Tom Clancy's Net Force: Changing of the Guard

During the trip home from Orlando, I was able to finish up Tom Clancy's Net Force: Changing Of The Guard. This is part of his paperback series that bear his name but is written by others. The setting is about 10 years in the future, and the action revolves around a government office called Net Force. This group uses computer technology and the Internet to track down criminal activity. In this installment, the NF group has obtained an encrypted disk with the names of all the Russian spies throughout the world. The breakdown of the code is going slow, but a certain sleeper spy in the US is willing to do anything to keep the government from learning of his involvement. When the top NF codebreaker is nearly killed in a kidnapping attempt, there is an all-out attempt to find the killer and the person who might have hired him.Generally speaking, it's a good read. It will make more sense if you've followed the series, as there are references to past people and events that you won't know about otherwise. It doesn't kill the book if you haven't done the reading, but it helps. I personally like near-future techno-thriller novels, so this one works for me. It's not as action-packed as others in the series, but it is still a pleasant diversion.

I HATE TO SEE THE OLD CHARACTERS GO BUT THE NEW ONES COULD BE FUN. THE BOOK WAS MISSING A LITTLE SOMETHING BUT ALL IN ALL I THINK IT WAS A GOOD BOOK. THE WRITER WAS LONG IN THE TOOTH ABOUT USELESS DETAILS ABOUT THE NEW DIRECTORS HOBBY.