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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN num: 9780425201688
ISBN number: 0425201686
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 368
Printing Date: December 07, 2004
Publishing house: Berkley
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It's not just a game anymore-read the explosive new book series based on the video game Splinter Cell(tm).
In response to the growing use of sophisticated digital encryption to conceal potential threats to the United States, the National Security Agency has ushered forth the new dawn of intelligence-gathering techniques. The top-secret initiative is dubbed Third Echelon.
Its existence denied by the US government, Third Echelon deploys a lone field operative. He is sharp, invisible, and deadly. He has the right to spy, steal, destroy, and assassinate to protect American freedoms. His name is Sam Fisher. He is a Splinter Cell(tm). Sam Fisher works alone. But fights for us all.
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I'm a bit mixed on how to rate this book. I'm not a gamer, so I had no preconceptions from the video game going in, one way or another. At least one other reader who is a gamer has told me he liked the game much better, but then I'm not sure it's a fair comparisson.
On the negative side, I think the author got carried away with some of the technical descriptions of weapons and things. Also, he used both very first person and third person narrative in essentially alternating chapters. That made for a bit of a jarring experience, especially in the early part of the book. Either I got used to it or it smoothed out later on, but it seemed to be better.
I did enjoy the overall story, though it was fairly predictable. But then most of the plots in this genre are if you've read enough of them. It was perfectly fine for my daily commute reading, though.
I guess the bottom line is that I enjoyed it enough to continue reading the series.
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If you enjoyed playing the video game, this book (first in its series) is a great read. It doesn't follow any missions of the games, but is a very good read, with everything you'll want from Sam Fisher. He actually has more of a personality in here than in the game, so you get to know Sam better, which helps a bit when playing the latest game. So check it out; for this price, you cannot go wrong!
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AMAZING!!!! The facts about this book are simple. It's amazing, its action packed, it's beautifully written. There is a man by the name of Sam Fisher who must stop an extremely unstable terrorist organization leader and find out who is supplying him with his amazingly powerful weapons. He must fight his hardest to achieve this. He is no average agent. He must physically enter his location stealthily and must exfiltrate the same way. This is all for the protection of our beautiful country (America). It doesnt matter the location. He will do the job. All for the blue white and blue.
I loved this book. It was my most favorite book I've ever read. I loved the fact that at the end of a chapter that was all action it leaves you hanging and the subsequent chapter was in a diferent location with people you never expected to be apart of something like this. I could read this book a millions times, over and over again
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Sam Fisher is a spy for a secret U.S. agency, and will do anything to protect his country. The agency is called the third echelon. Nobody, except for the people involved, knows about it. This fast pace novel by David Michaels is called Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell.
This intense action thriller includes both great shooting scenes and a well drawn out story line. The setting of the book is about 2002 in the Middle East and Washington DC. The plot is about terrorists that plan to drop a nuke on Bagdad, Iraq. Sam Fisher wants stop that but in doing so he must spy, steal, destroy, and assassinate. Sam Fisher (the main character) and his colonel, Erving Lambert, must stop Namik Basaran and Andrei Zdrok in there plans to take over Iraq. Over time Sam learns that he cannot trust anybody and must always be on alert. The theme of the book is to not always trust everybody and terrorism needs to stop. I thought that this was a very good book that I would give a 9.5 out of 10. I really liked the plot and the way that it switched between different characters. This book would be best suited for 13+ on account of intense action scenes and foul language. If you read this book and really liked it then also try the sequel Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Fallout. Please try this book and I promise you won't be disappointed!
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I am in the middle of the third book and do like the series somewhat. I suppose most of you might say, "Why are you reading the whole series if you're only giving this review 3 stars?" Well, I bought the whole series for starters. Second, I don't always give up the ship because because of a few bad starts.
The book was fun to read. I have played the actual Splinter Cell game on Xbox a few times so the visuals in my mind were pretty neat. At times I did think the story was a little corny and a little choppy which seems to get slightly better in the second book. There were few times when I thought the author could have spent a little more time thinking about Sam would actually say. Some the words that come out of his mouth, I can't say that I could ever actually picture any special forces guys saying some of the stuff in the book. His thoughts seemed to portray a special forces guy, but not what he actually would say. Was it a little predictable?...okay maybe but what book of this type isn't. It is a pretty quick read.
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