Up to this point, I have loved all the Clancy books I have read. This one was simply horrible. Please note that the author of this book is Steve Perry, not Tom Clancy, and it is not up to par with the works Clancy is known for.

The story line is very simplistic and they characters are very one dimensional. About 50 pages from the end you could predict the ending with a good degree of accuracy.

If you haven't read any of Clancy's books (the ones HE wrote), then pick one of those up. This one isn't worth the time or the money. Too bad 0 stars isn't an option.

First, let me tell you a little about the book. This series follows Net Force, a division of the FBI set up to deal with net crimes in 2010. CyberNation deals with a group trying to form a nation based completely on the net. Their main goal throughout the book is to get more people to sign up with them, so that they have the numbers to get the attention of current nations. To get people to join, they disrupt the internet, in a not very legeal way, and so Net Force is called in. The rest of the book is Net Force trying to catch the hackers doing the disruptions.

In general this series has a very well thought out discription of what needs to be done to protect and police the net. Having said that, I have noticed that the Net Force books have been going down hill, and this one continues that trend. A lot of time is spent on character development, but no development actually comes out of it. For example, we see Jay Gridley question his upcoming marrage. But in the end, the final decision has nothing to do with the pages of inner questioning that he goes through. Then there is the introduction of new 'toys' for the military, that never show up again. Add to that the fact that every other scene leads to sex, and that there is almost no technology discription, this book is only a shadow of Clancy's work.

IMHO this series has become a soap opera, with most of the time spent on generic character development and sex, and very little time spent on the action and discriptions that brought me to Clancy in the first place.

As I said above it isn't a Tom Clancy. I find his books very indepth and leaves nothing to the imagination. I love his books. I picked up Net Force Cybernation in an airport because it has his name on it. Agian I repeat it's not Tom Clancy and anyone who compairs this book to him isn't going to give it a good review. I loved this book because it was easy reading and got right to the point. A nice change for Tom Clancy himself because I sometimes find it hard following the charachters because it changes so often.

Conan encouters little green men, giants, a wolfman, a catwoman, a wizard, and a four armed mutant -- all this and less in a story only a juvenile can enjoy. Thankfully, the book was short.

This book started entertaining enough, but after the part where they join the merchant's caravan, it goes downhill. The beginning with the giant village was pretty cool, and the ensuing action. I also thought it was interesting how there were actually three different stories going on for at least 3 or 4 chapters. But I thought the end was weak-it was just stupid. I wouldn't recommend this book, but its has its good parts. I'd give it 2.5 stars if I could.

Blaming Steve Perry for not being Robert E. Howard is like blaming a fish for not being a cat. Howard is a hard act to follow, but Perry isn't even trying. The tone of the whole book is way to light to be a true 'Conan' story. We have a Cyclops and a giant worm who are an Abbott and Costello like comedy team; a nyphomaniac witch and a psycotic warlock who mirror each others movements and fumble over each other trying to get to Conan; a hemorphidite warrior that is just embarressing and very discomfeting. And Conan himself dosn't seem to well thought out this time. If there are any redeming qualities to the book, it is that it is short and easy to read. Conan is meant to be entertaining, but not as a slapstick comedy.

This is by far the worst Tom Clancy's (or franchise) novel to date. It got so much un-interesting facts / drama / nonsense, that keep me guesing.. where is the good stuff???
Even after reading it (which is a waste of time) I still don't understand the intention of the bad guys (controling the world with network chaos, etc etc??)
This novel also bears a lot of product endorsement. <...

State of War had everything except good authors. I know Clancy's career doesn't exactly revolve around the NetForce series,but he should have kept writing them instead of letting someone else. Anyway, State of War is a multi-point-of-view story. It focuses on a lawyer that loves to see the system crumble, his lap-dog who discovers the excitement of killing a man, and the usual NetForce cast. The first Netforce book had the same subplot on top of supplot basis, but it worked for the book, mostly because the author was Clancy. But in State of War, the different angles are stretched too thin. The problem is since that there are so many charachters there's a chance you'rs going to end up reading an entire chapter about someone you don't care about and want top know about another charchter who doesn't pop up for another eight chapters. The anti-reality Jay Gridley was the main character I couldn't stand to read about. There are about three chapters out of fifteen that he's in where's he's not in the middle of some virtual-reality place that doesn't exist so you just don't care. However, the key element to State of War is Junior (the lap-dog in question). Something about the extreme measures he take to fix his stupid mistakes shows the excitement the book tried to project. The problem with State is that there are too many people to keep track of and most of them you don't like. The idea was great- the 3D charachters, likable good guy, likably bad bad guy, and the list goes on. The authors' inability to keep you interested is the main problem. Would I recomend this? Sure, why not. But be prepared to skip a bunch of pages.

I have to agree that this book does not live up to the expectations of anything associated with Tom Clancy. The book was a fast read for me. I agree a lot of the computer stuff is fantasy at best, with a little too much Virtual Reality [...] involved.The entire book would probably take only 30 minutes in a film. If you like the Net Force series, you will probably like this one too, but if you are a Tom Clancy fan and have never read this series, be warned that it is not written by Clancy, and that is quite eveident.