content: I agree with most of the other reviews here. I am a big Clancy fan but it has become apparent in his last few books that he has begun to take himself a little too seriously. I have had this book for at least three weeks and I am still having a hard time getting past the first 300 pages. The techno-geek stuff that was so much fun in the past is almost totally absent. Now all we hear about is politics. And if you don't think Clancy is rambling on and on about his own political beliefs, well.....His books just aren't much fun anymore, I'm sorry to say. I think I'll go back to a nice fast-paced Patterson or Koontz novel <sigh>.