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Title: Go re-read an older Clancy novel...
Review: I'd recommend this book to a recycling center, but I'd probably have to pay them to take it. The whole plotline of this book is based on a terrorist act using the public outdoor cooling system for the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Did anyone forget that the summer games in 2000 are going to be held in WHAT IS WINTER FOR THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE? There goes the whole plot, eh? The characters are bland and all use the same fake Clancy LA slang "y'know" that is then passed off, in a sweet racist tone, as 'the pre-educated language of'. This is a novel that, in my not-so-humble opinion, got rejected before Clancy was big and has been repackaged with the characters we are familiar with (J. Ryan, Clark, etc...) and is being passed off as 'new'. Do yourself a big favor if you want to stay a Clancy fan: Don't read this pile of refuse.
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