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Power Plays – Wild Card
by Tom Clancy
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When it comes to high tech intelligence systems, UpLink Technologies is the leader in the field and sometimes, the nation’s best hope in a time of crisis. Four novels in the series created by No.1 “New York Times” master of the techno-thriller!
About The Author
Clancy, Jr. (April 12, 1947 October 1, 2013) was an American novelist and video game designer best known for his technically detailed espionage and military-science story lines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of his novels were bestsellers, and more than 100 million copies of his books are in print. His name was also used on movie scripts written by ghost writers, nonfiction books on military subjects, and video games. He was a part-owner of the Baltimore Orioles and vice-chairman of their community activities and public affairs committees.
Clancy’s literary career began in 1984 when he sold The Hunt for Red October for $5,000. His works, The Hunt for Red October (1984), Patriot Games (1987), Clear and Present Danger (1989), and The Sum of All Fears (1991), have been turned into commercially successful films. Actors Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, and Chris Pine have played Clancy’s most famous fictional character, Jack Ryan; his second-most famous character, John Clark, has been played by actors Willem Dafoe and Liev Schreiber. Clancy died on October 1, 2013, of an undisclosed illness.
Skryf Review
“Amazing Reading”
parth
So far, this is my favorite of the Oregon Files series. There’s plenty of excitement and tension with both male and female heroes finding ways to save themselves and the world using their ingenuity, skills and incredible technical tools. It would make a great serial story because there are so many cliffhangars.
arif
As with most of Cussler’s books, this was entertaining, although somewhat filled with technical jargon. But these are quite fun to listen to and my partner, who is a gearhead and listened to part of the book with me on a car trip, very much enjoyed all the jargon, so clearly Cussler knows his audience.Premise was interesting – flashes of Dan Brown’s “Inferno” in terms of bio warfare – and fairly horrifying as well, but the characters are interesting and only mildly ludicrous compared to many found in Cussler’s books.
Kalgi
In the dependably entertaining if less than top-notch fifth Oregon Files thriller from bestseller Cussler and Du Brul (after Skeleton Crew ), Capt. Juan Cabrillo, who heads the Corporation, a covert military company for hire, and the multifaceted crew of the Oregon , a high-tech ship disguised to look like a tramp steamer, take on a group known as the Responsivists. The Responsivists publicly espouse a program of global population control, but are secretly planning a devastating attack on the human race utilizing a virulent virus found aboard an ancient ship that may be Noah’s Ark. The authors are up to their usual high standards when in fighting mode, though the chief villain, the doctor who heads the Responsivists, falls short of Juan’s billing as “the single-most-evil human being I have ever met.” Readers may wish that next time out the bad guys put up more of a struggle.
pankti
The crew has just completed a top secret mission against Iran to steal a rocket torpedo that was illegally sold to them by the Russian Federation, when they come across a cruise ship adrift at sea. The passengers and crew were killed by a hemorrhagic fever, similar to Ebola, and, as Captain Juan Cabrillo tries to determine what happened, explosions wrack the length of the ship. Barely able to escape with his own life and that of the liner’s sole survivor, Cabrillo finds himself plunged into a mystery as intricate and perilous as any he has ever known: He’ll be pitted against a cult with monstrously lethal plans for the human race—plans he may already be too late to stop.