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Tom Clancy's Op-Center #13
Out of the Ashes
A New York Times bestseller!Tom Clancy's Op-Center is back with this new thriller written by the New York Times bestselling authors of Tom Clancy's ACT OF VALOR and featuring a chilling, ripped-from-the-headlines scenario.Before 9/11 America was protected by a covert force known as the National Crisis Management Center. Commonly known as Op-Center, this silent, secret mantel guarded the American people and protected the country from enemies. The charter was top secret and Director Paul Hood reported directly to the president. Op-Center used undercover operatives with SWAT capabilities to diffuse crises around the world, and they were tops in their field. But after the World Trade Center disaster, in the interest of streamlining, OP-Center was disbanded-leaving the country in terrible danger.But when terrorists detonate bombs in sports stadiums around the country leaving men, women and children dead or mutilated, the President executes an emergency order to bring back Op-Center-an Op-Center capable of dealing with the high tech crises of the 21st Century, and there is a lethal one brewing in the Middle East. A renegade Saudi Prince with ambitions of controlling the world's oil supply has an ingenious plot to manipulate America into attacking Syria and launching a war against Iran. Next, they would ignite a sleeper cell to attack the America homeland, resulting in a bloodbath unlike any other. Only the men and women of Op-Center, using sophisticated technology, realize what is about to be unleashed. Only they have the courage to issue a warning no one wants to hear. But will anyone believe them?
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34 books159 followersMr. Couch graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1967. He graduated from BUD/S training in Class 45 in 1969. He was a case officer for the CIA.
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January 12, 2020
The combination of the refocusing of intelligence after 9/11 and Congressional budget cuts shuttered the original Op-Center, fifteen years later after the worst terrorist attack since 9/11 the new President decides to reestablish it. Out of the Ashes by Dick Couch and George Galdorisi relaunched Tom Clancy’s Op-Center series as former four-star admiral Chase Williams is tapped by a new President to relaunch Op-Center to avenge the latest terrorist attack and work to prevent the next one.
A rich Kuwaiti couple are assaulted in New York by upset Giants fans after a game resulting in the wife being braindead, her husband hires a Indonesian engineer/terrorist-for-hire that results in a attacks on four NFL stadiums and hacked other stadium’s PA to cause panic. In the wake of thousands of dead, the new President and his National Security Advisor decide to reform Op-Center are surprised when Paul Hood turns them down only to learn he has ALS, but did bring his recommended pick former Admiral Chase Williams who the President approves after along discussion. It takes Williams three months to get a skeleton version of Op-Center up and running with the focus on the Kuwaiti and the Indonesian who are taken out by Joint Special Operations Command team under Op-Center’s control. Almost a year and a half later, a Saudi prince in charge of a oil pipeline through Jordan and Syria finds the new Syrian government an obstacle and decides to have the U.S. get rid of it. Hacking a military drone, he makes it appear that the Syrians have missiles that can take out the newly arrived U.S. carrier group which sets off the U.S. military to begin planning an attack on Syria. The new leader of Syria goes to Iran to ask for help and the new Grand Ayatollah mines the Strait of Hormuz adding fuel to the Saudi prince’s plan. However, a civilian analyst realizes there is issue with the drone footage and send it to her former colleagues at the NRO who agree and determine the site is in Saudi Arabia but the captain of the ship she is on refuses to send the information up the chain of command. However, Op-Center intercepted the emails and redirected their JSOC team from investigating Syria to the site in Saudi Arabia only for the civilian analyst and a Navy helo pilot to take it upon themselves to go to the site and get shot down by the prince’s on-site leader and captured. The JSOC team rescues the two women, “interview” everyone on the site, and send the information to Op-Center which is sent to the White House stopping all plans for an attack on Syria. But the President orders a strike on Iran’s mining capabilities, which results in the Iranian leader to order a Sarin attack in Washington as retaliation. Even though Williams warns the FBI Director repeatedly, the attack still occurs. After Williams gives the President the information his team had collected, the President orders the death of the Grand Ayatollah and destroys the Iranian navy as retaliation. The civilian analyst loses her job and the helo pilot her wings, but both are recruited by Op-Center.
