Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #773570 in Books
• Published on: 2001-06-12
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Synopsis
Global stability and the New World order are in peril, and American businessman Roger Gordian, star of POLITIKA and SHADOW WATCH, must again mobilize the full resources of his multinatinoal corporation to counter the threat. Bearing all the hallmarks of classic Tom Clancy, the fifth Powerplays novel serves up another dose of international intrigue and political brinkmanship. Intricate plotting, exceptional authenticity and knife-edge suspense will see this book repeat the massive success of its four predecessors.

Customer Reviews

Typical Tom Clancy
Clancy has gained a reputation, in some areas, as filling in a template, each time he writes a book - take a bad guy with technologies, add some counterattack, and always feature the public sector. Yes, he does it again in this uninspired 'Power Play'. It is not badly written, but just lacks the energy and drive to bring about a massive, awe inspiring conclusion.

A fairly good read: not the best
This, a fairly easy read at a fairly slow pace compared to Coonts or Archer, was quite entertaining for me. Set in Antarctica, a group of scientists endeavour to look at how a machine would work if used on Mars- a typical sci-fi read. Of course, there is always going to be a bad one in a book like this. The evil company, based in Switzerland, plant nuclear waste from Sellafield in Antarctica, isolating an already isolated group of people. But, it turns out okay in the end. I rated this book 3* not because of the content as such, but because of the plot- it was, a french person would say: "com si - com sa"

A BIG LET DOWN
This novel is a disaster of Clancy-like proportions. It is actually two stories within one, the first taking place in Antarctica, the second in Europe. Although the two stories are connected they never actually meet up and the book could have been written using one of them in isolation. It is evident that the author has extensive knowledge of Antarctica, however, his desparation to boast about this knowledge is in detriment to the story. Throughout the book the author uses words in foreign languages and also complex Antarctic terms that will mean absolutly nothing to 99.9% of the books readers.
As per the title of this review, the book was amazingly poor, very unlike Clancy.