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Genre: Thriller.
DNA: Canada.
Tagline: Go boom!
Verdict: Prescient.
I read this in 1973 and called it to mind with the recent Washington D.C. stupidity. Read on to see why. Rohmer was prescient.
In its predecessor, Ultimatum (1973), a petulant US president announced the annexation of Canada and in this volume the wheels turn. The first few chapters show a Canada ready, willing, and able to resist the southern behemoth. The tactic is to turn perceived weakness to advantage per Tzu Sun, and on the pages of the book is works. The US army lands in force at Toronto International Airport expecting to be hailed and find themselves in a free fire zone. Without hesitation shots are fired.
While in the air all those airplanes (82 or more) were formidable but once they landed they are steel coffins for all those within. That part is certainly interesting, but interest wanes from there I fear. Rohmer was a career solider, not a writer. The prose is field manual quality as is most of plodding plot.
After the opening chapters the rest of the book is a gloss on corporate negotiations over oil and gas. I got a good night’s sleep while reading it.