Osama Bin
Laden is dead…terror lives on.
Dick Wolf is
the creative force behind one of the longest running television brands in the
history of the box of light, the Law and Order series; so it should come to no
one’s surprise that he has crafted one of the year’s best thrillers with his
first foray into novels.
Wolf sets the
story in motion with fits of stops and starts to lay the foundation, the
cornerstone being the takedown of Bin laden and the treasure trove of secrets
left behind in his compound. Ripped from today’s headlines is Wolf’s calling
card and plays it to maximum effect here.
One of the
terror mastermind’s final mandates is that future operations not be based on
past glories. So when a would be Jihadist tries to take over the cockpit of an
international flight in-bound for LaGuardia Airport only to be stopped by a
Flight 93 style passenger take down; red flags start waving for the Intel folks
charged with preventing terror attacks.
Wolf perfectly
captures not only the inner workings of the anti-terror types, but he is spot
on in his take on how the media create instant celebrity with his story line on
the passengers involved with putting a stop to the terrorist. Wolfs adds just
the right amount of high profile reality players like New York Mayor Bloomberg
and President Obama to keep the story real world relevant.
Wolf’s lead
character, NYPD Intel unit officer, Jeremy Fisk brings the right level of
obsession to the story of the hunt for the “real” terrorist. Fisk gets cover
billing with the subtitle “A Jeremy Fisk Novel” so here’s hoping Wolf is
planning to serve up another long-running series. Based on this first salvo, he’s
off to a great start.
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