The book suffered not from two authors but two different stories that could have each made a good book being shortened and mashed together. This resulted in the actual Op-Center portions of the book being shafted with only Chase Williams the only character connected with it being given depth and character interactions shown being stilted and dry in comparison to the scenes in the Middle East were the characters and dialogue were more rounded and livelier. Yet despite the mashed together stories, Couch and Galdorisi did one other “mistake” and that was the helo pilot and civilian analyst’s rogue trip seemed more Hollywood than reality which the author’s were at pains to portray actually though there was a goal in mind as seen at the end of the book though it had been telegraphed the entire second half of the book. Yet the book was fast moving and kept the reader interested if you were able to figure out quickly that it was essentially set up for the future books.
Out of the Ashes restarts the Op-Center franchise though a book that contained two stories that would have been good books on their own but were forced together by either the decision of the authors or by the publisher. Dick Couch and George Galdorisi gave an interesting preview of what they might bring the series though it could also very easily make one not continue given the issues with the book.
A rich Kuwaiti couple are assaulted in New York by upset Giants fans after a game resulting in the wife being braindead, her husband hires a Indonesian engineer/terrorist-for-hire that results in a attacks on four NFL stadiums and hacked other stadium’s PA to cause panic. In the wake of thousands of dead, the new President and his National Security Advisor decide to reform Op-Center are surprised when Paul Hood turns them down only to learn he has ALS, but did bring his recommended pick former Admiral Chase Williams who the President approves after along discussion. It takes Williams three months to get a skeleton version of Op-Center up and running with the focus on the Kuwaiti and the Indonesian who are taken out by Joint Special Operations Command team under Op-Center’s control. Almost a year and a half later, a Saudi prince in charge of a oil pipeline through Jordan and Syria finds the new Syrian government an obstacle and decides to have the U.S. get rid of it. Hacking a military drone, he makes it appear that the Syrians have missiles that can take out the newly arrived U.S. carrier group which sets off the U.S. military to begin planning an attack on Syria. The new leader of Syria goes to Iran to ask for help and the new Grand Ayatollah mines the Strait of Hormuz adding fuel to the Saudi prince’s plan. However, a civilian analyst realizes there is issue with the drone footage and send it to her former colleagues at the NRO who agree and determine the site is in Saudi Arabia but the captain of the ship she is on refuses to send the information up the chain of command. However, Op-Center intercepted the emails and redirected their JSOC team from investigating Syria to the site in Saudi Arabia only for the civilian analyst and a Navy helo pilot to take it upon themselves to go to the site and get shot down by the prince’s on-site leader and captured. The JSOC team rescues the two women, “interview” everyone on the site, and send the information to Op-Center which is sent to the White House stopping all plans for an attack on Syria. But the President orders a strike on Iran’s mining capabilities, which results in the Iranian leader to order a Sarin attack in Washington as retaliation. Even though Williams warns the FBI Director repeatedly, the attack still occurs. After Williams gives the President the information his team had collected, the President orders the death of the Grand Ayatollah and destroys the Iranian navy as retaliation. The civilian analyst loses her job and the helo pilot her wings, but both are recruited by Op-Center.
The book suffered not from two authors but two different stories that could have each made a good book being shortened and mashed together. This resulted in the actual Op-Center portions of the book being shafted with only Chase Williams the only character connected with it being given depth and character interactions shown being stilted and dry in comparison to the scenes in the Middle East were the characters and dialogue were more rounded and livelier. Yet despite the mashed together stories, Couch and Galdorisi did one other “mistake” and that was the helo pilot and civilian analyst’s rogue trip seemed more Hollywood than reality which the author’s were at pains to portray actually though there was a goal in mind as seen at the end of the book though it had been telegraphed the entire second half of the book. Yet the book was fast moving and kept the reader interested if you were able to figure out quickly that it was essentially set up for the future books.
