Wow, Gore has a way of packing each sentence with a very tight edge. This is high grade thriller writing. I'm only 20 or 30 pages in, I'll let you know how things play out.

I finished "Absolute Risk" and I'm sorry it was only 427 pages, it went too fast.
In case you folks didn't know this: Steve Gore is HERE on 'goodreads', I did not know that until he sent me a note about my earlier post of his book "Absolute Risk" - which I finished yesterday afternoon.
Gore's detail, and I MEAN in-depth brain twister detail on such a level, and, mixed with his brand of commentary perspective through the characters, that I wonder if the man hasn't walked the halls of the 'ivory towers' of the world himself or had conversations with the 'powers-that-be' personally.If you read and ponder his bio, well, it wouldn't at all be a stretch of the mind to think so....
I mention it because this quality of narration, description and dialogue, as any writer knows,is critical to ANY fiction story particularly a thriller, but here Gore takes it to another level, a way higher, better, one, 'ala' Steve Berry, and even beyond, while still keeping it understandable for us mere mortals.
2 books in the Gage series so far, I need to get my hands on the first one "Final Target", and I will. My only complaint is this: I'm into another book already, DeMille's "The Gate House" and I keep thinking about Gage and his wife in China and the last person they saw there as the story closed. (I'm laughing as I write this, it's not really a complaint but a protest....)

I highly recommend this book, it will leave you entertained, enlightened and wanting more. Publisher's Weekly and Richard North Patterson give him glowing reviews. The book is all that they say and more and for me, at the end of the day, it's simply a good old fashioned "kick-ass" ride!