Book Review: Tom Clancy's Full Force and Effect

 Title: Tom Clancy's Full Force and Effect

Author: Mark Greaney

Series: Jack Ryan Series

Series number: Book 14

Genre: Political Thriller

Publisher: G.P. Putnam Sons

Published: December 2, 2014

Pages: 674

Format: Kindle, Audiobook, Amazon, Barnes and Noble

Synopsis

A North Korean ICBM crashes into the Sea of Japan.  A veteran CIA Officer is murdered in Ho Chi Minh City, and a package of forged documents goes missing.  The pieces are there but assembling the puzzle will cost Jack Rayn Jr and his fellow Campus agents precious time.  Time that they don't have.  

The challenge facing Jack Ryan, President of the United States is on old one with a terrifying twist.  The international stalemate with North Korea continues into its seventh decade. On the ground and on the global stage, both jack Ryan and his son race against time to halt a madman from acquiring the world's deadliest weapon.

My Thoughts:

I have been a big fan of Tom Clancy and the Jack Ryan series for as long as I can remember, so when I saw that Mark Greaney was of the authors picking up where Tom Clancy left off with Jack Ryan and his son, I was a little hesitant.  The reason being, is that I felt that there wasn't anyone that could write this series better that Tom Clancy.  But I can admit when I am wrong.

Full Force and Effect is an excellent book, and the plot and the way it is written lives up to the series.  It is action packed, but it also has the moments of where we see how the characters deal with every day life, and also deal with the threats to the world.  We divulge into a world of spies, and how they work behind the scenes, to stop a threat to the government, and find who tries to kill the President.

While reading this, I felt like I was in the middle of the story, and could picture my surroundings, as I read.  I wanted to help the characters stop the enemy and the threat.

My honest opinion is this book is an awesome, book, and it is definitely a tribute to Tom Clancy.  I would definitely recommend this book to those that enjoy political thrillers, and to anyone who is a fan of Jack Ryan and or his son Jack Ryan Jr., and also who is a fan of Tom Clancy.

Again this is my honest opinion.

About the Author:

Mark Greaney is the number one New York Times bestselling author of Relentless.  He has written or cowritten seven Tom Clancy novels and is also the coauthor of the 2019 military thriller Red Metal.  

The film version of The Gray Man, based on the book by Mark, will debut on Netflix in 2022, and will star Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling.

Mark Greaney lives in Memphis, Tennesse