Out of the Ashes restarts the Op-Center franchise though a book that contained two stories that would have been good books on their own but were forced together by either the decision of the authors or by the publisher. Dick Couch and George Galdorisi gave an interesting preview of what they might bring the series though it could also very easily make one not continue given the issues with the book.
June 12, 2020
Out of the Ashes
Spoilers
It started out gangbusters with a person wanting revenge for the loss of his wife from disillusioned football fans - so he arranged to blow up stadiums, while they were occupied. The means seemed a realistic infiltration (hopefully the possibility has been prevented).
I don't see a multi-millionaire dismissing his chauffeur while walking a few blocks in unknown territory. Still could have had the same dismal outcome of the scrap ensuing. That was the first thing gnawing at me. The second thing was how quickly the "good guys" figured out who the perpetrators were.
The author spends enormous time giving backgrounds and details on each characters life down to the high school they attended and who taught them Social Studies (okay a little hyperbole there, just a little) and then only a couple of vague sentences on computer/internet experts tracking down the "bad guys". Something like they collected records of all million dollar transactions and cross referenced against known terrorist operators. Instead it was along the lines of 'the analysts were good, so they figured it out'.
Unsatisfactory, as was having military pilots fly (on their own) over a foreign missile firing base. I'm just a civilian but I might try to take a peek from miles away there is no way I'd entertain flying directly over, even if the 'copter had evasive capabilities, which it did not.
Another annoying thing was the author(s) built up the female characters only to debase as them objects of rape, to further foul the fiends at the base. It was gratutious.
What they did capture was the difficulty/impossibilty of getting through the chain of command. I've encountered that over safety issues and was told by the boss's boss that since no one has died yet they wouldn't change procedure (and if I went over his head I'd be fired) and that was a non-military setting. [BTW I enabled additional protocols when I was on shift and staff implemented them even when I was not supervising - for their own safety].
Spoilers
It started out gangbusters with a person wanting revenge for the loss of his wife from disillusioned football fans - so he arranged to blow up stadiums, while they were occupied. The means seemed a realistic infiltration (hopefully the possibility has been prevented).
I don't see a multi-millionaire dismissing his chauffeur while walking a few blocks in unknown territory. Still could have had the same dismal outcome of the scrap ensuing. That was the first thing gnawing at me. The second thing was how quickly the "good guys" figured out who the perpetrators were.
The author spends enormous time giving backgrounds and details on each characters life down to the high school they attended and who taught them Social Studies (okay a little hyperbole there, just a little) and then only a couple of vague sentences on computer/internet experts tracking down the "bad guys". Something like they collected records of all million dollar transactions and cross referenced against known terrorist operators. Instead it was along the lines of 'the analysts were good, so they figured it out'.
Unsatisfactory, as was having military pilots fly (on their own) over a foreign missile firing base. I'm just a civilian but I might try to take a peek from miles away there is no way I'd entertain flying directly over, even if the 'copter had evasive capabilities, which it did not.
Another annoying thing was the author(s) built up the female characters only to debase as them objects of rape, to further foul the fiends at the base. It was gratutious.
What they did capture was the difficulty/impossibilty of getting through the chain of command. I've encountered that over safety issues and was told by the boss's boss that since no one has died yet they wouldn't change procedure (and if I went over his head I'd be fired) and that was a non-military setting. [BTW I enabled additional protocols when I was on shift and staff implemented them even when I was not supervising - for their own safety].
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 20, 2018
Being a big fan of the Jack Ryan series I decided to try these. The characters are not as well developed but there is probably even more action in these. I very much enjoyed the first three of these in this reboot of the series.
