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Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780140279269 ISBN: 0140279261 Label: Penguin Books Ltd Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd Number Of Pages: 464 Publication Date: July 12, 2000 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Studio: Penguin Books Ltd Related Items:
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 Rating: - It’s Clancy without Clancy…This book is definitely a case of good, bad and outrageous… It tells the story of Harlan DeVane’s success in developing a super-bug which he has successfully caused everyone on the planet to catch, but only he has the formula for activating or deactivating it, thus causing or preventing a horrible painful death. His first target is Roger Gordian, whose multinational company is of course the only company with the technical knowledge and skill to work out what is going on. Firstly the good: entertaining read, bit of a page turner, clever story, scary thought in terms of how near it could be to fact. I would have to say I quite enjoyed it Now the bad: no real characters, no details about military systems and choices of weaponry, in fact if I didn’t know better I’d say this wasn’t really Tom Clancy. Which brings me onto the outrageous: it’s NOT TOM CLANCY!!! This book is written by Jerome Preisler, but the book was “created” by Tom Clancy and Martin Greenberg. Now I admit Jerome Preisler isn’t any worse an author than Clancy, and I’ve known of authors writing under a pen name for various reasons. However, having multiple authors writing as Tom Clancy is a bit bizarre and somewhat insulting to the reader. So for all that I’ll give it 3/5 – it’s Clancy without Clancy (and 400 pages less than usual accordingly!) Rating:  - The worst book I have ever readThis is without doubt the worst book I have ever read. Don't be fooled by the huge "Tom Clancy" on the front page. He didn't even write it, he just "created" it. I mean, how do you create a book? Did he glue the pages together or something? When I reached 2/3 of the way through this book I tore it in half in frustration at the fact that absolutely nothing interesting had happened. The plot is ropey, the characters one-dimensional, and the sciency bits stuck in at random sections of the plot only serve as useless padding. I would have been much happier if the bad guy (can't even remember his name) had just shot the good guy at the start and got it over with. Rating:  - An explosive read.You can tell that Bio-strike is not written by Tom Clancy, there are no lengthy monologues about how the worlds political and military systems work.Bio-strike is a good read full of action and intrigue, although a touch unbelivable in places it all comes together for an explosive finale.Bio-strike keeps you wanting to turn the next page, I would thoroughly recommend this book. Rating: - Tom Clancy's biological thriller is a race against time.Tom Clancy has once again managed to combine intrigue, suspense and action in this biological thriller set within the powerplay series. The first few chaptes of this title are standard in Clancys writing - with scene jumps and short narrative descriptions as he sets the scene:- The New York Stock Exchange, A young women on an aircraft, a street-sweeper. All innocent enough - but with Clancy, nothing is what it appears. Whilst these narrative jumps do help set the overall scene - it makes for heavy reading in the first few chapters which may turn the casual or airport waiting room reader away from what slowly turns into a elegant thriller. The book focuses closely on a few characters - and for these Clancy has given us his usual depth and background - their thoughts, fears and actions become yours as you follow them through the book - and for those of you, like me who have served in the Armed forces - the tendancy to feel your own trigger finger tighten at points during firefights is testament to his ability to write accurate, effective, and above all realistic combat situations. Overall - the book does not lend itself to the casual reader (but then again - Clancy never did), or prehaps as an introduction to the Powerplay series - but to dedicated Clancy fans - this is a worthwhile addition to their collection. For a comparitive read - I would suggest Michael Crichton's Andromeda Strain, another biological race-against-time.  Try searching the Internet for "Bio-strike (Tom Clancy's Power Plays)" or Ebay for "Bio-strike (Tom Clancy's Power Plays)". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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