On the surface it seems a simple case: a group of African militiamen have kidnapped a priest and ordered all Catholic missionaries to leave the nation of Botswana. But the Vatican thinks otherwise. At its urging, Op-Center investigates -- and finds that the real purpose of the crime is a plan by outside forces to destabilize the government and seize the nation's diamond mines. With its military team,Striker, out of commision, Op-Center must reinvent itself -- and head straight into the crossfire of an African war.
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| This book is dragging on longer than the OJ trial |
| Customer Rating: 1 out of 5 |
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I typically love Tom Clancy books.. but this one has been a sleeper since I started it. I don't think I've ever taken this long to read any book, especially not one of his. I've been reading this book for about 9 months now, and my wife keeps asking me why I'm still reading it if it's so boring - my response is that I'm "hoping" it will redeem itself.. not to mention that I'm committed to finishing it. I am about 80% done with it, and still waiting for it to grab my attention.
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| HO HUM |
| Customer Rating: 2 out of 5 |
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Book by book Clancy is slipping away from the "soul grabbing" action style of "The Hunt for Red October". Rather than being called a "techno thriller", it should be labelled a "red tape sleeper". The charactors are well designed but,we spend too much time listening to phone calls and reading E-mails. I look forward to the return of the "old" Tom Clancy.
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| Terrible, boring, long. |
| Customer Rating: 1 out of 5 |
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This is one of the worst books I've read in a long time. It was a struggle to get though it.
Too many characters to keep track of. None of them all that interesting. The chapters in DC were tedious, the chapters in Botswanna were enough to keep me trudging along.
It was too long at 418 pages and had lousy ending.
Very disappointing with Tom Clancy's name on it. Jeff Rovin authored it and barely held my interest.
I would've stopped reading this book but once I start reading a book I finish it come hell or high water.
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| MISSION OF HONOR - NOT |
| Customer Rating: 1 out of 5 |
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THIS IS AWFUL. THIS IS NO TOM CLANCY BOOK. EVER READ A WHOLE BOOK AND AT THE END THOUGHT WHAT WAS THIS ???
WHAT WAS THIS ABOUT? WHAT WAS THIS AS A STORY? WHO CARES? THIS IS AWFUL, MORE THAN AWFUL. IF THERE WAS A MINUS MINUS MINUS I'D PUT IT ON THIS MISERABLE BOOK. I LOVE CLANCEY AND I THINK THIS "FRANCHISE IDEA" THAT HE HAS ONLY WORKS IF THE AUTHOR KNOWS HOW TO WRITE, HOW TO TELL A STORY...THIS IS STUPID. I'M GOING TO TOSS IT IN THE TRASH SO NO ONE ELSE IN MY FAMILY OR GROUP OF FRIENDS GETS CAUGHT READING IT, HOPING FOR SOME PAYOFF AND GETTING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING...THIS REMINDS ME OF A BOOK WRITTEN BY A COMMITTEE...OF IDIOTS.
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| Mission of Honor by Tom Clancy |
| Customer Rating: 1 out of 5 |
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Jeff Rovin is, unfortunately, not in the same league as Tom Clancy. The overlong descriptions of the landscape, the wildlife and the sunrise plus the private thoughts of the characters tend to obscure what could be a good story if written by Clancy himself.
I regret to say that advertising this book as a "Tom Clancy " book is, in my view, very misleading. One expects a tautly written action story with many twists in the plot typical of Clancy. Mr Rovin's style is far removed from this.
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