(Note: I'm stingy with stars. For me 2 stars means a good book. 3 = Very good; 4 = Outstanding {only about 5% of the books I read merit this}; 5 = All time favorites {one of these may come along every 400-500 books})
(Note: I'm stingy with stars. For me 2 stars means a good book. 3 = Very good; 4 = Outstanding {only about 5% of the books I read merit this}; 5 = All time favorites {one of these may come along every 400-500 books})
August 30, 2016
I was trying to be generous and give this a 2 but it just wasn't worth it. They should have left Op Center dead rather than try to revive it. I never got into the book, which was dragged out by a lot of un-necessary dialogue.
July 3, 2014
Very weak writing. I read half and returned it. Dialog is about as wooden as it gets.
July 25, 2014
It is clear from the very get-go that this book is simply a rehash of what had once made Tom Clancy the best military writer ever. Back in the day there was once a book called Sum of All Fears. It was a simple story of a man bent on setting Russia and the US against each other in a nuclear conflict. There were key parts of that book, and movie, that I will list here. There is a scene in the movie (Sum of All Fears) that showed the President and his staff in a nuclear war drill, a scene where an attack takes place on a football stadium by smuggling a nuclear device in a cigarette machine into the stadium, and the President's close staff acting widely and fantastically unprofessional in the face of these attacks, to name a few. So what should we find in the first five chapters of Out of the Ashes but nearly the exact same scenes. An attack on football stadiums by smuggling explosives into the food concession stands, a scene where the President's National Security Adviser acts frantically by recklessly driving through Washington DC putting his wife in great jeopardy, a scene describing how the President and his staff just partook in drills for situations like this. I could go on and on about how the scenes in this book read like copy and paste storylines from other Clancy books but I'm sure if you decide to read this you'll find them all for yourself.
But beyond the rehashed plot points is a fascination by the authors to make every character a, well, caricature of who people are and who they should be. Characters are thin and superficial and read like they are portrayed by d-list actors in a low budget flick. Scene descriptions are incredibly over grotesque and morbid. There seems to be no comprehension that kids are young and inexperienced rather than dumb and talking puppets. Everything in this book reads like it is written by amateurs that are imagining what people would do and say in any given situation rather than actually reflecting how actual people would act and talk. There is no effort put into make the characters real.
From beginning to end the book is superficial, repetitive, unimaginative, and unnecessarily morbid. it reads like fanfic by people that just wanted to rehash past works in new a binding.
I rarely rail on a book given I have huge respect for any author that can get their creation to print. However, I actually loathed just about every aspect of this book. I still respect the authors of this book, but their creation is far from fitting of the Clancy name.
*I received this book in ARC for an honest review.
But beyond the rehashed plot points is a fascination by the authors to make every character a, well, caricature of who people are and who they should be. Characters are thin and superficial and read like they are portrayed by d-list actors in a low budget flick. Scene descriptions are incredibly over grotesque and morbid. There seems to be no comprehension that kids are young and inexperienced rather than dumb and talking puppets. Everything in this book reads like it is written by amateurs that are imagining what people would do and say in any given situation rather than actually reflecting how actual people would act and talk. There is no effort put into make the characters real.
From beginning to end the book is superficial, repetitive, unimaginative, and unnecessarily morbid. it reads like fanfic by people that just wanted to rehash past works in new a binding.
I rarely rail on a book given I have huge respect for any author that can get their creation to print. However, I actually loathed just about every aspect of this book. I still respect the authors of this book, but their creation is far from fitting of the Clancy name.
*I received this book in ARC for an honest review.
November 16, 2022
Exciting and relevant military-political thriller. No sex or gore. 1 'd-word,' (I may have missed some). Later Clancy novels, especially those with a co-writer, have far fewer of the 3 graphics (language, sex, & gore). Read engagingly by Scott Sauers.
Created by Tom Clancy & Steve Pachenic. Written by Dick Couch & George Galdorisi. Recommended.
Created by Tom Clancy & Steve Pachenic. Written by Dick Couch & George Galdorisi. Recommended.
