These were grim days for former operatives of the Jamahiriya Security Organization, the dreaded national intelligence service of Libya under Moammar Gaddafi.
What follows is exposition that sounds more like a disposition, using key words like Al-Qaeda, PERSEC, and NATO. This might interest some or maybe even most obsessed with this genre. The prologue does what prologues usually do, takes a big back story dump, a clever technique that always risks losing readers. But as this prologue reads like a news paper article, some might find it interesting; nevertheless, I didn't.
Chapter 1:
The five Americans had been lying low in the decrepit hotel room for hours, waiting for nightfall.
Followed by weather. However, there is a scene unfolding as some agents prepare for an operation and need to spread out for optimal effect. Chapters are short and paced well, as one can expect with a Clancy novel.
First thing said:
"We'll head out one at a time."
I will give this a pass (barely) because of chapter 1 and the scene that sets the story in motion. The prologue info could have been dumped somewhere else.
RIP Mr. Clancy.
Verdict: Pass (barely)
Sincerely,
Rudy Globird
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