Originally posted by Daff "Clancey... He can't give up a charactor. His books get more and more awkward as he crams more characters into them."I agree. While I did enjoy ihs political dramas, the last one, Dragon and the Bear made me give up on him. The characters were *all* pathetic. Ryan being more stupid than in 'Executive Orders', pathetic attempts at being erotic and describing the chinese like they were 50 years ago. (And most unforgivable, was that the combat sequence at the last 20 pages were predictable, un-engaging and boring).Daff