June 9, 2014
Dialogue is written for outsiders, not how people actually talk. The action was mild, and the plot took turns in the last 1/3 weren't compelling and kind of defeated the whole purpose of an Op Center...
August 9, 2015
After reading, I understand why it was a bargain priced book at B&N
September 29, 2017
Typical action adventure as new authors keep alive Clancy's Op-Center novels. Terrorist plots and attacks on the US and other countries by Islamist extremists. Heavy on the Initials of Military and government agencies but readable.
May 30, 2014
The original “Op-Center” by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik ended in 2005. Tom Clancy died in 2013. I see that the “Op-Center” has been brought back to life by authors Dick Couch and George Galdorisi, but still under the Tom Clancy copyright. In this story a new President Wyatt Midkiff decided to reactivate Op-Center after a devastating attack to NFL stadiums while games were in progress. Chase Williams, a four star Navy Admiral is appointed to head the new center. After the center is up and running a crisis develops in the middle east and America is about to attack Syria, the Center uncovers a plot by a Saudi oil pipeline Czar Prince Ali-al-Wandi to trigger the whole event. There is lots of action, suspense, large amount of detail about weapon systems, military acronyms along with some interesting dialogue. No information is provided about how the terrorist manages to carry out his coordinated attacks; the same applies to the oil Czar. The authors have provided in-depth information about each of the main characters to provide a base for the new series. The book is heavy on action and politics but is light on a plausible plot; overall it makes for a light fun read, a good break from more intense reading. I read this as an audio book downloaded from Audible. Scott Sowers does an excellent job narrating the book.
November 5, 2015
The book starts out fast with moronic Americans upset from their football team losing, who savagely beat up some middle easterners. But they were the wrong ones to beat up because they have connections. Then, with little transition, the destructive events set in motion appear. Then the book slows to a snail's pace. Most of the middle chapter are about administering the new Ops Center, e.g., chapters about who to lead it, how it's going to operate.... all of this with very little action. There's about 5 pages of details about a helicopter landing on a bobbing ship. The book pays token tribute to Clancy with the occasional specification of a piece of military equipment, but there the similarity ends. The dialog is not great, there's just too much of it. Clancy is action/suspense. That part was forgotten in this novel. Obviously, parts of the book are fine. I just kept reading with the expectation that something was going to happen soon. and it just took too long to happen!
June 29, 2014
I hope the author kept his day job
May 8, 2022
A great re-introduction to the series. This is post Arab Spring America, not just post 9/11, so the highlight on multiple threats seems to fit. Nice touch having a chapter for the old guard, and a good handoff to who would likely be the new guardians of America (in this world of course). Nice touch on adding "anticipatory intelligence" to the arsenal, and of course it does scream Minority Report from afar so I hope it is the focus of one of the next books.
What prevents me from giving it five stars is that the presentation of multiple threats made the book a bit scatterbrained, even to the point of having two books' worth of content into one. I was used to one plot point per chapter, that seeing two wholly different (and unrelated) plot points were woven to one chapter. The "faux first person" perspective - third person but with a lot of thoughts / reactions from one person - was scaled back quite a bit, which was a tad disappointing. The climax to the plot of the two female protagonists was also a bit predictable (I was like, "really"?), but at least any further implication was off-book.
Nonetheless, this was a good re-introduction to the revived series. I'm in anticipation for the next book.
What prevents me from giving it five stars is that the presentation of multiple threats made the book a bit scatterbrained, even to the point of having two books' worth of content into one. I was used to one plot point per chapter, that seeing two wholly different (and unrelated) plot points were woven to one chapter. The "faux first person" perspective - third person but with a lot of thoughts / reactions from one person - was scaled back quite a bit, which was a tad disappointing. The climax to the plot of the two female protagonists was also a bit predictable (I was like, "really"?), but at least any further implication was off-book.
Nonetheless, this was a good re-introduction to the revived series. I'm in anticipation for the next book.
