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24 Declassified: Storm Force (Jack Bauer Novels) Kindle Edition

by David Jacobs (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.0 67 ratings

Part of: 24 Declassified (11 books)

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Still reeling but rebuilding after Katrina's fury, New Orleans braces for another major hurricane heading her way. But a far greater threat is looming on the horizon—a manmade terror storm that will dwarf the destructive force of anything Mother Nature could have devised.

Following a tip, agent Jack Bauer has come to the Big Easy—and watches helplessly as two prime players representing America's most dangerous Latin American adversaries fall in a surprising hail of gunfire. With winds rapidly approaching gale force, the rogue CTU operative must now follow the blood trail to a completely unexpected source. Because in less than 24 hours, a ruthless enemy hiding among "friends" plans to take out the already damaged Crescent City—and deliver a staggering blow from which the U.S. "Satan" may never recover.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000WJVLAW
Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins e-books (July 8, 2008)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 8, 2008
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1181 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 384 pages

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Vasiliki Kyriakakis

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2014

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I have enjoyed reading all of the books in the 24 Declassified series.

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Jim G

24 Declassified: Storm Force

Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2011

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I do enjoy reading these books. They are a little more detailed and graphic than the series was allowed to be.

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N. Bass

Worst of the 24 Declassified novels

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2008

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Where to begin? Not enough Jack, and what Jack there is limited to him sitting around in an SUV as the author describes the minutae of such things as the wardrobe of a minor character. BORING! And the Jack that is there is not the Jack Bauer of 24. The characterization is all wrong. The 'real' Jack always has a sense of urgent action about him. Jack Bauer doesn't sit in a SUV for hours and make small talk. Has the author even seen the show? Some chapters don't even have dialogue in them (hour 12). This book doesn't feel at all like 24--it's as if the author just wrote a story and named the hero 'Jack'. And "Storm Force"? The storm is barely mentioned in the first 20 chapters or so. No mention of evacuation gridlock hindering the action, no wind, no rain for much of the book. It's really got little to do with the story. Zzzzzzzzzzz

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M. Radu

Pass on this one

Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2015

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Didn't like this one at all....that is until the 20th hour. The final 5 hours were decent, but the whole story just seemed all over the place and with very little continuity. I'd pass.

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2016

Jack Bauer Rules

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2008

As evident by the previous reviews, you will either love the more "Tom Clancy" like approach to this 24 novel, or you will hate it. I, myself, found it to be a refreshing change from the "stalk, trap, release" storylines of the past.

But in all fairness to David Jacobs, any author writing a franchise novel (Star Trek, 24, Batman, Spiderman, to name a few) must follow stringent guidelines and have their plot outline, writing style and character development approved by the franchise owner(s) before they can proceed. The people who developed and/or hold the rights to 24, as well as the editors at Harper Entertainment, sanctioned Mr. Jacobs' interpretation of the 24 World and to suggest that Storm Force is not a "real" 24 novel is ridiculous.

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The worst of the 24 books

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2008

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I have read all of the 24 Declassified books and this is the worst. I usually finish these books in a day or two. I have been reading this one for over two weeks.

It is boring. There is hardly any action or Jack Bauer, and too much filler.

I am 2/3s through the book and I have no idea what the plot is or the threat that Jack is preventing. It is like someone wrote a book and inserted the name Jack Bauer and CTU in places.

This was a huge disappointment.

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Jamil Bhatti

You look half kilt yourself, Jack.

Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2015

This isn’t a bad book, but as far as 24 novels go, this is easily the worst. The biggest problem is they almost completely abandoned the 24 format. Gone are the time stamps which are usually peppered throughout each chapter to indicate where we are in real-time, but the worst offense has got to be the inclusion of big chunks of backstory and (gasp!) flashbacks!

These symptoms are so non-24-like that I wonder if this book had the character of Jack Bauer copy-pasted into it and then got slapped with the 24 brand. It feels a little off, or maybe it was rushed to publication. But something happened, and it doesn’t feel right. Also, there’s a character named Buttrick?

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Gis A. Bun

Yuch

Reviewed in Canada on June 21, 2011

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Probably the most boring 24 book that I've read [and I've read most of them].

First, the author didn't follow the "standards" used from previous books by him and the other authors. Each chapter doesn't seem to be an hour in a day.

Jack is barely in the book. In comparison, he is generally in most of the book in previous books. Even the local CTU center is barely used after the initial few chapters and even then not the local versions of Chloe, Mylo and the others.

