Changes

Once you get over some major hurdles in this book – the ability of Truby to walk into any and every private function, and the fact the chap is so perfectly full of intelligence and foresight yet never sees how dangerous Ben's presence and being allowed to see everything might just be – you have a reasonably decent adventure. It's very interesting to see just how [[:Category :M G Harris|M G Harris]] has had to reflect the Gerry Anderson ethos at the modern remove. Here there is a definite modern alternative to the ''Thunderbirds'' – most deliberately – and it's blatantly aware that its current take on Tracy Island cannot afford the typically exuberant and over-long launch procedures. Instead people converse with linked tablet computers and create action plans before gearing up, and are in touch not with flashing portrait paintings on the wall but via helmet cams and high tech. Our hero has even seen the ''Iron Man'' movie to make comparisons.