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Tom Clancy'S Power Plays: Shadow Watch
 
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Tom Clancy'S Power Plays: Shadow Watch [Abridged] [Audiobook] (Audio CD)

by Tom Clancy (Author), Martin Greenberg (Contributor), J. K. Simmons (Reader)
2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)

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From Library Journal

Roger Gordian's troubles, which we heard about in Ruthless.com, continue in this work. Terrorists are out to get him, and this time they have a special microwave weapon. This clean, untraceable device cooks up some very big disasters involving, e.g., a space shuttle on the launch pad and a train in Brazil. The nonstop action in this story takes place in Florida, Brazil, and Kazakhstan. Like in Ruthless.com, the listener is given a great amount of detail concerning the weapons and equipment. Experienced actor J.K. Simmons displays his vocal versatility in this reading; he moves at a steady pace and is especially good with the narrative portions. For all action collections.AMichael T. Fein, Central Virginia Community Coll., Lynchburg
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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The year is 2001, and American businessman Roger Gordian has extended his reach into space. His company has become the principal contractor in the design and manufacture of Orion, a multinational space station.

But the launch of a shuttle carrying parts for the station is sabotaged. Mysterious guerrilla attacks occur at the manufacturing facilities in Brazil and Kazakhstan. And Gordian's deepest fears are confirmed...

The Orion project has been targeted by an international terrorist whose criminal enterprises thrive on violence and political instability. Harlan DeVane's goal is to cripple Gordian's intelligence and security team, while stowing a high-powered electromagnetic pulse generator aboard Orion -- a state-of-the-art weapon with the capacity to throw every major American city into chaos...


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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
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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
By A Customer
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
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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4.0 out of 5 stars In The Shadows
Although not on par with any of the Jack Ryan books, this one manages to do a fine job with the material. Read more
Published on Oct 19 2000

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!
At one time Clancy could claim the title of the greatest writer on earth. After I have read Net Force,Op Center and these Power Play books I have started reading the Robert... Read more
Published on Aug 9 2000 by Melvin Hunt

2.0 out of 5 stars A good beginning.....and from there it went downhill
After reading Shadow Watch i was dissapointed. Most Clancy books are great but this one however was just, well....not good. Read more
Published on Jul 1 2000 by Greg Lemack

1.0 out of 5 stars Not realistic
To see how unrealistc this book is just read the last page of it. The Bolivian Drug-Boss promised for a lot of money to every country in war that he will destroy their opponents... Read more
Published on May 10 2000 by Ivo

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the paper it is printed on.
Terrible. Having read (and thoroughly enjoyed) the likes of Patriot Games and Hunt for Red October I feel bitterly disappointed by this spectaculary unsuccessful collaboration. Read more
Published on May 4 2000 by J Fullam

1.0 out of 5 stars Not the best of Power Plays
As an avid Tom Clancy fan, I was more than disappointed in Shadow Watch. Not much of a plot was present. Read more
Published on April 25 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT!
This was my first Clancy book and I thought it was great! It keeps you in the action at all times. I could never put it down!
Published on Mar 26 2000 by Ryan

1.0 out of 5 stars come back Jack...
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