Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Echoes

author: Nathan Edmondson

name: Wayne

average rating: 4.00

book published: 2013

rating: 4

read at: 2014/11/15

date added: 2014/11/15

shelves: graphic-novels

review:

'Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Echoes' takes a video game character and gives him a graphic novel. It's a bit tricky because the story takes place between a couple games, so those new to the series may find themselve, as I was, a bit lost at first. The action and pace keeps the story moving along.



Sam Fisher is a newly retired elite operative "one man army." He is trying to reconcile with his daughter, but finds himself being pulled back in to his old life to help tend a mission that ends up going wrong. At one point, he even finds himself captured and tortured by an old enemy he's made along the way. The new ways of terrorism and warfare come into play with the introduction of Charlie Cole, an elite hacker, who joins the team. Sam finds that operating outside of the government is challenging, but manages to make his way and prove that one man or a thousand can do the job.



Sam is a good character, but he falls into that James Bond kind of invulnerabilty. He's got all the cool gadgets and the bad guys can't seem to hit him with a bullet even though he is hopelessly outnumbered. However, it's a fun read and works well as a comic book. Included are interviews with the creators of the comic and the video game.



I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, Dynamite Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.





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