And as one character says, “Death is kind of irreparable.” Perhaps each side would inflict terrible damage upon the other. Will it succeed? America’s enemies are as determined as they are aggrieved, and this story explores what might happen if they also had drones. Unlike other thrillers driven by a hero like Jack Ryan, this one doesn't have a single dominating character but rather a team that aims to prevent retribution raining down on the U.S. There may be no better person to write this story than Clarke, who brings his deep subject knowledge to the pages. In typical thriller fashion, the scenes and viewpoints shift quickly from continent to continent, from friend to foe. We are going to swat them dead.” Only then, reason the bad guys, can they make Americans stop using killer drones. What's a beleaguered America hater to do? They must strike back, blow up American subway systems, kill drone controllers in the U.S. From deep in America’s heartland-at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, for example-controllers manipulate joysticks to strike targets on the other side of the world. The latest thriller by counterterrorism expert Clarke is both exciting and disturbing.Īmerican Predator and Reaper drones exact continual punishment on the nation’s enemies or, more specifically, on people who fit a profile.
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