April 25, 2024
A terrorist has orchestrated for simultaneous attacks on different NFL stadiums. This is not your average terrorist who lives in the mountains in the Middle East. This is a well-funded terrorist with connections in a vendetta against the United States . In the aftermath, the NA security advisor and the President decide to bring OP Center back from the dead. OP Center must rebuild and bring the terrorists to justice.
A good chunk of this book was setting up the reemergence of OP Center, introduce you to the new players involved. I don’t think it was a bad book, but it spent so much time establishing OP Center and the people running it. I think that took away from the depth of the story.
I’m expecting the next book in the series to be an improvement based on the groundwork laid in this one. if you have read or plan to read, future books would be a good one to read to give you the origin of OP Center’s reboot.
A good chunk of this book was setting up the reemergence of OP Center, introduce you to the new players involved. I don’t think it was a bad book, but it spent so much time establishing OP Center and the people running it. I think that took away from the depth of the story.
I’m expecting the next book in the series to be an improvement based on the groundwork laid in this one. if you have read or plan to read, future books would be a good one to read to give you the origin of OP Center’s reboot.
June 19, 2020
Action packed book from page 1 through to the end. My husband picked this out for me. He isn't a reader and I didn't think I'd enjoy it. I was wrong. The characters were introduced quickly and not much more than minimal development was done on any but the main characters. But that enabled me to read fast.
There were multiple threats against the U.S. and the President decided to revive a special ops team to more thoroughly find and investigate leads. The military and 3 letter organizations have too much red tape and procedures to sift through. This new team would use the same intelligence from the other agencies and use it more effectively. Taken at face value, great idea, but digging in, why couldn't our other groups get with the efficient program?
In any case, the story revolves around this new team and what they uncover and the implications to our government and internationally.
There were multiple threats against the U.S. and the President decided to revive a special ops team to more thoroughly find and investigate leads. The military and 3 letter organizations have too much red tape and procedures to sift through. This new team would use the same intelligence from the other agencies and use it more effectively. Taken at face value, great idea, but digging in, why couldn't our other groups get with the efficient program?
In any case, the story revolves around this new team and what they uncover and the implications to our government and internationally.
May 22, 2019
I've never read a Tom Clancy book. The story of, Out of the Ashes, was so predictable. Though I did like the beginning, when they surprise attacked the North Koreans. No disrespect to the author, Dick Couch, but could have wrote this book better than it's written. I actually didn't finish it because I didn't like it as much as I thought I would. Out of the Ashes isn't really, really bad but it also really isn't all that good. I also really didn't get the story that much. Like why did they attack the North Koreans? Did something happen in an earlier book that I missed? Overall, would I recommend, Out of the Ashes? Yes, and no. Yes if you read all the other books, and no if you haven't.
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August 1, 2019
Tom Clancy's Op-Center is back! Now written by Dick Couch and George Galdorisi, the story covers the re-emergence of the secret covert intelligence and operating force.
The novel revolves around a fictitional terrorist attack on football stadiums around the United States and moves to a plot to blame Syria for an attack they did not do and to start another Middle East war involving the United States military.
Lots of action, intrigue, suspense, and state of the art military toys make this an exciting read. It is a classic Clancy type story, only in about half the pages of the great Tom Clancy!
The novel revolves around a fictitional terrorist attack on football stadiums around the United States and moves to a plot to blame Syria for an attack they did not do and to start another Middle East war involving the United States military.
Lots of action, intrigue, suspense, and state of the art military toys make this an exciting read. It is a classic Clancy type story, only in about half the pages of the great Tom Clancy!
