Storm Force

24 Declassified #7

by David Jacobs

Still reeling but rebuilding after Katrina's fury, New Orleans braces for another major hurricane heading her way. But a far greater threat is looming on the horizon—a manmade terror storm that will dwarf the destructive force of anything Mother Nature could have devised. Following a tip, agent Jack Bauer has come to the Big Easy—and watches helplessly as two prime players representing America's most dangerous Latin American adversaries fall in a surprising hail of gunfire. With winds rapidly approaching gale force, the rogue CTU operative must now follow the blood trail to a completely unexpected source. Because in less than 24 hours, a ruthless enemy hiding among "friends" plans to take out the already damaged Crescent City—and deliver a staggering blow from which the U.S. "Satan" may never recover.

Genres: Fiction, Action, Thriller

384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 26, 2007

Reviews

[Victoria Martinez · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was very upset with this book. First it was not written using the same time frame set up as the others, where each hour is broken up within each of the chapters which I believe makes great defining points. I feel by breaking up the times within each chapter it adds to the intensity of each incident. This book didn't use CTU since it took place in New Orleans. Bauer wasn't really as involved as i would have liked. It had a lot of building up to a quick shoot'em up finish that was ... just OK. I read the 24 Declassified books because I like the character Bauer and the team atmosphere of CTU. I like picturing the characters from the TV show as I read the book. Having just Bauer doesn't really satisfy me as it would if CTU were involved.

[Faith · Rating 2 out of 5]

Jack who?

Unfortunately, the characterization of Jack Bauer is lost in this novel. The setting is great - Louisiana, post Katrina, as another hurricane approaches. The main premise is intriguing - more terror to thwart. But, instead of being a man of much action and few words, Jack, in this novel, is a man of many words and not enough action. Worse, he has to have things explained to him, which he would never need explained based on his experience and skill set.

The most likely reason for this misstep is because dialogue is used to "covertly" throw a lot of information at the reader at once. And there is a strange tendency to recap events that have just occurred in various points in the book, possibly to beef up the word count.

All in all, Storm Force isn't the worst book ever written, but it also isn't the best. The only thing to do is move forward with the remainder of the 24 Declassified novels and hope they are more like the first two and less like this one.

[MARK. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad, up until the final showdown.
You know in advance terrorists are coming, so you wait in ambush for them INSIDE the largest US petroleum refinery, starting a firefight,and firing a 50 caliber machine gun you had time to mount on a bulldozer of all things? You had SWAT teams, and Snipers, you'd think they'd stop them BEFORE they entered the facility. That alone cost a "star".
Other than that foolishness, decent read, action, intrigue, and suspense.definitely would read another one.

[D. E. · Rating 5 out of 5]

DJ. had. penned a weather novel that probably tops most weather novels. The background for this novel is New Orleans, LA during the Katrina hurricane. Amongst the damage and destruction to company offices that there station will come under another agency because they are searching for two cartel bosses, which came as a surprise. This is a life during absolute chaos. This is an excellent read for the the genre.....DEHS

[Victoria · Rating 1 out of 5]

If you are a fan of 24 don't read this book. Most of the book is description and explaining the background of an unnecessarily complicated plot. Jack has only a few lines for much of the book and is nothing like the character on the TV show.

[Andrew · Rating 3 out of 5]

Barely passable. The worst of the franchise so far. Really never reached any great heights.

[Wim Boeren · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is not a 24 book. Yes there is the usual 24 hour timecode but the time doesn't make any sense. Compared to what happens in the tv show this could all be done in about 4 hours.
What I hated even more was the fact that the writer didn't seem to know anything about 24. Jack Bauer acted very different then in the series, even making jokes! Also, it seemed to be written for people who've never seen 24 before. I can't imagine you would buy this book if you're not a fan of the series in the first place. So why would you constantly explain everything about how CTU works? We know this already! Everything was explained way to much, which doesn't feel like 24. And it wasn't just explained once, but sometimes repeated again in the next chapter(s).
Then there was the fact that almost nothing happened. The first 20 chapters or so just had explaining about how everything worked, how a certain company worked and made money, how a certain person was thinking... but nothing really happened at the time.
Also, Jack Bauer was barely involved. Okay, in the end he was definitely very important but for the most part he was barely mentioned.
In conclusion, only the last 4 chapters (the 24th hour litterly being nothing, so actually just 3 chapters) felt like they could be from 24. This was the end battle so to speak and here Jack felt like Jack and the action felt like 24, although a bit exaggerated even for 24. But the last chapters I really liked. The rest was sh*t.

[Evan Kirby · Rating 2 out of 5]

A whole bunch of backstory that amounts to nothing actually happening in "real time." This whole book was a bore where nothing really happened and there was really nothing in the way of any high set pieces, twisty-turns in the investigation or really any fun at all. Matter of fact, Jack hardly feels like he's in this and just seems like some dude on the side who never amounts to much until he saves the day at the end. Unlike past novels there also wasn't any other recognizable '24' characters, so everything in here felt especially off.

[Ed Schmidt · Rating 3 out of 5]

A tale of spy vs spy vs spy. Cubans against Venezulans, with CTU watching both as they tried to figure out exactly what was going on. In the midst of all this, Saudi Arabia is planning a massive oil transfer to the US in an attempt to cripple Iran.

This was a difficult book to stay with. Much time and many pages were spent on descriptions of buildings and characters. Most of the action didn't start until the last 50 pages.

[Moody Val]

Absolutely sucks donkeyballs. The author may have never seen a single episode of 24 before writing this book, which is a real shame. Too little action, no pace, no feeling with the character we love so dearly. This is a poor attempt at writing a Jack Bauer story. Never got to the end of this, description are infinite and take away any potential for a good read, sub-plots lead absolutely nowhere, I sourly regret buying this lame excuse for a book.

[Levent Mollamustafaoglu · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is a terrible book. It is not only boring and uninteresting, it also has nothing to do with 24. It does not have the style, Jack barely does anything before the end, and it does not really have any of the 24 atmosphere with twists and turns in the plot.

I am extremely disappointed.

[Dan Vo · Rating 5 out of 5]

really good....thrilling to read and I've always loved reading the 24 series.. i also watched the movie which was also cool

[Tom Britton · Rating 1 out of 5]

amerciana bull shit worse book i read in a while quit sad love the show

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

A must read for any 24 or Tom Clancy fans

[Random57 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well done

Very well done! The story moved at a "24" like clip. Jack and CTU of course find and stop the bad guys.

[Andrea Grannum · Rating 2 out of 5]

Had to struggle to get through this one ..