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stevem0214's review against another edition
4.0
Not my favorite of the series, in fact, I guess this is my least favorite. Of all of the Jake Grafton series that I've read, this is the only one that I've only read once. Still a good book, but this is the time frame after Jake is finished flying, but before Tommy Carmellini comes into the picture.
gbdill's review against another edition
1.0
Read the first three chapters and couldn't quite get into it. Seemed like there was too much going on at one time. Hard to follow.
liberrydude's review
2.0
Too long. Too much. Too many plot lines. Coonts tried to out Clancy Tom Clancy in this “thriller” that was unthrilling and unbelievable at times. A Navy captain on the JCS hunting a sniper? Really. Jake Grafton is a sideshow. Not sure if I’ll continue reading this series. Written over 30 years ago it jokes about Trump running for president. Who knew?!
readerxxx's review against another edition
3.0
this was a book in search of a plot. correction there were too many different plots I guess it's searching for a good one. way too many threads in this book
jfranco77's review against another edition
4.0
There's a lot going on in this book. This book is from the 90s, when the War On Drugs was really a thing. It's very much a book of its time. The US military helped to extradite a Colombian drug lord (Chano Aldana), and they're putting him on trial in Washington DC. Aldana has a whole army of narcoterrorists who lay seige to Washington DC in response, including suicide squads and attempts on the President's life.
In return, the US army institutes martial law and shuts down DC. Jake Grafton and his faithful sidekick Toad are working in the Pentagon as part of some drug task force, so of course they're thrown into the action. Harrison Ronald Ford (I swear that's his real name) is an undercover cop embedded in with Freeman McNally's crack dealership operation. And there are other plots too.
If you sit and think about it, 20 years later, this book is nuts - DC turned into a war zone and Al Qaeda/ISIS nowhere to be found. The Henry Charon plot is outstanding, and gets this book a 4-star rating, even if there's probably too much going on elsewhere.
In return, the US army institutes martial law and shuts down DC. Jake Grafton and his faithful sidekick Toad are working in the Pentagon as part of some drug task force, so of course they're thrown into the action. Harrison Ronald Ford (I swear that's his real name) is an undercover cop embedded in with Freeman McNally's crack dealership operation. And there are other plots too.
If you sit and think about it, 20 years later, this book is nuts - DC turned into a war zone and Al Qaeda/ISIS nowhere to be found. The Henry Charon plot is outstanding, and gets this book a 4-star rating, even if there's probably too much going on elsewhere.
sarahleccia's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75