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The next twenty-four hours will be critical to America's survival.
A determined band of terrorists holds the key to bringing
down the government by plunging the country into darkness,
fear and chaos - a nightmare born not in a distant enemy land...
but rather in the heart of America itself. After
a mission gone bad, Counter Terrorist Unit operative Jack
Baur is relegated to infiltrating a dangerous home-grown militia
group - and stumbles upon information about an activated sleeper
cell of Middle Eastern terrorists on American soil. But the
roots of the insidious threat may go deeper than he suspects,
firmly planted in the lies and treacheries of powerful government
agencies. And without the trust and support of his CTU superiors,
Jack may have to rely on the very fanatics he's sworn to destroy...
or face an earth-shattering catastrophe at the end of the
day...
Veto
Power is
the second book in the 24: Declassified series that
I've read. Not only is it a fantastic 24 universe story,
but it is also a masterclass in how to produce a well written
thriller.
Author
John Whitman isn't afraid to get his hands a little dirty.
He really attempts to illustrate the evil side of the villains,
as well as the unethical aspect to the way that CTU operatives
go about getting the job done. When Baur first meets Farrah,
one of the short lived villains, there is no doubt in the
readers mind that he is insane. The description of how he
deals with unloyal employees just shies from overstepping
the mark. And, when Baur finally disposes of him, the resulting
bloody mess is handled like just another day at the office
for the CTU operative - which is exactly as it should be.
The
24-hour format is twisted a little here, as the events at
the start of the book occur years before the main novel. To
be honest I don't know why they don't allow the authors to
drop the whole idea of basing each book over a 24-hour time
period - stretched across 24 chapters. Yes, I know that's
the whole point of the show (hence the title) but with the
books the writers should be allowed to pace their stories
over a longer time period if they want.
There
is also a clever (almost anti-American) dig at the way governments
like to introduce legislation to protect it's public - legislation
that ends up taking away the freedom of the people it's trying
to protect.
I
also loved the way that this book tackles the fact that Jack
has had no sleep for 24 hours and how he is thinking to himself
that he hopes he never has to do this again.
At
the end of the day Whitman has written an engaging and intelligent
novel that will keep you hanging on his every word. Fans of
the show are being spoilt.
Pete
Boomer
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