For the Video Game Book Club we read Tom Clancy’s The Division: Recruited, the first in the Operation Crossroads series. It’s a great read if you are a fan of The Division or if you want a fast-paced tactical novel.
I was really surprised with how much I liked this book. I have never played the Division but this novel actually made me want to play it.
The main character is Maira, who starts the novel trying to re-enlist in the navy after a devastating plague has devastated the United States. However, there is no one left alive at the recruitment office. Some time passes and she is the head of security in a community that has taken over an apartment building. They must expand their search for scavenging supplies that brings a rival gang and a fight ensues. They are in trouble until they get the help from 3 strangers, the Division.
There is a lot of travel in this book but it’s also paired with a lot of action. The dialog is fairly quippy which was fun. I’m not a big fan of the clumsy girl troupe and Maira loses her gun several times. There is a running dialogue about what it means to take things too far and how one knows when they get there.
Elise
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