Tom Clancy died earlier this week, and one of his co-authors, Jerome Preisler, penned a essay on what it was like to write a "Tom Clancy" thriller, an excerpt of which we are posting with permission from Bookish.
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"Behind the Scenes of Tom Clancy's 'Power Plays'" by Jerome Preisler for Bookish.
It was daunting to co-author a Tom Clancy series. The expectations challenged me as a writer, making me raise my game to a new level. I had to be more disciplined than ever about my work schedule; after the first book was turned in, I would have approximately 10 months to plot, research and write each novel. The deadline left no wiggle room — my publisher had pre-sold the books to retailers as holiday releases. Nor was there room for error when it came to the factual details of technology, ballistics and geography. When I wrote Bio-Strike, for instance, I consulted with polymer engineers and geneticists to design a newfangled biological weapon that that would be scientifically feasible. And then there was the more routine stuff of which action thrillers are made. How does a human body react when hit with a bullet of a particular caliber, at a given distance, striking at a particular angle? I had to find out — call a cop, a forensic pathologist or a trauma room doctor. Winging it wasn't an option.
Read the full article, here on Bookish.com. Read more about the first book in the "Power Plays" series, below.
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Politika
Jerome Preisler
A Tom Clancy's Power Plays Thriller
It is 1999. The sudden death of Russia's president has thrown the Russian Federation into chaos. Devastating crop failures have left millions in the grip of famine, and an uprising seems inevitable. One of Russia's provisional leaders asks the American president for help. But the whole world is watching when a deadly terrorist attack stuns the United States and evidence points to the Russian government.
Amidst the turmoil in Russia, American businessman Roger Gordian finds his multinational corporation and its employees in jeopardy. Determined to find those responsible for the attack, he calls upon his crisis control team to interven.
But Gordian doesn't realize how far the terrorists will go and how much he has to lose …
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