Chain of Command has the distinctive aura of a classic Tom Clancy thriller with a timely story wrapped in captivating multilayered subplots deftly woven to unravel in a nail-biting ending.
President Jack Ryan faces his most personal threat in the recent years in the form of foreign pharmaceutical giants who, threatened by President Ryan’s agenda to focus on more localized pharmaceutical companies, hatch an audacious scheme to throw a big wrench in the President’s actions by contracting a merciless group of mercenaries to kidnap the First Lady.
Marc Cameron develops the story in smooth and swift fashion, building a binding rapport with the reader through vivid renditions of fan-favorite as well as novel characters sporting realistic and modern agendas. The fresh narrative of pitting a powerful nation against wealthy private citizens reaching out from behind shadows via cutouts is scarily in-keeping with recent real-life examples of private organizations amassing the powers of nations. With a greater focus on President Jack Ryan handling crisis after crisis in the Oval Office, readers are treated to insightfully commanding peeks at the sheer chaos that comes with the job of running a country with strongly divisive policies.
Of course, no Jack Ryan thriller would be complete without authentically crafted action sequences. Marc Cameron is no stranger to writing fast-paced shootouts, a fact to which the gritty combat sequences in the story coupled with captivating tidbits about weaponry and tactics will testify. A cinematic Texas shootout involving a SWAT operative riding a Harley Davidson into the heart of an active shooter situation is particularly delightful and goes a long way to establish a brand-new recruit for The Campus.
Chain of Command is worthy of Tom Clancy’s legacy as a grand reading experience brimming with creativity and authenticity. Marc Cameron has outdone himself with this one!
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