Like all of Clancy's books, this one is dull, and predictable. He puts so much time into his research(though I truly doubt it on this one!) that he forgets he is writing a thriller to entertain his readers. When he started getting paid per word, his quality of writing took a nose dive, to the point where his stories are formulaic, and unimaginative.Read instead; Larry Bond's1. Red Pheonix(2nd Korean War)2. Vortex(South Africa)3. Cauldron(Turmoil in Western Europe)David Hagberg's "By Dawn's Early Light" and "Kilo Option(written under the name of Sean Flannery)Grant Blackwood's "Wall of Night"All of the novels listed above are far Superior to ANYTHING authored by Clancy since his "RED STORM RISING"(co-authored with Larry Bond).Each of these novelists could teach Clancy a lot about writing Techno-THRILLERS.