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As part of a top-secret initiative called Third Echelon, National Security Agency special operative Sam Fisher has been given license to spy, steal, destroy, and assassinate to protect America. And he does...
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4.0 out of 5 stars
The Legend of Sam Fisher Continues...,
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This review is from: Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda (Mass Market Paperback)
After reading the first Splinter Cell book, I just had to get my hands on Operation Barracuda, the second installment from Tom Clancy, in the Splinter Cell series. Sam Fisher is back as the elite NSA agent, who is ready to sacrifice anything to keep his country safe. In the previous book, he almost payed the ultimate price for his work and patriotrism. Will he suffer the consequences this time? The previous book had quite a few Tom Clancy fans upset since Splinter Cell is not a regular Clancy novel. But look beyond that and you have a literary masterpiece awaiting you. Its beauty lies in the fact that it is indeed not just another Tom Clancy novel. The Splinter Cell series is something special and Operation Barracuda continues to enthrall Sam Fisher fans. The twists and the turns in the plot will have you reading this thriller till the very end. Sam Fisher is back... and you will thank him for it.
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It works for what it is...,
By Thomas Duff "Duffbert" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda (Mass Market Paperback)
Took nine books with me on a cruise. Finished this tenth one on the way home... :) Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda by David Michaels. Given what it is, it's an OK read...Sam Fisher is a Splinter Cell operative, which means he's part of a deep undercover government group that has free reign to do pretty much anything to defend the interests of the US. In this episode, he's sent off to figure out why a Russian intel group is seemingly getting rather tight with some Chinese Triad groups. When he tracks down a few unexplained deaths, it all points to a stolen technology from the US that can park underwater "drones" just about anywhere, fully equipped with a variety of weapons based on the need. But when the Triad group finds out that selling to the Russians could mean that they are ultimately supporting the communist Chinese government (who they deeply oppose), things fall apart. And when the government *does* get the device anyway to use it as a deterrent against the US, Fisher is called in to save the day... This is a straight-to-paperback series where Tom Clancy has franchised his name and it's written by someone else. I didn't expect Pulitzer material... just some diversion to kill a few hours on a plane. If that's the mindset going in, it's OK. The switching back and forth between first and third person narrative was a little annoying/disconcerting at first, and it took a bit to get used to it (as well as to transition when the perspective changed between chapters). Again, if you're not expecting blockbuster material, it's enjoyable mind candy. If you're expecting a 600 page Clancy blockbuster, this ain't it. 10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Operation Barracuda is a success!,
By Jacqueline A. Fiest "Jackie Fiest" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda (Mass Market Paperback)
Review of David Michaels' "Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda"David Michaels is back in champion form with another Splinter Cell novel, and this one has surpassed any and all of my expectations. Alot of people were watching this book, not sure what to expect. The last SC book was the first one and as in most cases, there were alot of chances taken. Some were more appreciated than others by the Splinter Cell fans. With Operation Barracuda, the author jumped more into the immediate world of the game, bringing back Frances Coen and Anna Grimsdottir for example, which fimilairizes the reader with the characters, and makes it alot easier to immurse themselves in an action packed story line. The character of Sam Fisher is a very different person by the end of the book, going on an up and down rollercoaster all through-out the plot. Sam has some very unexpected life expierences in this book that is likely to leave many fans very surprised. Sam is a person, human..made of flesh and bone, and I think the game developers show Sam more as a bad ass 24/7. Big ups to David Michaels for tearing the mystique of Sam Fisher down and showing him as the foulable man that he is. It improves the games I think, as it rounds out the character we see on our screens to a whole person. Operation Barracuda is a job very well done and I am hopeful that Michaels will be writing a third book in this series very soon. 11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Smooth writing style, but one recurring flaw...,
By Steven Grogan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda (Mass Market Paperback)
In the Splinter Cell video games, your objective is to make it through each mission without being seen. The less you are seen, the higher your mission is rated in the end. David Michaels should have kept that in mind when he wrote this book because it seems like every time Sam Fisher goes out to sneak around, he is always caught...yet within the context of this story, he is considered to be a great spy! What great spy gets caught every time he infiltrates an enemy's office or base? Another thing: the body count is far too high. Once again, in the game it's better to sneak around guards rather than blow them away. The amount of people Sam kills in this book would surely cause an incident in real life. The saddest thing about all this is that Michaels does indeed have an entertaining enough plot, and his writing style is very fluid and evokes Sam Fisher's world very well. Maybe next time around he'll realize that, if Sam were caught in real life as much as he is in this book, he sure as hell wouldn't be considered one of the top spies in the world. In fact, he'd probably be kicked out of Third Echelon for being such a ninny head.
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