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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN num: 9780425212783
ISBN number: 0425212785
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 416
Printing Date: November 07, 2006
Publishing house: Berkley
Sale Popularity Level: 45222
Studio: Berkley
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My son requested this, as well as another Tom Clancy novel after reading one of his Grandfather's Tom Clancy novels. The book arrived in perfect condition and even with all of the video games he got for Christmas, my son is actually reading the book.
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This book was passed to me by my 14-year old son. I needed something to do on a flight to Tokyo, so I read most of it on the way there, and the rest on the way back. The large amount of spelling and grammar errors took away from my enjoyment of the book. It seemed that the editing of the book was outsourced to another country that did not grasp the language. I have always enjoyed Tom Clancy's books, whether written in the very first person or the third person, and this one was fairly interesting. The author seemed to spend too much time describing details of the surroundings Fisher was entering, which was more of a distraction than needed details. There seemed to be good technical details of Navy tactics, but the weapons were purely fantasy. It was a fiction book, so I can't be too critical about that.
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This is my very first Splinter Cell novel and overall I enjoyed it. I thought the plot was interesting and there was a lot of action. The biggest problem for me was the blow-by-blow description of Sam entering hallways, elevators, etc. The other biggest disappointment was the number of grammatical errors. The editor shouldn't be paid. Unfortunately, I've seen that a lot of late in many of the novels I read and by different publishers. Maybe it's a representation of what our schools are producing. (lol)
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I only read halfway through Checkmate and had come across TWO DOZEN errors in grammar and spelling. I had to put the book down for a few weeks because it annoyed me so much! I can't believe that in this day and age this book would pass a spellcheck with no problems. The book claims to be printed in the United States of America, but I don't think it's just coincidence some of these sentences sound like a chinaman proofread this book. Here's what I mean:
Some grammar issues:
p40 "To his right he heard a the muffled chugging of a marine engine."
p44 "...he might be able wait out the security sweep."
p68 "...and a spiked soft rubber ball roughly the size of marble."
p190 "Inside he found storage closet lined with empty shelves."
A few misspellings:
(same page as a grammatical error) p68 "...the sabot breakes away, leaving only the Cottonball."
p77 "If it became necessary, the man's disapperance wouldn't immediately raise an alarm."
Spellcheck didn't catch these?!? Was this book penned on a legal pad before being immediately and haphazardly typed up? In many places periods, commas, and words were even left out entirely! I have lost interest in this book, hardcore.
Narration. Not only are there so many errors of all kinds, but the narration is way off from the very first two books in the Splinter Cell series. Splinter Cell's self-titled and Operation Barracuda series were well written and had a very first person narration. At first, the very first person style was kind of annoying, but then it stood out more and made the books what they are: good. You got to feel like you were inside Sam Fisher's head, just as if you were controlling his every move while playing the video games. It was a good way to tackle a video game such as Splinter Cell and make it into a good book. Checkmate drops the very first person narration and goes for the third person. Why? No clue. Is it broken? Nope! So don't fix it!
So, what about the actual storyline and plot? In all accounts, the story could have been topnotch. A lot of elements were there to potentially make this one shine. However, even that wasn't done right!
For the facts I discussed above, I give this book one single star because Amazon won't allow a rating of zero. If I were Tom Clancy, I would be embarrassed and ashamed that a book like this had my name all over it.
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A gruesome terrorist attack destroys a town in New Mexico, leaving thousands dead and survivors facing agonizing death.
The clues to the criminals lead to Iran, but there is a trail hidden under layers of deception which is a path to the evil mastermind. And as war draws near, special operative Sam Fisher is in the ultimate race against time to uncover the truth.
In the third book in a series based on Ubisoft's game - Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell - author David Michaels brings a healthy dose of slowly devoloping scenes, which is necessary for a character who operates as a phantom within the shadows of government.
Fisher - a member of the elite Third Echelon organization - uses cutting-edge technology and classic spy techniques as the rugged trail takes him to numerous nations, with bad guys even popping up in swanky hotel in the Emirate of Dubai.
Michaels delivers a winner by finally offering the reader an overt exploration into the covert aspect of Fisher's work; on land, sea and in the air.
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