Vital Force by Trevor Scott is the second book by Scott I have read. He doesn't disappoint. There is plenty of action and country hopping to encourage all espionage fans. It makes you wonder if this is something all spooks do or if they're tiers of experience levels in real life. This starts out with a Russian friend Yuri, asking Jake to be a neutral observer in an IBM launch in Russia. The missile is shot from the skies stunning everyone. The United States acknowledged they did it. Everyone is flabbergasted that the UShas developed the technology. That night Jake gets kidnapped out of his room. In his underwear freezing in the Siberian snow he makes a break into the woods. He's picked up by CIA agent and given clothes to warm up. Then he meets Anderson in Bejing. He's in China. He's been drafted back into the Agency. Meets a Chinese double agent Chang Su. They're off to Manchuria to get photos of China's laser system. It switches back to the US where a guy named Cliff is getting ready to sell out his country for a piece of tail and money. This is just the beginning of this thrilling tale.
Pretty good book that would have been better if the author didn't tend to end most chapters with a cliffhanger. Way too many of those. Also, there were a lot of subplots, some of which were brought to conclusion, and a couple left hanging. I had to wonder if the author just forgot about the characters and where he was taking that portion of the novel. As with any good action thriller involving espionage, not everything is as it seems. This is book four of the Jake Adams series picked up as a freebie from Amazon's promotions. It accomplished what it was intended to do as I will go back to the beginning and purchase a couple of the earlier novels.
