Daniel Shellenbarger’s Reviews > Patriot Games > Status Update

I have to HALF retract what I said, thus far at least, Clancy never refers to any of the Royals by name, even if it is extremely obvious who he's talking about

Let this book be a lesson to all authors: NEVER USE LIVING REAL LIFE PEOPLE IN YOUR STORY. It just gets awkward when they get in messy divorces later. Tainted royals aside, I'm looking forward to reading this as, oh boy, i barely remember this one (apart from desperately trying to focus on it while the couple I was sitting beside on the flight back from Cali were aggressively flirting with each other).