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Title: Clancy outside his realm of expertise-Weak in the extreme.
Review: Proof that Clancy is extremely stale. I was left with a feeling that he threw this one together on a whim without much, if any, forethought or research. This was stunning in that Clancy is THE master of research and detail. Having come to expect that bit of realism Clancy usually achieves by a mastery of technical detail, Rainbow Six was an utter disappointment and waste of time. The story was so incredibly farfetched as to be fantasy. This, in itself, would not be fatal but for his failure to develop that fantasy in anything but the most rudimentary way. Rainbow Six is simply shallow. Even in that puddle, Clancy waded in way over his head with Rainbow Six. Where his research and detail usually provide an ample life raft, this time he sunk like a hefty 700+ page bore.
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