Tom Clancy has lent his name to a numerous series of books that have been written by ghostwriters and other authors.  One of those series’ is a video game series known as Splinter Cell.  The series has spawned a few books.  One of these books is Fallout.

Sam Fisher is a special operative who works for a clandestine organization within the United States Government known as Third Echelon.  They carry out black operations for the government in the worlds hot spots.  This book finds Fisher travelling to Kyrgyzstan to Kenya to North Korea in an attempt to stop an insane warlord from using poison to overthrow the world.

As usual with this series, the book takes liberties with the science and technology available.  It is believeable, however, and still retains a sense of realism.  The book is not long, only 353 pages, and provides for some easy reading.  I would recommend reading the entire Splinter Cell series in order, as it provides background on the characters that is normally lacking in a book this short.  That is the one major complaint I have with short books is that they leave no room for character development.  It does, however, make for good video gaming.