By Sharlan Douglas
Can’t say too much, because Ken still has to read it, but …
Berenson’s first book, The Faithful Spy, is one of the best thrillers I’ve ever read. In this latest book he continues to demonstrate his plotting skill and his knowledge of Muslim terrorism, but I fear he may have worn out John Wells as a subject. Berenson has to invent increasingly implausible circumstances to insert Wells into the action. That’s OK in something like the Vince Flynn books — they don’t even pretend to resemble reality – -but the versimilitude of The Faithful Spy leaves my hungry for a little more logic.
Tom Clancy fans will love the details on how to manufacture a nuclear weapon. I just kept thinking COMSUBSYNCPAC.
June 2, 2009 at 12:27 pm |
OK, I’ve finished it and I like more than I dislike. Alex Berenson says that this novel is about revenge, but despite their best efforts, no one really succeeds in achieving their goal. Our hero, John Wells, has become unstable and I can only hope that Berenson can bring him back from the brink for the next three books that he is expected to write in this series.