A terrorist bomb explodes during a South Korean celebration of the anniversary of the election of its first president. Alarms are raised in Washington. No one is claiming responsibility. The first suspect is North Korea. Could it be making a power play against South Korea and unification? If so, how will the U.S. respond? Paul Hood, Director of the Op-Center, must answer these questions. The Op-Center, a largely autonomous new agency which takes on the government's toughest security problems, is only six months old, and has never been given a foreign crisis until now. Hood's team, which includes a general, a former ambassador, a psychologist, and a computer specialist, tries to find the solution, only to discover a factor that could change the new world order.
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"This was the first of a series for Clancy, and the first book of Clancy's I have had the pleasure of reading. It's definately a page turner, and leaves you wanting more of the characters in the book."
— Phillip (5 out of 5 stars)
" the best story,, so great.. "
— Budi, 2/14/2014" I think this book is a okay book. I find it very difficult to understand and I should've read a book in my learning level of reading "
— Austin, 2/14/2014" Read during the Army years "
— Jim, 2/4/2014" not really superb with other co-authors and quite predictable "
— Jan, 2/1/2014" Overdone. "
— William, 1/25/2014" My first Tom Clancy book. Was a nice read and I recommend it to anyone who likes the genre (Politics/Military Thriller). "
— Miguel, 1/16/2014" if you buy anything with Ops Center in the title you are a woeful fool and I will beat you with a stick when I next see you. "
— Jeffwatson, 1/11/2014" An agency established outside the controls of 'normal' government control to do dirty work and save the world... "
— Rich, 1/5/2014" I enjoyed this book on tape. "
— Ralph, 12/26/2013" As I recall, this was the best of the ones I read. A quick easy read with enough interest to want to keep reading. Yeah, but not Clancy. "
— Robert, 11/8/2013" WOOT WOOT! Awesome book, even better ending. Won't ruin it though but its one of the best consirpacy novels ever! "
— Chris, 11/8/2013" This book does not belong in my usual selection of books but as the story progresses, you can't help but read more. "
— Danielle, 11/6/2013" read to page 12 stopped, never picked it up again. "
— Shellie, 10/22/2013" Full of action. Needed a change of pace from the heavy emotional involvement of my previous book. Not that this a light hearted romp, but the action is the star, not the characters. "
— Lawrence, 10/10/2013" ok.....will have to read a couple of more before I know for sure my thoughts. Will have to see how the characters develop. "
— Jay, 8/30/2013" Not the greatest. "
— Drew, 8/20/2013" Book club choice, which I agreed to out of deference to The Hunt for Red October, a fave movie, by the same author. It takes two pages to describe a missile or an airplane (zzzz); difficult to keep track of which characters were from the North and South. "
— Susan, 5/16/2013" Read this forever ago, like 10 years. Awesome read, my first Clancy book. Loved the characters and the action. Good series. "
— Matthew, 3/19/2013" Not actually written by Tom Clancy, but not bad. Not great mind you, and kind of forgettable, but a solid read. 3 stars. "
— Evan, 9/16/2012" Pretty good. Nice action a bit of suspense and some drama I liked it "
— Peter, 1/22/2012" I read this so long ago. But now going through my books and getting rid of some! "
— Fittytiff, 10/24/2011" Pretty good, not one of my favorites. "
— doug, 9/8/2011" Still early in my reading. No conclusions yet other than it's a military strategic work of fiction. "
— Wes, 7/3/2011" Sort of good story but Clancy tries to hard to impress us with how much Russian stuff he knows. Who cares the name of each street the heroes cross and the Russian words for so many thinkgs.. NYET! "
— Martha, 5/31/2011" I liked it. It was published just before the Tokyo subway gas attacks. In this work, Clancy creates a similar attack in Korea. He adeptly described those chemicals of war, tabun and sarin (the one used in Tokyo). Aside from the location and some details, the similarities were shocking. "
— Gerald, 5/12/2011" This is Tom Clancy. Not his best but no one can always hit a home run. "
— Thom, 3/20/2011" Some of the action was too unbelieveable (a chopper to chopper extraction) and many of the plot lines were tied together by characters somehow diving the knowledge of others. Will continue to read some from the Op-Center series but it's nothing too special in my eyes. "
— Josh, 3/14/2011" This book was entertaining, but I'm sure better spy novels exist. "
— Greg, 1/3/2011" I read a few of these books when they first came out. They are easy reads and enjoyable, but a far cry from a Clancy-written book (light compared to Jack Ryan). <br/><br/>I discontinued the series, but I note my FIL reads these.<br/> "
— Robert, 12/31/2010" Paul Hood, Bob Herbert & Matt Stoll stop a hate group of Neo-Natz's. "
— Nana, 7/5/2010" Dear Layla, <br/>I don't think you should not read this book. Because it is really hard to read. It took 5 minutes to read 1 page. I give it 2 stars. "
— Class, 2/1/2010" The problem with military thrillers for me is that I feel like I've been staring at a brick wall upon completion. "
— Olivia, 6/25/2009" neo nazi plot, ok but a bit violent, just endorsed by Clancy and not as good as his stuff. Didn't finish. "
— Adam, 6/23/2009" Kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Fast-read, interesting and imaginative. "
— Lauren, 5/3/2009" So this is another one in the long line of op center series. As it has some old charaters from older stories it as always introduces new ones. As for the story it brings the reader on a feul packed ride of suspence. I recomend to all looking to feel like a soldier. "
— Paul, 2/13/2008Jeff Rovin is the author of more than one hundred books, both fiction and nonfiction, under his own name, under various pseudonyms, or as a ghostwriter, including numerous New York Times bestsellers. He has written over a dozen Op-Center novels for the late Tom Clancy. Rovin has also written for television and has had numerous celebrity interviews published in magazines under his byline.
Tom Clancy (1947–2013) was the author of numerous #1 New York Times bestselling novels, including The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, The Cardinal of the Kremlin, Red Rabbit, Teeth of the Tiger, and Red Storm Rising. His nonfiction work includes Into the Storm: A Study in Command, Every Man a Tiger, and Battle Ready. Clancy was the co-founder of Red Storm Entertainment, a video game developing company responsible for the successful Rainbow Six series, Ghost Recon series, Splinter Cell series, and others.
Steve Pieczenik is the critically acclaimed author of psycho-political novels and the co-creator of the bestselling Tom Clancy’s Op-Center and Tom Clancy’s Net Force paperback series. He is a Harvard educated psychiatrist with an MD from Cornell University and a PhD in international relations from MIT. Working for the United States Department of State in four administrations, Pieczenik was instrumental in saving the lives of more than five hundred hostages—including during the TWA Flight 355 Croatian hijacking, the JRA Flight 472 hijacking, and the Hanafi Seige in Washington, DC—and has provided tactics and strategies for dealing with terrorists.
Michael Kramer is an AudioFile Earphones Award winner, a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration, and recipient of a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award. He is also an actor and director in the Washington, DC, area, where he is active in the area’s theater scene and has appeared in productions at the Shakespeare Theatre, the Kennedy Center, and Theater J.