Night Moves

Tom Clancy's Net Force #3

by Steve Perry, Tom Clancy (Series Creator), Steve Pieczenik (Series Creator)

In 2010, after several computer experts suffer strokes while tracking down a deadly computer hacker in virtual reality, the Net Force goes after the evil mastermind who can crack any computer code in the world and can turn nation against nation

Genres: Fiction, Thriller, Espionage, Science Fiction, Mystery, Ebooks, Adventure

Library Binding

First published April 3, 1999

About the author

Librarians note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Steven Carl Perry has written over fifty novels and numerous short stories, which have appeared in various magazines and anthologies. Perry is perhaps best known for the Matador series. He has written books in the Star Wars, Alien and Conan universes. He was a collaborator on all of the Tom Clancy's Net Force series, seven of which have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller list. Two of his novelizations, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire and Men in Black have also been bestsellers. Other writing credits include articles, reviews, and essays, animated teleplays, and some unproduced movie scripts. One of his scripts for Batman: The Animated Series was an Emmy Award nominee for Outstanding Writing.

Perry is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, The Animation Guild, and the Writers Guild of America, West

Reviews

[Sofie Giocante · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book offers many good tips on how to build high-quality code. More importantly, it helps create a base framework of a manual that a cmopany could use to stanadrdise the coding styles of its engineering force. One shouldn’t follow all the tips listed in the book, but the book SURELY gives nice directions.

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Future tech stuff in use. VR indeed.
Do teens really talk like Tyrone et al ? 2000 so 20 yrs ago too !
I liked the ‘rangs.
Did not like the soap btwn Aex M. & Toni F.
.. she quit her job at end of book.
Jay met a nice lady Saji in this book.
So I can enjoy parts of these books but not all.
Too violent for me.

[Greer Andjanetta · Rating 4 out of 5]

A book published in 1999 about the future (2010) and some of the technological developments that would be available by then. Many are commonplace today although the idea of using Virtual Reality to attack a computer virus comes across as extremely imaginative and still a futuristic concept. Good writing in the book, more of the quality of TC himself although there are about 4 storylines all mixed up in the book. Entertaining to read especially in 2020.

[Jonathan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book almost certainly doesn’t deserve this rating. But for me, at twelves years old, it did. I bought it at a gas station on a family road trip somewhere along the desolate highways of the American southwest. My sister, my dad, and I were traveling to the Grand Canyon from Michigan. I remember reading it in the car, in our hotel, everywhere we went. It was my first adult novel, and I credit it with introducing me to the world of fiction and books.

[Erick Subero · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tom Clancy y compañía abordan nuevamente el tema militar desde, a mi parecer, un punto de vista diferente. Priorizando más el conflicto de los personajes antes que el conflicto militar, tanto que a veces se siente que pierde importancia la resolución del nudo principal.

Es un libro disfrutable y que se siente diferente a otras obras de Tom Clancy pero que no llega a brillar.

[Christopher DuMont · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was by far the best of the NetForce books. The story made sense, it was very fast paced, you could see how all of this could hang together and the ending was smart and thoughtful. There is so much more for the character development but the author still has 7 more books to take care of that. I am looking forward to the next one.

[Duan Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was excellent and hard to put down at times. After reading this I started reading "Cyber Nation" and:
in "Night Moves" a character named Nadine was Tyrone's girl friend but in "Cyber Nation" Nadine is Mr Howards wife.
Proof readers where are you?

[Fernando · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like this one, more than Hidden Agendas. Follows the same logic of first half, slow development of storyline and characters, second half, quick action oriented resolution, but it leaves a lot of open knots to be tied in the next book. Was a quick read but I couldn't drop the book.

[Randy Grossman · Rating 2 out of 5]

The overall plot and security menace was a bit interesting, but the side stories were very distracting and stupid IMO. There was the "high school drams" of the love hate relationship of Alex and Toni and the real "high school drama" of Tyrone (John Howard's teen age son}. Frankly, neither of these events needed to even be in the story...almost seemed like extra writing to make for more pages to read. ANd I still do not totally understand how something the happens in VR can physically affect something in real life. I'm sure I'll read other Clancy related books in the future, but might go with OP Center than Net Force.

[Angela Owens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent! Have "almost" read all of Clancy and Pieezenik

[Diego · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cada relectura de este libro es mejor. Entretiene, tiene adrenalina y aunque algunas cosas de la historia son infantiles y hay personajes que parecieran estar de más, engancha y mucho!

[Steve · Rating 1 out of 5]

There was so much that I hated about this book that I don't want to even go into it in this forum. Simply put, don't waste your time.

[Fivefivefive · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good character development, and a very easy story to follow... If slightly predictable. I did enjoy it.

[John Oldfield · Rating 4 out of 5]

Net Force So - So

[Ernest · Rating 4 out of 5]

lots of good info

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finished too soon . . . Gotta go find the next one in the series. ;)

[Andreu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bon llibre, aquesta sèrie si ha resultat coerent. Ben tensionat. Per posar un però, el final és obert. Dona la sensació que continua però no tinc constància de que així sigui.

