24 Declassified: Vanishing Point
by Marc Cerasini
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Author: Marc CerasiniBrand: Baker & Taylor
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-02-27
ISBN: 0060842288
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: HarperEntertainment
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Book Review: Good read! Jack and Tony Together Again!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you want to see Jack Bauer undercover, playing the role of a *bad dude* in order to catch *really* bad dudes, then don't miss this book. I thought it was a great read.
After an *explosive!* prologue (yes, this is a pun) set in Central America, Jack discovers that terrorists are buying up high-tech secrets that could help them do damage to America and its populace.
CTU plants Jack undercover in Las Vegas. He takes on the persona of an actual gangster (one who is now in custody). Jack builds up a plausible rep as a bad guy managing a casino. A high-tech device had been found on a gambler in this very casino. The dude was using it to cheat the machines--but after he was arrested and let out on bail, he was shot execution style before CTU could quesiton him. In other words, the guy had bought the technology from someone--someone who didn't want him alive to talk about it.
Now Jack and others on his CTU team are watching and waiting for more stolen technology to surface. Meanwhile, Tony is planted undercover, too, but not in Vegas. He's placed nearby in Groom Lake's Air Force Base (Area 51) as a "new member" of the civilian research team. He does his best to appear geeky and non-threatening as he tracks down who on the team has been selling secrets.
During the same time period, David Palmer arrives in Vegas for a splashy international conference, looking for supporters in his bid for the presidency. Hiw wife Sherry is with him and *Lady Mac* is as cunning and sly as ever, too. When David Palmer is brought to Groom Lake to observe the testing of new high-tech bio weapons, his wife makes what she thinks is an innocent deal for a campaign contribution with a diplomat from China. She's going to give him info about the testing that David is witnessing in exchange for big bucks. (Of course, David has no idea his wife is making this deal!)
And the deal is far from innocent. The Chinese diplomat has more on his mind than contributing to David Palmer's presidential run. He has his eye on that secret technology being tested.
By the end of the book, these subplots all come together. It's worthy of an entire 24 season--but in just one book. Vanishing Point also reminded me of the earlier, better-written 24 seasons. It makes Tony Almeida and other CTU members as important to the story as Jack Bauer (who plays a big role, too, don't get me wrong). But I appreciated reading Tony especially because when the TV show killed him, they killed a great character.
Summary of 24 Declassified: Vanishing Point
Area 51: America's top-secret advanced military testing ground, hidden away in the Nevada desert, where the awesome weapons of tomorrow are being developed. But a mole inside the impregnable facility has been leaking highly advanced killing technology to America's worst enemies . . . who intend to turn its destructive power on an unsuspecting nation before the day is out.
Agent Jack Bauer has a mere twenty-four hours to derail a horrific plot, as a deadly endgame takes shape in the neon glare of nearby Las Vegas. But to do so, the rogue CTU operative will have to lead an impossible assault on Area 51 itself?and expose a lethal string of betrayal and corruption that leads from the terrorists to the underworld and all the way into the heart of the U.S. government.
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