Maybe it was released for the USA election fever. Rovin can obviously write, arouse emotion and deliver action but he is just not able to put this incredibly complex plot together.
The first murder is engrossing, carefully thought out and well paced but then it all goes downhill. There is a rapidly developing plot but the reader is given too many facts when the surprises could have been so much better had they been revealed later in the plot. It is inevitable that this plot will resolve in the best way for the ongoing society that is the US of A, though the reality of September 11 clearly indicates that truth is never as glowing as Op-Center's successes.Īll that said if this wasn't plastered with Tom Clancy's name all over it, the book could probably stand as a reasonable airplane read. The flawed General Rodgers and Paul Hood of Op-Centre despite their almost diametrically opposed judgments both succeed at the end, but reality isn't like that. He took risks based on somewhat believable, though remote, probabilities and displayed to us all some wonderfully flawed characters. The "Clancy" of old exploded nuclear weapons in the USA, overturned corrupt presidential régimes and had key characters die when least expected. The characters are becoming unbelievable and the plots lack both plausibility and grit.
While it is undoubtedly a legitimate technique to utilize the worlds and characters created by other authors, this particular work will never be anything like a Clancy at its best.Īs these series develop they seem less and less like Clancy. A spree of deaths may be tied to Orr's presidential run and Rodgers must decide whether to sign on or shut it down.I really do get disappointed by the commercialism of the 'Tom Clancy' authors these days. When presidential candidiate Senator Donald Orr recruits Rodgers to act as his military advisor, it sounds like a perfect transition. The Op-Center's budget is slashed, leaving General Mike Rodgers in the market for a new job. Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Call to Treason is yet another gripping addition to the bestselling series masterminded by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik.
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