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Tom Clancy's Power Plays: Cold War (Tom Clancy's Power Plays)Snagging.org In association with Amazon.co.ukOnline Shop | Property Guides | Kitchen & Home | Garden Tools | Power Tools | Consumer Electronics Get the Snagging Checklist Here! Tom Clancy's Power Plays: Cold War (Tom Clancy's Power Plays) by: Jerome Preisler, Tom Clancy, Martin Harry Greenberg  List Price: £5.99 Price: £0.01 You Save: £5.98 (100%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780140294934 ISBN: 0140294937 Label: Penguin Books Ltd Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: June 12, 2001 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Studio: Penguin Books Ltd Related Items:
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 Rating: - Typical Tom ClancyClancy has gained a reputation, in some areas, as filling in a template, each time he writes a book - take a bad guy with technologies, add some counterattack, and always feature the public sector. Yes, he does it again in this uninspired 'Power Play'. It is not badly written, but just lacks the energy and drive to bring about a massive, awe inspiring conclusion. Rating:  - A fairly good read: not the bestThis, a fairly easy read at a fairly slow pace compared to Coonts or Archer, was quite entertaining for me. Set in Antarctica, a group of scientists endeavour to look at how a machine would work if used on Mars- a typical sci-fi read. Of course, there is always going to be a bad one in a book like this. The evil company, based in Switzerland, plant nuclear waste from Sellafield in Antarctica, isolating an already isolated group of people. But, it turns out okay in the end. I rated this book 3* not because of the content as such, but because of the plot- it was, a french person would say: "com si - com sa" Rating:  - A BIG LET DOWNThis novel is a disaster of Clancy-like proportions. It is actually two stories within one, the first taking place in Antarctica, the second in Europe. Although the two stories are connected they never actually meet up and the book could have been written using one of them in isolation. It is evident that the author has extensive knowledge of Antarctica, however, his desparation to boast about this knowledge is in detriment to the story. Throughout the book the author uses words in foreign languages and also complex Antarctic terms that will mean absolutly nothing to 99.9% of the books readers. As per the title of this review, the book was amazingly poor, very unlike Clancy. Rating: - Dissapointing read - un-Clancy likeA dissapointing read for Clancy fans. Thoses expecting a typical Power Play with striker playing a major role will be dissapointed. The plot wanders into detective novel territory takes the reader through the first half of the book. This is somewhat surprising as it is not a genre associated with any other Clancy novels. The detective plot then bears not real impact to the eventual outcome leaving the reader feeling - "What was that all for then?" Where the action starts with Stricker it is classic Clancy style although overall this did not make up for the rest of the book. Jerome Preisler may be trying to take Power Play into a different direction although I remain dissapointed at the overall move.  Try searching the Internet for "Tom Clancy's Power Plays: Cold War (Tom Clancy's Power Plays)" or Ebay for "Tom Clancy's Power Plays: Cold War (Tom Clancy's Power Plays)". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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