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Title: Like Cussler, Clancy's work deteriorates.
Review: I used to love Tom Clancy. Granted he is no John Irving but his stories were fun and well told. But this book is a drudge. I've grown tired of the mutual admiration society the characters are mired in. And everything is just too simple. There is no gray area, just right and wrong. And the conservative political agenda sticks out a little too far for me. Clive Cussler lost me with that book where he and Giordino trudge through the desert (Sahara?). His shallow characterization and endless macho themes finally turned me off. I shall never read another Cussler. Rainbow Six challenges Cussler for emptiness and will be the last Clancy I ever read unless he regains his old fire.
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