The gang is almost all here, and this is a faster paced story than the TV series with less in it, but absolutely no repetition or treading water. This is a potent mixture of current affairs, terrorism, high level and high tech operations and plenty of blood and guts (more than on TV) and a fast and exciting read. It reminded me why I like this sort of thing so much and yes, I do intend to read the others. We don't learn anything new about the characters but then nobody usually does from a TV tie-in, but it is interesting to backtrack to how things were before the present series. With a scenario this good, it is great to be able to find out what else CTU does apart from the TV series. More, please.