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Out Of The Ashes (2014)

by Dick Couch(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

St. Martin's Griffin

series

Tom Clancy's Op-Center

review 1: Very disappointed. What a huge let down by these writers bringing Op Center back under Clancy's name and to drown it with characters that you wonder why they are even in the story line, let alone the redundancy of it all.They repeat the same thing over and over and go into non important or information that has no bearing on the story. It jumps willy nilly all over the place, you never know why, and you scratch your head wondering "When the heck is the story going to begin" when just for a few minutes at the beginning of the book it looked like it had a good plot, then suddenly, after 4% read, and when you have read 57% of the book, suddenly I realized it most likely would never give me more interest than the 4%. An insult to the writing of Tom Clancy and I keep asking... more myself why these authors managed to get this story past the editorial desk. I have an expression I use a lot. Meat - it has meat or there is no meat. In this case, in the lack of a fluent plot, a good story line like the old Op Center, "IT HAS NO MEAT WHATSOEVER"! I tried to like it. I honestly did my best and yes, for a few minutes here and there, for example, the beginning when the terrorists for hire to help a man get revenge for the brain dead injury of his wife while visiting America, I thought it was going to be a great read, then suddenly it starts down the road of no return. Very sad, very disappointing and I would never recommend this book to anyone.
review 2: 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. less

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