You can wring more suspense out of someone trying to reach a glass of water with their hands tied than from fifty giant explosions.
Have you read Dick Francis' Smokescreen (1972)? It has a strong component of this element, so much so that I always remember it as the majority of the plot when really it comprises only the last section of the book.
(So as to avoid further bait and switch in recommendations, mild rot13: fcrpvsvpnyyl, V nyjnlf erzrzore vg nf gur bar nobhg gur npgbe ybpxrq gb gur fgrrevat jurry bs uvf pne naq yrsg gb qvr va n ubg pyvzngr—yvxr gur cerzvfr bs uvf pheerag cvpgher, n fbeg bs neg-ubhfr cflpubybtvpny guevyyre—orpnhfr jura gur frdhrapr neevirf, vg'f yvxr Senapvf ghearq vagb Tnel Cnhyfra sbe guerr puncgref. V yrnearq nobhg pbyyrpgvat zbvfgher gb qevax sebz gur pbaqrafngvba ba cynfgvp sebz guvf obbx.)
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Date: 2022-07-20 06:10 pm (UTC)Have you read Dick Francis' Smokescreen (1972)? It has a strong component of this element, so much so that I always remember it as the majority of the plot when really it comprises only the last section of the book.
(So as to avoid further bait and switch in recommendations, mild rot13: fcrpvsvpnyyl, V nyjnlf erzrzore vg nf gur bar nobhg gur npgbe ybpxrq gb gur fgrrevat jurry bs uvf pne naq yrsg gb qvr va n ubg pyvzngr—yvxr gur cerzvfr bs uvf pheerag cvpgher, n fbeg bs neg-ubhfr cflpubybtvpny guevyyre—orpnhfr jura gur frdhrapr neevirf, vg'f yvxr Senapvf ghearq vagb Tnel Cnhyfra sbe guerr puncgref. V yrnearq nobhg pbyyrpgvat zbvfgher gb qevax sebz gur pbaqrafngvba ba cynfgvp sebz guvf obbx.)