June 29, 2020
CC1
Excellent follow up to the original Opt center series. The only thing I have a problem with there was no follow up to what happened to the original Opt center employees . t would have been nice to follow up with the old crew. Plus explained what happened with the president Paul was working for plus the General that took his place. The way Paul ended up ALS sucked. But the new crew and plot was excellent. Great job of integration of Chance Williams and private sector. Great job by the president to support the new Opt center. Great plot great new characters great story and plot. Wish we could do that to Iran today. 5 stars plus!!! Thanks Carl Clause
Excellent follow up to the original Opt center series. The only thing I have a problem with there was no follow up to what happened to the original Opt center employees . t would have been nice to follow up with the old crew. Plus explained what happened with the president Paul was working for plus the General that took his place. The way Paul ended up ALS sucked. But the new crew and plot was excellent. Great job of integration of Chance Williams and private sector. Great job by the president to support the new Opt center. Great plot great new characters great story and plot. Wish we could do that to Iran today. 5 stars plus!!! Thanks Carl Clause
January 2, 2025
I didn’t pay attention to the fact that this is not a Tom Clancy book, but the two authors are very knowledgable about government, security administration, and war technology.
However, although the story starts with a lot of action and a terrible terrorist attack, it doesn’t continue until 3/4 of the way through the book. That whole interim section is taken up with the revival of a security organization called Op Centre, about which this series is based.
Suggestion to the authors: don’t assume that your reader knows what a MH-60R or a PF-103 are - we may appreciate a short description of the aircraft or boat or whatever it is.
However, although the story starts with a lot of action and a terrible terrorist attack, it doesn’t continue until 3/4 of the way through the book. That whole interim section is taken up with the revival of a security organization called Op Centre, about which this series is based.
Suggestion to the authors: don’t assume that your reader knows what a MH-60R or a PF-103 are - we may appreciate a short description of the aircraft or boat or whatever it is.
February 1, 2021
I don't know who the intended audience was, but it wasn't me. Military buffs, veterans, and serving members might better appreciate this novel. I was awash in a sea of characters and acronyms with stilted conversations and too much information. Lots of pieces and banal characters here. Finally, about 3/4 of the way through, the pacing picked up because we had left the overly factual and repetitive character introductions behind. Although, even to an outsider like me, the helicopter pilot's actions seem unbelievable given her military affiliation.
July 28, 2018
I've read other books that were part of the Tom Clancy empire but were not written by Clancy himself. They were not bad. This book, however, felt like reading an episode of 'Criminal Minds' or 'CSI.' A lot of style, very little substance. The pace picked up towards the end, but it just wasn't that good.
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September 28, 2019
This book was awful. I gave it 2 stars because disc 8 (of 9) was ok. If I had been reading this book instead of listening I would have skipped most of it. There were too many references to numbers (of guns, ships,) and way too much personal information about each character that had nothing to do with the story. I don’t recommend this book.
November 29, 2017
enjoyed the action, HOWEVER, it was very obvious that this was not written by Tom Clancy, as it may have become a bit tedious as the story unfolded. MAJOR COMPLAINT is that: the authors didn't write the rape its effects, as a woman would have felt and recorded it.
August 12, 2020
Big build up and a quick wrap up, sort of an after thought. A bit disappointing if you are a fan of the Op-Centre series. But interesting re relationships of chain of command in military and in the political realm.
January 18, 2022
The two new authors are certainly not as agile as Jeff Rovin was. They repeat themselves a lot.
Also, replacing the entire cast of characters meant that while I liked Chase Williams' no nonsense attitude, I didn't much care what happened to anyone.
Also, replacing the entire cast of characters meant that while I liked Chase Williams' no nonsense attitude, I didn't much care what happened to anyone.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 16, 2024
OP Center hits another one out of the park!
I loved the first two books in the series. I haven't read any of the others till this one.
But, now I am planning to read more of them.
I was hoping that Chase would try and hire Laurie and Sandee.
I hope they are in future stories.
I loved the first two books in the series. I haven't read any of the others till this one.
But, now I am planning to read more of them.
I was hoping that Chase would try and hire Laurie and Sandee.
I hope they are in future stories.
March 15, 2018
Another great book in the Opt Center series.
October 5, 2018
This was interesting and kept my attention, but wasn't quite up to the par that I expected for Tom Clancy novels.
March 18, 2020
A lot of detail but not much action.
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