By Tom Clancy
Old enemies and new heroes emerge in Locked On, the collaborative espionage thriller by Tom Clancy and Mark Greany. Get ready, this is pure adventure: mystery, suspense, and adrenaline-pumping action . . . with all the attention to detail you would expect from a novel bearing the Clancy name.
Father and son, Jack Ryan Sr. and Jack Ryan Jr., pursue their separate dreams while running a parallel track that puts them on a collision course with an old nemesis with a old grudge. The bad guy has it in for Ryan -- and the world. That is, unless father and son can take him down! Locked On also features the salty John Clark, who is on the run from his own government. What?!
I really enjoyed mining that that vein in the overall plot.
Locked On is the second in The Campus series:
Dead or Alive (2010)
Locked On (2011)
Threat Vector (2012)
Command Authority (2013)
Kudos to Tom Clancy and the Clancy estate for collaborating with other writers to continue the Jack Ryan Universe. Clancy passed away in 2013, but the excitement continues thanks to the suspense, action, and thrills, here by Clancy and Mark Greaney (author of The Gray Man series).
My recommendation: Locked On is "FIVE STARS" precisely because I want to write "it is typical Clancy" in all the best ways: plot, characters, research, detail, suspense, mystery, description, and more. That said, I gave Locked On FOUR STARS in that while it was momentarily pleasurable, it was just that, "momentary." Months later, I did not remember it. That probably speaks more to my mental state than the Clancy/Greaney one-two punch. But then, the memory lodge is also what separates lasting literature from that which provides a satisfying temporary diversion. For me, Locked On, as splendid as it is, falls into that second category -- but I still highly recommend it.