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"AMAZING!!! 5 STARS"
How do you stop an entire country from dying by a deadly chemical? 2 words, Sam Fisher. Splinter Cell Fallout by Tom Clancy and David Micheals is an action-packed novel! This is a mystery novel for anyone who wants a thrilling book! This book is my favorite book and could be yours also! There are surprises around every corner. This book takes place in the Middle East, Far East, and the US. It is around 2010 when this all happens so it is for more of the futuristic readers.

Colonal Irving Lambert is Sam's leader and a close friend of his. Anna Grimsdottir is another one of Sam's workers and is a good friend also. This is written in third person so when it says Fisher it means Sam.

"AMAZING!!! 5 STARS"
How do you stop an entire country from dying by a deadly chemical? 2 words, Sam Fisher. Splinter Cell Fallout by Tom Clancy and David Micheals is an action-packed novel! This is a mystery novel for anyone who wants a thrilling book! This book is my favorite book and could be yours also! There are surprises around every corner. This book takes place in the Middle East, Far East, and the US. It is around 2010 when this all happens so it is for more of the futuristic readers.

Colonal Irving Lambert is Sam's leader and a close friend of his. Anna Grimsdottir is another one of Sam's workers and is a good friend also. This is written in third person so when it says Fisher it means Sam.

"A Decent Read for What It Is"
Fallout is an improvement on "David Michaels"'s previous effort, Checkmate. While not quite up to par with the first two Splinter Cell novels by Raymond Benson, Fallout is still an enjoyable read.

Unlike in Checkmate, the stakes as the book begin are relatively low; only as Sam Fisher digs deeper into a suspicious death is the real threat revealed. At the same time, the final stakes are higher than they've been before; where earlier Splinter Cell tales had Sam chasing after "mere" weapons of mass destruction, the biological weapon herein threatens not people, but their way of life.

If the book suffers from anything, it's that it tries to set the stakes too high. Too many people know about the Splinter Cells, about Sam, and about the events that are happening. The operations are hardly "covert" anymore. (Checkmate wasn't much better in this regard.)

Still, despite Sam's ventures away from the shadows and into the limelight, Fallout was a fun read. If Checkmate didn't put you off the series—or maybe even if it did—I'd recommend it.

"Splinter Cell:Fallout a Review"
First off to all the reviews befoe me who moaned and groaned that Tom Clancy should be shamed to have this with his name on it. That is bull, look this aint a perfect book i will give you that. It doesn't compare to the first two but one thing it does is improve on Checkmate. Secondly the whole cafeeine thing was to keep his cover intact. No offesne but no one is going to motice a guy drinking a soda but will notice a guy drinking a healthy drink. Although some of the devices in the book as with the others do seem out there like the ASE(All seeing EYE). Another thing is that the weapon in the book does seem a little farfetched but the reality of something similar happening makes the book close to reality. I believe that this book is a good book and one to add to your collection if you like Tom Clancy or the game Splinter Cell. It fleshes out a story many dont see in the games, the character story.

Pros Sticks to the material, good plot, nice action and suspense. Events seem Plausible under differnet circumstances.
Cons weapons seem out there sometimes, some of the characters dont seem believeable, Sam does things he wouldn't have done in the first set of novels.

Verdict
OK read

"very dissappointing"
Sadly, this book was a complete joke compared to the others in the series. I'm pretty sure the new author (though his name remains David Michaels) has never read the previous books in the series and I am suggesting to him that if you can't live up to the Splinter Cell name, don't disgrace the series with your ridiculous writing. The change from first person to third completely killed the series' personality and the bond the reader formed with Sam. Same is no longer himself, as others have mentioned, and has a sudden addiction to coffee when before he wouldn't drink it if his life depended on it. The biggest let down has been the loss of character personality. The personalities are not built up at all, and the characters are more like robots than anything else. Also, yes, the book was actioned packed; there was never a dull moment; but it was almost like there was too much action...and nothing ever went wrong...every mission was perfect. Lastly, some descriptions of events and places were so poorly written that trying to imagine them completely took your mind out of the book and left you struggling to figure out what he was talking about. The only positive: it says Splinter Cell on the cover.