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Title: Where's the editor?
Review: I was looking forward to reading another book focusing on John Clark after enjoying "Debt of Honor," but this one is very disappointing. Usually it takes a hundred pages for me to "get into" a Clancy novel. This book starts out OK, but gets more and more boring as the lengthy pages progress. What I really wished for was a decent editing job that would have cut the pages in half, focused the plot, and cut out the unnecessary diatribes against the environmental movement, entertainment industry (Disney), and so forth. I wondered what Newt was doing these days - he was secretly collaborating with Clancy on this book! On the plus side, Clancy has put more focus on the characters; however, it will be a long time before characterization alone can carry his books. If you really need to read every Clancy novel, at least wait for the paperback or, better yet, an abridged audiotape.
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