Target Acquired
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- Author：Don Bentley
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Summary
Jack Ryan， Jr。， will do anything for a friend， but this favor will be paid for in blood in the latest electric entry in the #1
New York Times
bestselling series。
Jack Ryan Jr would do anything for Ding Chavez。 That's why Jack is currently sitting in an open air market in Israel helping a CIA team with a simple job。 The man running the mission， Peter Beltz， is an old friend from Ding's army days。 Ding hadn't seen his friend since Peter's transfer to the CIA eighteen months prior and intended to use the assignment to reconnect。 Unfortunately， Ding had to cancel at the last minute and asked Jack to take his place。 It's a cushy assignment--an all expense paid trip to Israel in exchange for a couple hours of easy work， but Jack could use the downtime after his last operation。
Jack is here merely as an observer， but when he hastens to help a woman and her young son， he finds himself the target of trained killers。 Alone and outgunned Jack will have to use all his skills to protect the life of the child。
Jack Ryan Jr would do anything for Ding Chavez。 That's why Jack is currently sitting in an open air market in Israel helping a CIA team with a simple job。 The man running the mission， Peter Beltz， is an old friend from Ding's army days。 Ding hadn't seen his friend since Peter's transfer to the CIA eighteen months prior and intended to use the assignment to reconnect。 Unfortunately， Ding had to cancel at the last minute and asked Jack to take his place。 It's a cushy assignment--an all expense paid trip to Israel in exchange for a couple hours of easy work， but Jack could use the downtime after his last operation。
Jack is here merely as an observer， but when he hastens to help a woman and her young son， he finds himself the target of trained killers。 Alone and outgunned Jack will have to use all his skills to protect the life of the child。
Reviews
Keith Kindle
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Disappointing Great action if you like “Superman” but the usual dedication to plot， technology， and global politics is sorely missed。 Jack Ryan has gone the way of Jack Reacher without the plot twists and sex。
Marsha Valance
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Don Bentley proves himself a worthy successor to Tom Clancy in this fast-paced spy story set in Israel and Syria。 Jack Ryan Jr。 is stabbed， shot， kidnapped， crucified， blown up （several times）， and caught in a burning tank while trying to prove himself worthy of his father's legacy， but still manages to rescue a kidnapped scientist and her autistic son。 Action-adventure on a grand scale from a former Seal。 Don Bentley proves himself a worthy successor to Tom Clancy in this fast-paced spy story set in Israel and Syria。 Jack Ryan Jr。 is stabbed， shot， kidnapped， crucified， blown up （several times）， and caught in a burning tank while trying to prove himself worthy of his father's legacy， but still manages to rescue a kidnapped scientist and her autistic son。 Action-adventure on a grand scale from a former Seal。 。。。more
Steve
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A thank you to my friends at NetGalley and RPH/Putnam for my complimentary ARC of this dynamic and thrilled-filled iteration of Tom Clancy and Don Bentley's newest novel， Target Acquired。 It is readily apparent that Bently has upped his game with Target Acquired after entering the thriller field with Without Sanction and The Outside Man， both nicely written and plotted。 Jack Ryan， Jr。 accepts what looks like a routine assignment， but trouble raises its ugly head as often happens。 Jack is capture A thank you to my friends at NetGalley and RPH/Putnam for my complimentary ARC of this dynamic and thrilled-filled iteration of Tom Clancy and Don Bentley's newest novel， Target Acquired。 It is readily apparent that Bently has upped his game with Target Acquired after entering the thriller field with Without Sanction and The Outside Man， both nicely written and plotted。 Jack Ryan， Jr。 accepts what looks like a routine assignment， but trouble raises its ugly head as often happens。 Jack is captured and escapes with help from long-familiar characters as he attempts to complete his dangerous mission。 People come and go but Jack and his cadre survive and flourish using wit， wisdom， and well-timed violence。 Another Clancy et al。 winner in the challenging thriller genre。 。。。more
SteVen Hendricks
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Book Review – Tom Clancy’s Target Acquired – Don BentleyEver since Tom Clancy’s first Jack Ryan， Jr。 book， “Teeth of the Tiger”， I have been a longtime fan of Clancy’s Jack Ryan， Jr。 series。 I enjoy the Jack Ryan Sr。 novels as well， with their political， techno-thriller spin， but the Jack Jr。 and The Campus books own the more intense action side of the Tom Clancy Universe。After reading Tom Clancy’s Target Acquired by new coauthor Don Bentley， my faith in revitalizing the Jack Jr。 series has been Book Review – Tom Clancy’s Target Acquired – Don BentleyEver since Tom Clancy’s first Jack Ryan， Jr。 book， “Teeth of the Tiger”， I have been a longtime fan of Clancy’s Jack Ryan， Jr。 series。 I enjoy the Jack Ryan Sr。 novels as well， with their political， techno-thriller spin， but the Jack Jr。 and The Campus books own the more intense action side of the Tom Clancy Universe。After reading Tom Clancy’s Target Acquired by new coauthor Don Bentley， my faith in revitalizing the Jack Jr。 series has been restored。 Grant Blackwood， Mark Greaney and Mike Maden all did good jobs with the Jack Jr。/The Campus series of novels， but the series needed updating and evolving from the Cold War Clancy-like stories to the now post 9-11 terrorism-type stories。