Night Moves (Tom Clancy's Net Force, Book 3)

A great listen to CD in a car. I love the Net Force Series, listened to them all. Great entertainment

Diction, different ways of speaking a language, and dialect, the author's word choice, all affect this novel extremely. Because of the fact that it has a dual setting in both England, and Quantico, Virginia, make the author's word choice one of the only ways that the reader can discern between the two settings. In this passage, the diction used implies that we are in the U.S. "You're in the Neuro Ward at the base hospital. You had a CVA, a cerebrovascular accident. A stroke." Compare that to a different passage a little bit farther along. "Not much, my boy. I was ringing you up to see about that, ah . . .small matter we discussed recently over supper." What a difference! Just by reading the two quotes, one can immediately distinguish that the first was set in an Army Base, in America. The second set in a castle in England. The use of the words my boy, ringing, and supper insinuate that the reader is now in a different place, where people speak with different drawl. The dialect used in this novel also helps us distinguish from the settings, but it also allows the reader to discern between the upper and lower classes. For example: "Oh, and Applewhite? Se if you can't drum up major Peel. If you should happen across him, tell him his lord wishes to dine with him." Compare that to this quote. "Come on ya blimey old codger! Give us your money afore we beat your bloody coat red!" This almost automatically allows the reader to tell that the first was the higher class, and the second, the lower. Diction and dialect were two dreadfully important literary devices in this novel. Had the author not used these devices, the readers mind would be a jumble of places, and people.

Most of these other reviewers are right; it's not the greatest book ever written. On the other hand, it kept me up pretty late. You kind of have to read the earlier books to find out what's going on. There is a young boy that had his first heartbreak, A Russian man that they still have to catch from book one. I think what I enjoyed best about the book was that these are starting to become old friends. I wouldn't want to read all the books at once, because then it would become monotonous, but like this is great.

It is true. Clancy strays from his normal hero storyline. I am reading it right now and I just read the part where they attempted to catch the hacker, which kept me reading past 11:00 PM. This book has alot of settings with different characters in each one, I am not finished, but I think all the people meet near the end. My Conclusion, If you like Net Force, You need this!

This book was good, very good. It was far better than the other two net force books (net force 1 and net force: hidden agendas) I was reluctant to buy this at first but I enjoyed and will buy the next one. If you were burned by the first net force you will like this one.