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From weak-kneed Terrence Ascher, seeking his father's approval, to Rafael Mendoza, who is tired of America's condescending attitude towards his people, to Marine Eric Gustafson, smuggly certain that only U.S. intervention can save the incompetent Contras, Brinkley's characters are intended to reveal the psychological factors behind a government scandal...
...characters are compelling and the plot around which Brinkley weaves them is engaging if terrifying; it is all-too-believable...
...realism of the story is helped greatly by the chapter notes in the back of the book. It is clear from these notes that Brinkley put a lot of reporting energy into his first novel--each of the events in his book are based on slightly altered historical information or on actual government proposals and contingency plans...
ADMITTEDLY, there is a difference between writing a spy novel as a spy novelist and writing a spy novel as a journalist. Brinkley's style is at times too dry, and while the political and psychological aspects of his characters are brilliantly conceived, they lack a personal perspective...
...Brinkley's journalistic devotion to detail comes out in the military scenes, which comprise some of the weaker parts of the novel. The exact effects of SA-7's, Deadeyes, Redeyes, etc., etc., are unnecessary additions to an otherwise compelling plot...