[Hadar G · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good

[Audrey Lawrence · Rating 4 out of 5]

getting a bit dated, but still very intriging fare.

[Carl · Rating 2 out of 5]

Slow, predictable.

[K. Bailey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cast of thousands. Death & destruction abounds. Virtual reality implausible. Reality questionable.

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's rare that a long-running series like NET FORCE feels so devoid of fresh ideas this early on in the proceedings. Here we are only in Book #3, and already it seems author Steve Perry is struggling to scrape together a fresh plot.
Like Book #2 in the series, NIGHT MOVES mostly forgoes the sorts of things you'd typically expect from a Tom Clancy novel, preferring instead to deal with scene after scene of interpersonal drama. Having just hooked up with each other at the end of the last book, Alex and Toni already find their relationship on the rocks when they each meet a new special someone who catches their eye. Computer expert Jay Gridley works to recover from a stroke, while teenaged Tyrone once again finds himself in a substantial role that does absolutely nothing to further the overall plot. Although established as a computer genius in the first book, in NIGHT MOVES, he doesn't even so much as hop on a computer; rather, he spends his time throwing boomerangs and agonizing over which girl to hang out with.
Now, does that sound like the Tom Clancy you know and love?
NIGHT MOVES pays lip service to being a military thriller, but never really feels like one until the last 50 pages or so. Steve Perry's influence is seen on almost every page, whereas Tom Clancy's is all but absent. In fact, it's almost funny how Perry is able to work so many of his real-life hobbies--such as Indonesian martial arts and Buddhist philosophy--into the story, regardless of whether their inclusion feels appropriate.
I mean, a boomerang-throwing competition? Really?
It goes without saying that all the computer tech in this book is total B.S. As are all the truly horrendous slang words Perry has invented in a lame attempt to make his teenage characters sound hip and futuristic. The "virtual reality" environment of these NET FORCE novels is without-a-doubt the dumbest thing Tom Clancy ever came up with, unless you believe tracing and deleting a viral computer program could perfectly correspond with using a rocket launcher to hunt and kill a Tyrannosaurus Rex in the middle of a prehistoric jungle. (And let's not even get into the question of why...)
Despite all this criticism, however, NIGHT MOVES is well-written and involving enough to serve as passable entertainment for those who enjoy these characters' company. There's just enough action to placate the typical Clancy fan, and the fact that much of the story is set in England helps disguise the fact that the villains in this book are almost identical to what NET FORCE faced in Book #2. The difference being that, in this book, the bad guys are all trying to kill each other, which helps make Net Force's job a whole lot easier.

[David Roberts · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am reviewing the novel Tom Clancy's Net Force Night Moves which is a very good book which I bought from kindle. This story I think is science fiction and is set in the near future but that is 2010 but this is quite an old book. The plot revolves around a world that is reliant on super computers and they are all set to crash. There are 2 computer experts who maybe could sort it out but they have strokes. There are a lot of different characters in this book and many only have small parts. There is a young lad set to take part in the National Boomerang Championships being held at his High School in America. There is a Spetnatz operative, that is the Soviet equivalent of the SAS, he is set to meet someone in London for an important. His name he goes by rather amusingly means rifle in Russian. The SIS in Britain are busy hunting him down. There is an elite force operative in India doing a secret mission in Pakistan with some other operatives. The book also follows some more ordinary characters although these mostly only have small parts. It's quite an enjoyable read and apparently this series of novels inspired a mini tv series called Net Force. I am reviewing the novel Tom Clancy's Net Force Night Moves which is a very good book which I bought from kindle. This story I think is science fiction and is set in the near future but that is 2010 but this is quite an old book. The plot revolves around a world that is reliant on super computers and they are all set to crash. There are 2 computer experts who maybe could sort it out but they have strokes. There are a lot of different characters in this book and many only have small parts. There is a young lad set to take part in the National Boomerang Championships being held at his High School in America. There is a Spetnatz operative, that is the Soviet equivalent of the SAS, he is set to meet someone in London for an important. His name he goes by rather amusingly means rifle in Russian. The SIS in Britain are busy hunting him down. There is an elite force operative in India doing a secret mission in Pakistan with some other operatives. The book also follows some more ordinary characters although these mostly only have small parts. It's quite an enjoyable read and apparently this series of novels inspired a mini tv series called Net Force.

[Rick · Rating 3 out of 5]

2025 Review 013. Net Force #3 Night Moves by Steve Perry

Page Count : 469

The 3rd book in the Net Force sees two of the primary characters, Alex Michaels and Toni Fiorella, in London initially for a conference, but then someone begins causing havoc with computer systems around the wrold so they are asked to help MI6 with their investigation.

But once again personal relationships begin to get in the way and feature quite heavily in the story which was slightly annoying.

