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So far a waste of time... the worst of the series.
I've read all of the Cotton Malone series, beginning years ago with the Templar Legacy. While the prose is weak, the plots have been imaginative, educational, and fun. By weak prose, if I hear about someone "tucking into" their meal, I cringe. Some books this is described 10+ times. Obnoxious.
The Warsaw Protocol hits a low with the plot early on. I'm 20% into the novel and there's a weird vibe about the president, who is clearly a Trump stand-in, and it's in a way that is very unbalanced. I had a sense with Daniels that he worked both sides of the aisle and got things done and you could not tell Republican vs. Democrat. Clearly this novel disparages the current Trump administration, repeatedly and with vigor.
For a number of the last novels, I've thought that there was a lot of ghost writing. This is now an even stronger opinion - the writing is weaker and so is the plot. I'll go along for a while more and will update this review.
At this time I intend to end the series. Unfortunate, as they've had a nice run.
March 2020 · Books · verified purchase