A volcanic eruption is quite another, for, as the journalist who does a framing voice-over narration for Brooks’ latest puts it, when Mount Rainier popped its cork, “it was the psychological aspect, the hyperbole-fueled hysteria that had ended up killing the most people.” Maybe, but the sasquatches whom the volcano displaced contributed to the statistics, too, if only out of self-defense. It’s assembly-line Clancy: high-quality entertainment, few surprises.Īre we not men? We are-well, ask Bigfoot, as Brooks does in this delightful yarn, following on his bestseller World War Z (2006).Ī zombie apocalypse is one thing. ![]() The ultimate stakes are much higher than sunken ships: The theft of trillions of dollars may cause an “economic apocalypse,” and what’s a Clancy thriller without a ticking clock (Jack’s watch, really) and a threat of World War III? Fast action and dead bodies abound in this enjoyable bit of hero worship. A geek named Gavin, a “one-man wrecking machine when it came to hacking,” pointlessly reminds Jack that he’s “not authorized to do anything.” If Jack follows that advice, half the story disappears. In “a new kind of piracy,” drones disguised as tiger sharks sink enough ships to warrant the attention of President Ryan, whom one character calls “sharp as a tack, and blunt as a hammer.” That’s much better than what a bad guy calls his son: “this Ryan asshole.” Father and son go to great lengths to keep their relationship from being known, yet it’s still curious that no one seems to noodle on the idea they might look alike for a reason. In typical Clancy style, the action spans four continents and the Pacific Ocean, where a container ship carrying illegal cargo is sunk. No wonder he’s single the guy’s a walking danger zone. Later on, a woman from Spain’s security service also dies in Jack’s presence. Rushing back-because that’s what Ryans do-he hears his dying friend whisper “Sammler.” Enraged, he will stop at nothing to find her killer. ![]() ![]() They chat, and he leaves just before an explosion kills everyone inside. Later, he’s in a Barcelona restaurant sipping vermut when he unexpectedly meets an old flame. “Alive, not dead.” That is young Jack’s task in South Korea- to bring a bad guy back for interrogation-but he knows there’s “a long, nasty road of hurt” between life and death. President Jack Ryan and son save the world again in this latest Tom Clancy thriller by Maden.
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