Robert Ludlum's The Janson Command (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
To be entirely honest, I always get nervous when I see something like "Robert Ludlum's The Janson Command" or "Tom Clancy's Op-Center." There's nothing wrong with passing the torch, per se, to another author, but it's usually an indication of lower quality in the work.As far as this book goes -- it's good but not great. First up, can we please stop having oil companies be the villains? To call that particular trope worn out would be an understatement.Secondly, it's apparent the author did some cursory research on a lot of topics but didn't delve into them enough to make them believable to those in the know. You can't pull down Google Maps on a satellite phone, you don't throw the slide on a Beretta Tomcat or Jetfire to load it (they use a tip-up barrel), and you wouldn't use TOR for business communications). These are minor quibbles, but if you're going to present details, please present accurate ones.While engaging, I didn't find anything worth noodling over at its conclusion. Overall, it's a straightforward action book, quickly read and (likely) quickly forgotten. For all that, it's not bad. I'd pick up the rest of the books in the series were they available cheaply. A good story, continuing the Janson series detailing the activities of a former covert operative seeking to make amends for past actions by saving retired operators and bringing them into rehab services. Janson is faced with a request from one such reclamation project to help save a company doctor kidnaapped from an petroleum exploration off the coast of an African island currently in the midst of revolution. As Janson plans and executes the rescue it becomes apparent that perhaps not is the way it seems...someone seems to be lying (or at least not telling the whole truth). Is it the man he rescued from a life on the streets or is it someone else in the company. Several twists and turns as he tries to do what he was hired to do while maintaining his integrity and hesitance to kill innocents. Unfortunately, it is all too unclear who is innocent and who is not.Overall, a very good read and a fast moving story line that brings this Robert Ludlum character back to the printed page. Worth a look.
What do You think about Robert Ludlum's The Janson Command (2012)?
I liked it other than the bad language used at times. I want to read more of the character Janson.
—damaks
Ok, Ludlum has been dead for years so I find it funny that he is listed as an author!!
—sheena
Enjoyed the first one much better... but this was entertaining too.
—chelsea
