Tom Clancy Chain of Command (A Jack Ryan Novel) Paperback – October 25, 2022

“Chain Of Command” is about throwing a stone at us who are suffering the pandemic. Concerned about the quality and stable supply of generic drugs, the US government is considering revising the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law. On the other hand, the unscrupulous pharmaceutical companies, which have made huge fortunes so far, are launching all sorts of attacks to thwart the bill. The kidnapping of FLOTUS is positioned at the top of various attacks. Regardless of movements within the United States, the Campus members are initially pursuing a war criminal in Argentina. The Campus members, who were keenly aware of the shortage of personnel through their work in Argentina, began to consider increasing the number of actual combat units by two or three. And as things progress, the existence of a private military organization called “The Camarilla” becomes apparent. Everyone would expect a fierce battle between the Campus and the Camarilla, but this time it is a general public woman and a brave police officer who will lead them to collapse. Mark Cameron depicts the Camarilla making elaborate plans and repeated training in carrying out operation “Nightingale.” Ironically, it was the lack of exit strategies that led them to collapse.Mark Cameron keeps track of the situation like a sudden pass away of the Vice President, or mishap falling upon the family of the President. He gives detailed explanation how the administration will react or be forced to act in order to bring out fair decision from the President, which is very interesting and informative for non-American readers. The case was settled and all the intrigues were sanctioned. However, Gil, who is considered to be one of the members of the Camarilla, escaped from the pursuit. Will he reappear in the future episodes? In this episode, Ryan’s nemesis Chadwick fell to the Camarilla’s poisonous fangs. Chadwick became the target of an attack as a result of a temporary partnership with Ryan to pass the bill. It is worried about how she will appear in future stories, although she saved her life. Kelsey Callahan, who appears in Cameron’s past two works, appear three times. Moreover, this time she was assigned as a member of Ding and Dom’s investigation team. Can’t she be a candidate for a new member of the Campus. As a Japanese, I would like to support the progress between Yukiko Monzaki and Jack Jr., but I can understand the difficulty of romance that transcends nationality between spies. Despite the twists and turns, we are welcoming Chilly as a new member of the Campus. We look forward to his sprint in the coming episode.

There are so many sad parts of this story. The good guys who are killed is very sad. I am disappointed with the ending in that the author spent so many words of the minutiae of the operation of so many agencies, and so few words on the ending of the bad guys. Maybe I should have given 4 stars for that. But I so enjoyed the work of the local cop that it made up for a few shortcomings.

This book contained many of the elements of an original Tom Clancy book. Friendships between Jack Sr., and Mary Pat Foley, The Campus Crew (used to be Rainbow Six), and The President and Mrs. Ryan. Lots of complicated action. Mr. Cameron did a good job. Two things were disconcerting -- all of the acronyms (we're not all military people!), and I felt the ending was rushed. But over all, a well put together action book.

What a wonderful "read"! The combination of activities was really intriguing. We had Chinese soldiers on the Afghan stadium border, a shootout at a mall, Secret Service agents involve in some grim experience, and a POTUS turn his authority over to an Acting President. Oh, and we had a kidnapped FLOTUS! What action junkie could as for more, especially when the story is written with a well thought out narrative?

Let me start by reminding everyone reading these reviews, that these are just personal opinions of their read. There's always going to be those who dont agree with you opinion. Now onto my review...To be quite honest, I have not been pverly happy with the majority of Tom Clancy novels put out in the last several years, especially in the Jack Ryan and JR series. The handful of authors have seemingly been slowly drifting off course from TC novels from when TC was still alive. This is to be expexted, but the last several books prior to this in the Jack Ryan series including the Junior series have basically turned the campus into the Avengers.Dont get me wrong, I enjoyed reading the nonstop action and high intensity of them, but in the back of my mind I was always feeling something was missing. That "something" is believability. The last five or 6 novels have been so over the top it was for me to get sucked into them like I was there too.This one, in my opinion, went back to basics. This one was relatively mild in the action when compared to the last several, but I am perfectly okay with that because the majority of it is totally believable.Hopefully all the other authors on the TC payroll follownsuite and stop turning TC novels into Marvel stories. Oh, also stop letting Amazon make movies that destroy TC's best characters like Without Remorse.

I like the novelist. For relaxing at the beach.

But it proved very worthwhile to hang in there. A really excellent story with a lot of relevance to the world we live in even though most of the characters are totally amazing.At the end of the day Marc Cameron has created a really great book.

One of the best novels in recent time. Good story well told. Kept me stuck to the pages till the book was finished.

Not the usual Tom Ckancy class. Even for Marc Cameron not his usual high standards. Too many unconnected ,disparate events and them to tie them all up. Not smooth flowing and nail biting. He could have selected anything but the pharma bill and the opposition to Generic drugs from India and China. Instigated or inspired by the pharma biggies?? Talk of the big pharma ratcheting up or down numbers to sell more of their medicine. The sheer volume of generic drugs which goes into patented medicine is astounding. Whether setting up plants in Puerto Rico is as as easy as asking the genie from the lamp to set up factories to cater to the needs. Bosh.Hardly any action by the Campus guys. Can safely ignore. Current fetish of authors is to confuse the reader by unnecessary information overload and a mix of unrelated events.

A fantastic thriller from start to finishI highly recommend reading