Crisis Point

Rating:
Summary: "Good Characters, But Needs More Drama"
Review: I did find it interesting that, unlike in most books of this drama, the prominent military characters are not special ops people or combat pilots. They come from support units such as intelligence and Transportation Command. While TRANSCOM Colonel Williams tries to find out what's happened to a hijacked shipment of advanced cruise missiles, Intel weenie Colonel Underwood is trying to deal with the internal politics of the CIA and the White House. Both men are stark contrasts. Williams is a stand-up family man who is not afraid of doing grunt work. Underwood is hot and cold. While you can sympathize with some problems in his personal life, there are times he comes off as rather self-serving. His emotions are thrown into turmoil when he finds himself thrust in the middile of the hijackers conspiracy. FBI Agent Carolyn Younghart added a hard edge to the story as she helps Williams investigate the cruise missile theft. I did feel that the end lacked a lot of drama and left quite a few loose ends.

Rating:
Summary: "Good Characters, But Needs More Drama"
Review: I did find it interesting that, unlike in most books of this drama, the prominent military characters are not special ops people or combat pilots. They come from support units such as intelligence and Transportation Command. While TRANSCOM Colonel Williams tries to find out what's happened to a hijacked shipment of advanced cruise missiles, Intel weenie Colonel Underwood is trying to deal with the internal politics of the CIA and the White House. Both men are stark contrasts. Williams is a stand-up family man who is not afraid of doing grunt work. Underwood is hot and cold. While you can sympathize with some problems in his personal life, there are times he comes off as rather self-serving. His emotions are thrown into turmoil when he finds himself thrust in the middile of the hijackers conspiracy. FBI Agent Carolyn Younghart added a hard edge to the story as she helps Williams investigate the cruise missile theft. I did feel that the end lacked a lot of drama and left quite a few loose ends.

Rating:
Summary: Spell binder!
Review: Ken Currie is a master at plot and character development. Half-way through, I couldn't put it down! A year and a half ago, most people would not have believed the story. Today, it takes on an eerie sense of reality as the writer puts you behind the scenes in Washington DC while the military and other agencies try to piece together clues about an attack on a U.S. military cargo ship. What they uncover has much broader and immediate implications for the civilian community at large. I would recommend this book to anyone who wishes to gain a better understanding of today's real-world challenge of "connecting the dots" to prevent terrorist actions.