SSN - Tom Clancy > Reviews

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Just seeing the name Tom Clancy on the front of a book guarantees me a good read. Which was why I was disappointed with this offering from the king of technothrillers - it just does not live up to anywhere near the high standards I have come to expect from Clancy. One obvious cause of this lacklustre book is that it is based on a GAME - a certain recipe for disaster. Anyway, I will give you a general overview on the book before I criticise it any ... Read review

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SSN is all about the exploits of an American Los Angeles class attack submarine called the Cheyenne in a fictitous battle over the spratley islands when an american oil finding ship is seized by the chinese after it finds oil. Then America and China go to war. The book is all about the aspects of submarine hunting. It does like many of Tom Clancy's novels gets very technichal but it is all manageaable but the jargon is anoying. despite this it is ... Read review