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''[[Net Force]]'' is a series of technothriller novels developed by [[Tom Clancy]] and written by Steve Perry and Steve Pieczenik, chronicling the work of an [[FBI]] cybercrime unit tasked with protecting the world from terrorists and hackers.
The original novel begins with the original Director of the unit being assassinated, and unit member Alex Michaels being promoted to Deputy Commander and tasked with discovering the plot behind his friend's death. Along with team members Assistant Director Toni Fiorella, programmer Jay Gridley and Net Force military commander General John Howard, Michaels discovers a Russian hacker's plot to wreak havoc on cyberspace and buy governments using illicit money from security contracts, along with an assassin who is trying to kill him.
In total, 10 books were written in the series, along with a [[Spin
The series has several similarities to Clancy's other [[In Name Only]] series like ''Op-Center'', although it was aimed at adult audiences (whereas ''Explorers'' was aimed at the young adult market). An made-for-TV adaptation of the first novel was produced in 1999, starring Scott Bakula as Alex Michaels, and changing many elements from the original book.
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* [[The Aggressive Drug Dealer]] : Part of the duo in "Point of Impact".
* [[Ass in Ambassador]]: Subverted in one novel, where the antics of the usual types at an embassy are used as cover by the intelligence agents there. A covert intelligence agent's wish is to be dismissed by opposing counter-intelligence as a drunken fratboy, so he plays dumb to determine who's drunk and who is just pretending to be.
* [[Big Applesauce]] : The origin of Toni Fiorellia.
* [[The British Empire]] : Bringing it back is the goal of the villain in "Night Moves".
* [[Changing of the Guard]]: The name of one of the novels, and [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Cool Gun]]: [[Played With]]: A [[Cold Open]] on a military operation plays out realistically, until the squad commander shoulders his decidedly non-regulation Thompson submachine gun. A [[Proscenium Reveal]] occurs soon after.
* [[Digital Piracy Is Evil]]: In the original novel, the action stops so that Net Force Commander John Howard can lecture his son on the dangers of digital piracy.
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* [[Production Foreshadowing]]: The concept of the "Net Force" is hinted at in the third ''Op-Center'' novel, ''Games of State''.
* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: The ending of "Breaking Point" - everyone involved in the exchange of the spy list gets killed, and the secret of the list is never discovered.
* [[Shoot Him! He Has a Wallet!]]: Invoked by a minor character. He realized something was fishy, and burst into a room holding a pen to look like a gun. The would-be assassin turns to shoot him, and is taken down by her original target in turn.
* [[Shout
* [[Spin
* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]: Most of the books are stated to be happening ten years in the future (the original book, released in 1999, sets the story in 2010), and integrates virtual reality elements that influence the plot.
* [[Western Terrorists]]
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