Previous Clancy novels were heavy into the strength and details of the story plots with geo-political analysis and operational details that many times overwhelmed the few action sequences。 Unfortunately， many of the Clancy books were soon overwhelmed by Clancy’s usual weaknesses of lengthy dialogue， sometimes thin characterizations of too many characters， endless repetition of back stories and partisan bumper-sticker politics。 Not this new coauthored Clancy， Jack Jr。 novel！ Target Acquired is a measured response and an obvious attempt to reinvent the Clancy Universe into a more contemporary action-thriller series。 This eighth Jack Jr。 book is one of the best Jack Jr。 novels written and with Don Bentley now coauthoring the series， it has tremendous ‘action-thriller’ promise with more to come。Target Acquired surprises and entertains like Clancy’s Rainbow Six novel did。 It charts a fascinating course through Israel and the Middle East with a chilling and intriguing look into international espionage， geo-political politics， Black Ops operations and cults。 The main character， Jack Ryan， Jr。 was a much-improved protagonist in this book than of old。 Bentley did an outstanding job in revitalizing Jack Jr。’s character。 Bentley brought out the ‘unexplained’ reason why the son of the President of the United States is working as a senior analyst/black ops operator for a secret intelligence organization – The Campus。 Jack Jr。 was raised in politics and intrigue and as his father， Jack Ryan Sr。 moved through the ranks of the CIA and then into the White House， Jack Jr。 received a life lesson of the world and the way it operates from federal agents， political statesmen， CIA analysts， Secret Service agents， and Black Ops operators like John Clark and Ding Chavez。 Bentley’s characterization of Jack Jr。 in this book， brought all of this to light and how Jack Jr。 finally put all of this together without it coming across too “cartoonish” and with some true realization。 I also love the characterization of the female Air Force F-35 fighter pilot， Captain Natalie “Daisy” Smith…she was a “badass” and Bentley’s writing of the F-35 scenes were top-notch！Bentley also provides the typical Jack Jr。 ‘James Bond-like’ flirting， seducing， and toying with attractive females， but that’s to be expected in the spy， espionage genre。 Jack Jr。 is an attractive American spy that many women can’t seem to resist。 Tremendously happy with how Target Acquired turned out。 Bentley， not only wrote a great story， but he also told it with improving the series for future highly anticipated reading。 Two-thumbs up on Target Acquired by Don Bentley。 。。。more
The Crew Reviews
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The Crew Reviews loved TARGET ACQUIRED by Don Bentley。 "And page 137 is the best damn page Don has ever written。" - CE Albanese， The Crew ReviewsCheck out our interview Don: https://youtu。be/7YK9kzhPIx4 The Crew Reviews loved TARGET ACQUIRED by Don Bentley。 "And page 137 is the best damn page Don has ever written。" - CE Albanese， The Crew ReviewsCheck out our interview Don: https://youtu。be/7YK9kzhPIx4 。。。more
Kathleen Gray
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Bentley has picked up the Jack Ryan flag and run with it in this fast paced and very entertaining novel。 Don't worry if you haven't read the earlier books （surely you've seen a movie or the tv series）。 this one stands just fine on its own。 Jack's in Israel for an easy job， just hanging around （not！） when he sees an attack on a woman and her son， hops in to save them， and then finds himself under interrogation by Israeli security officers。 Once he's freed， he goes looking for Becka and her son To Bentley has picked up the Jack Ryan flag and run with it in this fast paced and very entertaining novel。 Don't worry if you haven't read the earlier books （surely you've seen a movie or the tv series）。 this one stands just fine on its own。 Jack's in Israel for an easy job， just hanging around （not！） when he sees an attack on a woman and her son， hops in to save them， and then finds himself under interrogation by Israeli security officers。 Once he's freed， he goes looking for Becka and her son Tommy， who is autistic。 And then they're kidnapped （but why？） so he teams up with the Israelis to find and free them。 This being a Ryan novel， you know there's going to be derring-do， tech stuff， and international intrigue all tied up in a fas paced page turner。 However， never forget that Jack has a sense of humor and a generous heart， which is what moves him out of the cartoonish and into the hero。 Thanks to Edelweiss for the ARC。 A fun read which will make a great movie。 。。。more
Steven Netter
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READ MY FULL REVIEW AT Best Thriller BooksAn all-out， pedal to the metal， full tilt sprint from beginning to end， propelled forward with 40，000 pounds of thrust from the afterburners of a F-35。 Make sure to check out the full review READ MY FULL REVIEW AT Best Thriller BooksAn all-out， pedal to the metal， full tilt sprint from beginning to end， propelled forward with 40，000 pounds of thrust from the afterburners of a F-35。 Make sure to check out the full review 。。。more
Jacqui
