Ian

An interesting book that I enjoyed, though I felt it took a while to get going and the swapping between characters took a bit of getting used to.

Working in IT, books like this do tend to have me getting distracted by the technical stuff and whether it’s possible, but in this case it’s interesting to see how much of the tech is now common, given the book was written nearly 20 years ago. Definitely worth a read, especially if you like books with plenty of technobabble 😃

I'm often torn by the Jack Carr books, on one hand the plots and action are good, but on the other the books read like an advert for the authors favourite tacticool brands, and are overtly libertarian, which gets a bit tiring after a while. I can't remember if the previous books leant quite this hard into gear and right wing views, but I found it very jarring in this one.

I also find the lecturing a bit tedious, the author likes us to know they’ve researched some history, so we get long scenes whilst this is espoused by the characters, which tends to break the flow.

Generally I liked the plot and pacing, but it was a bit of a struggle to read.