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Title: Executive Orders by Tom Clancy, Edward Herrmann ISBN: 0-679-43696-0 Publisher: Random House Audio Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 August, 1996 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 4 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.92 (472 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good follow-up to 'Debt of Honor'
Comment: Clancy has a talent for spinning tales with mutiple interwoven plots -- and this book will not disappoint those who have come to enjoy this style.
Our hero, Jack Ryan, now finds himself promoted to the very top position in the United States government -- the presidency. A job he didn't want, circumstances have placed him in the excutive office with a full two thirds of the government apparatis demolished via a terrorist act.
To add to his woe, middle eastern agents have introduced biological warfare into the country -- and one of the secret service men guarding him is a sleeper agent waiting for the proper moment to execute him.
In true Clancy style all these things develop simultaneously and provide an interesting (if rather longish) story. I find it particularly interesting to note that much of the action seems to mirror the real world September 11th terrorist acts (the book was released a couple of years prior to this event). Could it be that the novel was used as a blueprint by real world terrorists or at least provided them the idea? It's an interesting theory. Read the story and make your own determination.
Bottom line is this is an important installment in the ongoing adventures of the (now) legendary Jack Ryan -- one you will want to read and add to the collection. The tale will keep you up late waiting to see how Jack copes with the developing situations though the outcome is never really in doubt.
** Recommended **
~P~
Rating: 5
Summary: Idealistic, perhaps, but a good story.
Comment: Tom Clancy gets somewhat farther away from the style that won him fame in "The Hunt for Red October". "Executive Orders" is as much a political statement as it is a novel. His premise: throw out the entire federal government and start fresh with people more interested in serving the country than in serving themselves. Not a bad idea to think about actually, although dropping a 747 on the assembled office holders is a bit too extreme to be practical. The persons and groups are characterized in a manner which is too perfect and stereotypical: Jack Ryan is absolutely selfless, immensely strong of character and never wrong; the media is self-serving, prejudiced and untrustworthy; the military and police agencies are brave, dedicated and unfailingly capable and the "bad guys" are devious, dastardly and utterly remorseless. The book is very long, but it never drags. The cast of characters is large enough that some readers may have trouble keeping track of who everyone is over the course of the several days it will take most people to read the book. The concluding desert battle is rather confusing if you attempt to form a mental image of exactly what is taking place. I may some day write out a list of the units involved, including all of the nicknames and code names used for them, and try to plot out exactly how the battle was conducted. Despite the tremendous numerical odds against them, the battle is much more one-sided in favor of the Americans than a real battle is ever likely to be. Despite these criticisms, I found the book to be very entertaining and the image presented of how America should be, politically and militarily, is refreshing and stimulating. Clancy has been accused of being misogynistic and Islamophobic. I don't agree at all. Several of his characters portray women in atypical roles - and doing their jobs well. He also goes out of his way to show that the "bad guys" are just that and, through their evil actions, are going against the tenets of their faith. In general, this book is certainly not Tom Clancy's best effort, but it is definitely worth reading - all 1358 pages of it!
Rating: 5
Summary: A great chapter of the Jack Ryan series.
Comment: Tom Clancy is the master of multiple plots and subplots, as he expertly proves in this book.
The book begins with multiple - and at the time, unrelated - incidents happening in different places. An airplane driven by terrorists is piloted into the Capitol, killing the president, and Jack Ryan is asked to step in as president. A never-before-seen outbreak of the Ebola virus is found. And two men sit around talking politics.
But by the end of this gripping story, the plots and subplots have interwoven to make one plot that could only be thought up by a genius like Tom Clancy.
I won't say any more so I don't spoil the book, but anyone should read this.
Highly recommended!
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