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Target Acquired， Book 8 in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Jr。 series， is one more of the burgeoning collection of series continued even after the original author's death （for example， Ann Hillerman writing Tony Hillerman's Navajo Mystery series and Sophie Hannah writing Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot）。 This is done by hiring good authors who agree to write in the style of the original author。 With Tom Clancy， that is extremely difficult。 He's a master of international intrigue and known for including Target Acquired， Book 8 in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Jr。 series， is one more of the burgeoning collection of series continued even after the original author's death （for example， Ann Hillerman writing Tony Hillerman's Navajo Mystery series and Sophie Hannah writing Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot）。 This is done by hiring good authors who agree to write in the style of the original author。 With Tom Clancy， that is extremely difficult。 He's a master of international intrigue and known for including prodigious detail but making it interesting。 There aren't a lot of authors who can do that。 Many have tried--Mark Greaney （famous for his Gray Man series）， Grant Blackwood， Mike Maden--with mixed results。 This particular series about the son of a president who works in dangerous fields is even more challenging。 In this story， Jack Ryan Jr （the President's son） does a favor for a friend by helping a CIA team complete an easy job that gives him an opportunity for a vacation in the beautiful country of Israel。 It might have been simple until Jack helps a woman and her special needs child to escape a kidnapper （or worse） and finds himself wrapped up in something much more dangerous than originally planned。Don Bentley does an excellent job of matching Clancy’s ability to create non-stop drama and characters you can't get enough of。 My only complaint is he includes a little more detail than needed and maybe to the point of being distracting （this is something Clancy did with strategic perfection）。 Many times， the action was interrupted by backstory and to flesh out details that were fascinating but to me distracting from the plot's drama。 By the time I was done with the diversion and returned to the life-and-death situation， I didn't care nearly as much。 Maybe that's just me。Overall， I give it a 4。5/5 （which is what Goodreads awards it） and I’ll round up to 5/5。 If you enjoy this series， you'll like this installment also。 。。。more
J Todd Wilkins
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READ MY FULL REVIEW AT Best Thriller BooksWho doesn’t love an all expenses paid trip to a country you’ve been wanting to visit and all you have to do is a couple hours of work for a buddy？ Target Acquired explores just that topic… with a slight twist。 While on a routine task in Israel， Jack Ryan Jr。 literally walks into an assassination attempt on an American and her young son。 Then things just go sideways from there。 What starts out as a more personal mission to return a lost item to the child， READ MY FULL REVIEW AT Best Thriller BooksWho doesn’t love an all expenses paid trip to a country you’ve been wanting to visit and all you have to do is a couple hours of work for a buddy？ Target Acquired explores just that topic… with a slight twist。 While on a routine task in Israel， Jack Ryan Jr。 literally walks into an assassination attempt on an American and her young son。 Then things just go sideways from there。 What starts out as a more personal mission to return a lost item to the child， Jack soon finds himself entangled in an international plot that directly threatens the state of Israel and looks to upend the entire global power structure。 Through grit， brazen stubbornness， and a healthy dose of sheer force of will， Jack Jr。 pummels his way through enemy after enemy to save an innocent woman and her child。 If you’re a long time reader of the Clancy series or this is your first time picking up one， Target Acquired will be one you remember。 Make sure to check out the full review 。。。more
Andreas Tornberg
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Jack Ryan Jr。 is in Israel on a simple observation job， but when it comes to Jack Jr nothing is ever simple。 When a woman and her son is attacked， Jack can't just stand by and watch。 Suddenly he is the target of trained killers。 On his own， Jack will have to use all his skills to stay alive and to protect the woman and the child he just saved。 I have always loved the original books by Tom Clancy， but when he passed away I stopped reading the following books because I felt no-one could carry on t Jack Ryan Jr。 is in Israel on a simple observation job， but when it comes to Jack Jr nothing is ever simple。 When a woman and her son is attacked， Jack can't just stand by and watch。 Suddenly he is the target of trained killers。 On his own， Jack will have to use all his skills to stay alive and to protect the woman and the child he just saved。 I have always loved the original books by Tom Clancy， but when he passed away I stopped reading the following books because I felt no-one could carry on the legacy。 It was just a couple of years ago I picked up the series again and loved how the series had developed。 Especially Mark Greaney and Mike Maden did a great job keeping the series alive。 I was disappointed when I read that Mike Maden shouldn't stay on the franchise anymore， but I was so glad to see that Don Bentley was the one to take over。 His book about Matt Drake are sensational so my expectations was very high。 All I can say after finishing the book is that Don Bentley have written the best Jack Ryan Jr book ever。 It's well-written， fast-paced and full with action。 It felt like reading one of Tom Clancy's originals spiced with Dons sense of humor。 I really hope Don gets to carry Jack Jr forward for many years because no-one can do it better。 I highly recommend this book and thanks to Edelweiss， the author and G。P。 Putnam's Sons for the opportunity to read this book in advance and to share my honest review。On sale June 8， don't miss out！！ 。。。more
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