Gotta admit, I'm kinda pissed. I loved the predecessor to this book, The Teeth of the Tiger, and waited eagerly for 'ol Tom to continue the story. I had to wait, I shit you not, SEVEN FREAKIN YEARS, for this book to come out! Not only that, the damn thing is 950 pages! He could have released the first half three years ago, the second half now, and made twice the money! I was gonna call him a dumb shit, but he'll probably make more money on this book alone (not to mention all the others) than I'll see in my life time. That, and quite obviously, he is highly intelligent, so I'll just move on...
Anyway, Dead or Alive is another excellent book in the Tom Clancy library. All of our favorite characters are back, along with a bunch of new terrorists to hate until they gratifyingly die at one point or another. We even get a hooker or two, one of which shows up twice, for no apparent reason. Good times.
While this is an enjoyable read, it's no Without Remorse. If you haven't read that, by all means do so now. It's awesome. If you have, go ahead and pick up this giant door stop of a novel. And when I say giant, I ain't kiddin. Seriously, I think it gave me carpal tunnel. You've been warned.
Nats
