I don't expect this to be read, but I have to agree with all the previous die-hard fans (have to go out and buy the book the same day of release). I've never come here to read a review of TC before, his quality was always high. I came here just to see if I was the only one with this sense of disappointment. Not by a long shot - too long (or too thin on story line), too many phrases repeated immediately afterward by another character, an enemy that never had a chance to be a good villian, and an ending that befitted a 60 minute TV program - the list is very long and casts doubt who is writing/editing his work.I will return here before I buy my next Clancey novel.