It took a few chapters for me to catch on to Brown's writing style, but that may be true for many writers, I guess I just don't keep track. Once I got into it, the story moved right along. Even though the military tech is extremely high-tech, the story seems inspired by today. The Russian president is a ex-KGB man with dictatorial control over his country and has begun a cyber-war against a group of European allies (read NATO) who have been left out to dry by the American President. This is particularly ironic given that I think Brown has based his character on Hillary Clinton* (as he has based his Russian dictator on Putin) and he has her leaving the European's to fend for themselves, even though she isn't a fan of the Russian president, who has a habit of denying involvement in actions that are clearly and demonstrably his responsibility. But who knows, the American president could be inspired by a combination of Clinton and Trump, or created wholly in the mind of Brown.
This book is a follow-up, or one of a series of books about this special force called Iron Wolf. This isn't the first in that series and I don't know where it falls, but I didn't find it listed on the author's website, so it could be that his site hasn't been updated in a while. The Iron Wolf secret weapon (and I don't think I'm giving too much away here) is a fighting robot, or exoskeleton, piloted by man who is on board rather than remote. This is not the first story with big fighting robots, and its not the first military story with big fighting robots, but this one does seem to view the exoskeleton idea in a more practical sense than some of the other visions out there.
* Its my impression that Brown was writing this during the run up to the election, and his choice for president was based on the polling at the time.
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