I found the fact that someone figured out how to injure some of the operatives involved in the story using their VR headsets to do it.

I really wished I had liked this book more than previous ones, but unfortunately it's another 3 star for me and another book for my donation pile.

I'm going to continue and finish the series this time around, but won't be reading them again in the future.

3*
***

[Jason · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was OK. It might have been better if I had read #1 or #2 first, but it stood on its own fairly. I'm a sucker for a good military action novel, and in that regard, this was pretty satisfying. I have two complaints, though.

The first complaint is all the virtual reality stuff. I'm a computer guy, so I know first hand that my job would make one really boring novel. Clearly, the authors had to do SOMETHING to make those parts worth reading. That said, portraying the effort to hunt down a "cyber-terrorist" as a man hacking through a jungle with a machete in search of a tiger was pretty sad. Not to be topped, though, the end level boss, if you will, was rendered as a giant, man-eating dinosaur which they killed with a rocket launcher. Gag me. :)

The other complaint is the all the relationship stuff. I don't mind the rom com or drama. I watch a lot of those with my wife, but it just seemed way out of place in this book, especially the scenes dealing with the teenager and his conflict over two girls, up to and including some rather awkward descriptions of...awkward predicaments for a high school boy. The intra-office fling clashing with the flirty British hottie was also off putting. I read military novels for the guns and explosions. :)

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay, okay, I broke down and bought the whole series to date. This is the third Net Force book, and Tom Clancy's influence wanes a bit, pulling it more squarely into Steve Perry territory. It loses some of the hard military edge that Clancy pulls into the books he authorizes, but it holds onto enough to keep my attention. Besides, I'm a total Steve Perry fan. And anyone who can motivate him to list good knives by name (A Cold Steel Culloden (which I have) and a Benchmade tanto (unspecified, but I have a couple) in this book, and the ubiquitous Cold Steel Tanto (which I definitely have!) in the last book) is good in my book.

In this book, the relationship between Toni and Alex goes on the rocks, as they face their biggest threat yet (a guy with a working Quantum Computer). I was mildly annoyed by the fact that during the standard coincidental "everyone attacking each other at the same time and place" at the end, the bad guys mostly off each other without Net Force having to do much of anything. Somewhat disappointing -- I like Clancy's super-competent heroes a little better. But overall, formula and fluff, but the really fun stuff. :D

[Dokusha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eine Mischung aus "echten" Agentenaktionen und Cyberwar. Die amerikanische NetForce hat die Aufgabe, sich um Computerkriminalität zu kümmern. Dazu braucht sie sowohl Computerexperten, die eventuelle Schäden entweder verhindern oder so gering wie möglich halten, als auch Einsatztruppen, die im Falle eines Falles die bösen Buben dingfest machen.
Die Viren- und Schadprogrammsuche im Computer wird auf eine recht abwechslungsreiche Art und Weise beschrieben: in virtuellen Realitäten stellt sich der Kampf der Programmierer als Duell im wilden Westen dar, oder die Recherche in abgelegenen Dateien wird zum Marsch durch Sibirien.
Das Buch wurde 2000 geschrieben, spielt aber 2010/11, was für manche interessante Effekte sorgt. Teilweise haben die Autoren die Entwicklung der Technik recht gut vorausgesehen, manchmal waren sie aber auch zu optimistisch. Daher hat das Buch auch etwas von einem Science Fiction-Roman, obwohl dieser Aspekt klar im Hintergrund steht.
Die Story an sich ist recht nett geschrieben und sorgt für ein paar kurzweilige Stunden. Kein Meisterwerk der Literatur, aber ein interessanter Politthriller.

[Michael Bates · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pros: I will admit that the biggest thing that had me turning pages was Alex and Toni's relationship. By the end of the book I had to go try to find the next one in the series. I just had to know what the heck happened.(I mean I had an idea but you know) My favorite character though is Jay and he doesn't disappoint in this one.The virtual reality is pretty cool to me. Little out there but still pretty awesome. John Howard is badass and very likeable. In fact most of the main characters are pretty likeable to me.

Cons: While it has been a while since I read this, I can say that I didn't have any problems with it then. I loved the characters, the setting, and the idea.

Would I read the next one? I did. I enjoyed. I'm on to the next one.

[S.B. Sebrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was a little confused at the beginning because we hopped from one point of view to another four times (four different characters) in as many chapters. Once the story got going though, it flowed well. Tom does a great job of maintaining tention not just with the overall plot, but with the character's indiviual challenges. He picks a fairly wide range, so that something one of his characters are expiriencing will ciertianly ring true with a reader's past expirience.

[M.G. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Riveting plot, great character development, and it was fascinating to read a futuristic set novel that pegs British high-society as the antagonists (a fresh brand of enemy not ventured by Clancy and Pieczenik). Similar to my review on Hidden Agendas (Net Force #2), this is a series that should be read in the order they were published to understand the backgrounds and motivations of the characters. Once again, Clancy did not disappoint.