Day 5: “24 Declassified: Trojan Horse”

The book comes with a definition for what the term “Trojan horse” means in computer terms: a kind of virus. It's debatable whether that was needed, but it sure helped the reading of it for me. I should tell people that the main antagonist in the novel has a tie to a character who plays a very important role in the series: Victor Drazen. I've been hearing the name, but I never actually knew he was part of the show. I can safely say that in terms of action, this novel is the best “24 Declassified” novel so far, with the final six chapters a race to uncover the conspiracy. There are also a fair bit of cyanide pill bites over the course of several interrogations throughout the novel, and this is also the bloodiest book so far. Story-wise, it doesn't cover much new ground, but is still quite enjoyable. Sensitive readers should also note that there is a very gruesome murder of a character, who, early on, seems like she'll be very important. But this is a well-paced and to the point thriller that delivers on what it promises, nothing less and not much more.