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Robert Ludlum's The Janson Command (2012)

by Paul Garrison(Favorite Author)

3.99 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1409121178 (ISBN13: 9781409121176)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Orion

series

Janson

review 1: This Ludlum book, actually written by Paul Garrison, intrigued me through proposing a novel hero. Paul Janson, himself a covert operative, rehabilitated the wreckage of lives left by the violent intelligence section. He is committed to recovering and healing damaged former agents or opertives. Out of these recovered men he has forged a small but adept group to use in international crises. Janson along with his partner, sharpshooter Jessica Kincaid, maintains a strong ethic: 1. No torture, 2. No civiliaan casualties, and 3. No killing anyone who doesn't rty to kill them. Janson's goal, to rehabilitate the wrecks left by American power plays, and his rules including no torture are refreshing after so many stories of intelligence agents bending the rules of civil society.Asid... moree from this, however, the plot involves the usual heroics and in that sense should rate a 3. I gave it a 4 due to the higher moral ground. An entertaining read.
review 2: I loved Ludlum's The Janson Directive and was so pleased to find out another of his best characters was being continued in a new series by Paul Garrison. I can't help but compare The Janson Command with 'Directive' and, although it's perhaps not quite as thrilling as Ludlum's original, it certainly doesn't disappoint.The ice-cool Paul Janson returns with his adversary turned protege, ace sharpshooter, Jessica Kincaid and it is the heroines' involvement that adds both the sense of vulnerability to the unflappable super spy, and the element of jeopardy to the story. We root for Janson, but care for Kincaid, and any time she is in danger makes for nail-biting reading. Especially at around midway through when - tiny spoiler! - she gets 'taken', and the pace of the whole tale picks up and remains pretty high for the rest of the book.Robert Ludlum is arguably the greatest ever thriller writer and Paul Janson one of his most exciting creations - up there with Bourne. Paul Garrison has taken up the mantle for this new series brilliantly and I look forward to many more. less

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