of polotics and warfare. I think he could of taken the idea of the book to the full potential. Presumably part of his problem was that the book is made for his new computer gamde with the name Politika. I found this bit of information at the back of the book after finishing it. There was a little add of about 10 pages of information about how the game works, where to buy it, and how to play it.the story begins with the presumable death of President Yelstin in office. The death leaves Russia in political chaos and an economic downfall which causes the loss of food for piple of Russia. Looking for assistance, the Russians turn to the Americans for help. The Americans offer food and maney to the Russians. Meanwhile you meet the main character of the book, Roger Gordain who is a self made millionaire. Roger was a fighter pilot in Vietnam where he was shot down by a missle and taken hostage. After being released, he felt that there was a need for a adavanced targeting and radar system in planes. He developed the most advanced and cheapest system in the world. This earned him millions and put hes firm at the top of communication groups. He is now working on global commmunications and is setting up a ground station in west Russia. The biggest event in the novel and probaly the worst event to think about, is the terrorist bombing in Times Square on the dawn of the millenium, New Years eve December 31, 1999. After the bombing the explosivesare traced to a soviet munitions plant. This is whin the saftey-concerened Roger Gordian decides to take matters into his own hands. He finds informantion of a probable coup in Russia trying to overthrow the current goverment and reinstall communism. Roger is now in a struggle wiht powerful forces that include high rolling goverment officials and big players in the Russian Mafia. This is a fight for life that Roger must win so save himself and his fellow countrymen.
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Summary: Stunning, detailed, filled with intrigue
Review: This was the first Tom Clancy novel that I have read and was something that I would have expected from him, given what I've heard about him. What makes this novel so intriguing is that it is a real and forseeable possibility. Clancy has really "hit the nail on the head" so to speak. The reader is constantly wondering who it is that financed the terrorist attack in New York City. For those of you who have seen/read Patriot Games, Politika has a similarly tenseful and action filled ending. The novel does leave a few questions unanswered, but they could potentially be answered in later versions of "power plays". To Mr. Clancy, good job!
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Summary: My first Clancy book
Review: This was my first Tom Clancy book and let me tell you, it drew me in like a sixteen inch trout. Now, i'm just filling my shelves with Clancy novels even though i'm just starting Ruthless.com. Clancy brought me into the action right off the bat and kept my interest throughout the entire book. I couldn't put it down. Tom Clancy, I salute you on a job well done.
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Summary: Well-Written, but sadly lacking in some respects
Review: This book was definitely not written by Clancy. In his earlier series, Op-Center, he at least followed his own style of writing. Without his name on the cover, I could have never guessed he wrote it. The only way it is remotely like any other Clancy books is that it is a definite rip-off of the first Op-Center book. Read them both and look at the similarities: the man who loses his wife (Gregory Donald in Op-Center, the chief of police in Politika), the bombing (a convention in Seoul, New Year's in Times Square). This was not very good, at least not enough to read more than once. It had good points, but overall, he has written much better.
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Summary: A fast read
Review: True this is not one of Clacy's best, but it is worth a read. The story is faced paced. The power plays series will pick up and answer a lot of questions that were left open in this book. I am looking forward to see how this develops. For the traditional readers, I dont think Jack Ryan or John Clark are gone. You will see a lot of similarities between ryan and Godain. I believe you will see a lot of similarities in Some of Godains's employees and John Clark.
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Summary: This one ain't THAT bad!
Review: Apparantly this book is not liked by every Clancy-admirer. I liked it though. It was definately not written by Clancy himself: he needs more words to tell a story and the sex and violence are more explicit than in his own books. It is a fast read, the plot is exciting and not every hero is invincible (things that can't be said of Clancy's latest work "Rainbow Six"). One point of criticism: if Clancy gets so much help from other people to write a book (see the Preface), he should be able to find a person who can speak and write the Russian language properly.
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Summary: shallow and sloppy
Review: Not only the book is shallow and weak, Clancy's attention to detail is gone too. I can forgive him misspelling of so many Russian words, but a woman named Nikita?! This is a masculine name! Clancy seems to be going from detailed, informative and interesting descriptions to butt-kicking kind of cheap thrillers.
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Summary: Ugh.
Review: This is bad. Really bad. I could expect this from another author, but Tom Clancy? Sometimes I wonder if he actually writes these series of books (Op-Center and Power Plays.) It came with the CD, so I can't complain, although that wasn't very good either. Tom Clancy seems to get worse and worse.. read some of his earlier books.
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Summary: Clancy Rush-Job
Review: I would not waste reading time nor money on this poodle..how many "we interrupt this little bloody vignette to jump to the next bloody vignette across the world" can we take...Clancy insists on more. Not a real Clancy-just an occasional whiff of the old magic. Spend your time shining your shoes instead of reading this one.
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Summary: The best political book dealing with the Russians ever.
Review: This book was fast paced-paced and exciting. It makes me want to read more of Tom Clancy's novels. I deffinatly suggest it to anyone who likes Tom Clancy.
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