Too much long ramblings that didn't have to be included.

N. Mitchell

Whipping up a storm

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 27, 2008

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This latest entry in the 24 Declassified series is a departure from those that have gone before. Storm Force introduces a new author to the series and a new style. I would go as far as to call this a novel, in the sense that it has far greater depth of character development and character involvement, exemplified through the well thought out and researched back-stories that accompany all of those characters, far exceeding the earlier entries in the series. And it is this detail that adds to the story, rounding out all the characters we meet. In this cast of leading characters Jack is just one of a number of key players. Some enthusiasts may not be happy with this change of emphasis, but stick with it as it is a very good thriller. In fact if you have never read a 24 novel before you will enjoy this as a damn good read. And although Jack is maybe not as prominent throughout as you might expect, be assured he will be there for the final denouement.

Mario Pf.

Da braut sich etwas zusammen...

Reviewed in Germany on January 30, 2008

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Seit dem Hurrikan Katrina ist New Orleans schwer angeschlagen, doch die Stadt erholt sich langsam von den Schäden. Jedoch zieht am Himmel bereits ein neuer Hurrikan auf, der erneut alles in Schutt und Asche legen könnte. Naturgewalten sind zu diesem Zeitpunkt allerdings nicht die einzige Gefahr für The Big Easy sondern auch der teuflische Plan einer Gruppe Verschwörer, die nicht nur New Orleans sondern die ganze USA an den Rande des Abrunds drängen könnten.

Dabei sah dieser Tag für Jack Bauer eigentlich eher nach einer Routinemission aus, denn seit Hugo Chavez Machtübernahme in Venezuela hat dieser auch eine sehr freundschaftliche Beziehung zu Kuba entwickelt, was schlussendlich auch zu einer vertieften Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Geheimdiensten dieser beiden Länder führte. Zur Observierung des venezuelischen Geheimdienstobersts Martello Paz an die Ostküste entsandt muss Jack nun mit dem Top-Agenten der CTU New Orleans, Pete Malo zusammenarbeiten, um die Hintergründe des südamerikanischen Spionagenetzwerks aufzudecken, doch jemand treibt ein falsches Spiel und so fallen bald die ersten Schüsse. Das verheißungsvolle Bündnis ist längst gebrochen als ein von kubanischer Seite angeheuertes Killerkommando Paz nur knapp verfehlt und dessen bester Agent, der in eine einflussreiche US-Polit-Dynastie einheiraten sollte, entführt wird. Doch der Venezuelaner plant bereits seinen Gegenangriff...

Mit David Jacobs wagt sich nach 6 Bänden ein neuer Autor an die Declassified-Serie heran und schafft sogleich eine angenehme Überraschung, indem einmal keine Massenvernichtungswaffen im Zentrum des Geschehens stehen. Auch ist Jack Bauer diesmal nicht alleine unterwegs und erhält mit Pete Malo einen durchaus fähigen Partner. Interessant ist dabei auch das Abgehen von klassischen Terrorgruppen und abtrünnigen Agenten zu gewissermaßen offiziell für die eigene Regierung agierenden Agenten, die zwar auch eigene Ziele verfolgen, doch das ist anfangs noch nicht allzu klar.

Unwillkürlich stellt man sich bei 24 ja häufig die Frage, was den Autoren noch einfallen kann und ob sich nicht irgendwo eine billige Wiederholung einschleicht, doch mit neuen Autoren wie David Jacobs kommen auch neue Ideen auf. Dennoch ist der Bruch mit dem Autoren-Gespann John Whitman/Marc Cerasini etwas irritierend, zumal Jacobs das 24-Stunden-Konzept etwas anders anwendet, indem er beispielsweise in den ersten 12 Stunden der Handlung weit mehr erzählt als noch den letzten 12, die gewissermaßen im Schnelldurchlauf passieren. Gerade die für 24 fast schon typische völlig unerwartete Handlungswendung inmitten der Serie, durch die man fast schon gezwungen ist jede Stunde mitzufiebern um nichts zu verpassen, ist in Storm Force nur teilweise vorhanden.

Fazit:
Eine lesenswerte Abwechslung zu Marc Cerasini und John Whitman, die beweist dass 24 Declassified auch nach 6 Bänden noch lange nicht am Ende ist.

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Dil Khan

Three Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 4, 2017

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Not bad, but only worthwhile for the die-hard 24 fan.

Miru

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 9, 2014