

What has happened to the backup he was supposed to receive? Will he make it out alive? I chose this book because I bought it long time ago when I was a kid but didn't read it because it was thick. Even with his frantic calls for help, no one answers. Mitchell is surrounded by guns, traps and terror. I think people who li The story starts with an ambush in the forest which leads to many deaths of his comrades. I finished it because, like I said, I LOVE IT. The story starts with an ambush in the forest which leads to many deaths of his comrades. P219: but as the man came down for the kill shot with that sword whose tip was already familiar with mitchell's flesh, there was a moment of recognition in his eyes, as though maybe, just maybe, he realized who was behind the balaclava covering mitchell's face.more P129: when the general said "black tie," he meant black operation sans paper or electronic trials. P16: was he back in one of the nepa huts, smoking a cigar, while men died out here in the jungle? This i had to finish while confined in gentrimed. p219: but as the man came down for the kill shot with that sword whose tip was already familiar with mitchell's flesh, there was a moment of recognition in his eyes, as though maybe, just maybe, the abu sayyaf has made its way to literary fiction after all. p16: was he back in one of the nepa huts, smoking a cigar, while men died out here in the jungle? p129: when the general said "black tie," he meant black operation sans paper or electronic trials.

this i had to finish while confined in gentrimed.

The abu sayyaf has made its way to literary fiction after all. It is what it is - action-adventure writing without much else. But, the action scenes are intense and flow nicely. The bad guys carry fetish swords and use prostitutes and plan to hijack China's foreign policy as part of their ill-defined personal vendettas.Ĭlunky writing and two-dimensional characters abound. All of the good guys have big square jaws (or are pretty tomboys) and have wonderful biographies - a walking recruiting poster.

Spotty character development, sci-fi weapons, lots of talk about honor and commitment (that works until it gets too syrupy towards the end). Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon fit the bill perfectly. This is not deep literature that requires a set of Cliff's Notes. All of the good guys have big square jaws (or are pretty tomboys) and have wonderful I read Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon as the literary equivalent of a one night stand - nothing serious, no commitments. I read Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon as the literary equivalent of a one night stand - nothing serious, no commitments.
