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LATER, WHEN IT BECAME BOTH HER JOB AND OBSESsion to determine what happened at the pad, she would remember how everything had gone just right until it all went terribly wrong, turning excitement and anticipation into horror, and forever changing the course of her life. Read the first page

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1.0 out of 5 stars Another Clancy Rip-off, Sep 30 2003

By	William J. Tennison (Charlotte, NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Tom Clancy'S Power Plays: Shadow Watch (Audio CD)

I bought the Abridged CD version. There were no tracks on the CD. Therefore, if you stopped listening, you would have to search the entire CD to determine where you left off. A 70 minute disk needs several breaks.

The story was abridged. Whoever did the production should look for another job. The first third of the novel was almost impossible to comprehend. I read/listen to approximately 5 books per week. This one was one of the worst editing jobs I have come across.

The story itself was a major reach. There was little or no character development.

I will not waste my time on any more series inspired books by Clancy.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat disappointing, Feb 15 2003

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This review is from: Power Plays #3 Shadow Watch (Paperback)

Well, this book wasn't terrible, but it could have been much better. Definately doesn't live up to Politika or Ruthless.com, let alone the plethera of other Clancy novels. The biggest problem I had with this book was the fact that the characters never seemed to get their act together. They spent all but the last 60 or so pages of the book doing almost nothing. It seemed like for the first 250-300 pages, maybe two hours had passed in the world. To make matters worse, the ending wasn't even very glorious, for lack of a better word. It was like the good guys foil the plot, and a low monotonous "yay" murmers from the audience. An entire chapter was also spent describing a train wreck that should have been summed up in about 3 paragraphs tops. He basically described a couple hundred innocent people dying, and it had no real impact on the story WHAT-SO-EVER.

I don't really know much about how Clancy is doing buisness, but I see people saying he fathered the series and sold it out to other authors. All I have to say is that it doesn't speak very highly of Clancy as an author to let authors nobody has heard of write books in his name and not even check to see if they're on par with his original works. I found it disappointing overall.

However, if you've never read any Clancy novels, the Powerplay series might be a good one to start out on. You may expierence disappointment from Politika and Ruthless to Shadow Watch and other books in the series, but you definately won't be disappointed when you start reading other Clancy novels like Without Remorse and Clear and Present Danger.

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1.0 out of 5 stars It got 2 stars for 1/5 of it's pages., Dec 3 2001

By	JustGuy "just_guy" (Israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Power Plays #3 Shadow Watch (Paperback)

Start reading it only if you get it for free! Read the first 60 pages and ask someone to tell one what else happenes. It will take him around 1.2 seconds to do so. It's not worth 200+ pages.

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Published on Nov 24 2001 by jerk_muffin34

4.0 out of 5 stars In The Shadows
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3.0 out of 5 stars great book, poor ending
This is my first Clancy novel and now intend to read the rest of them because I was so impressed. The beginning and middle are great and there are several subplots going on at... Read more

Published on Aug 15 2000 by Bill B Blanchard

2.0 out of 5 stars More Ghostwriter Material!
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Published on Aug 9 2000 by Melvin Hunt