Clear And Present Danger
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (747 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743506936 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 409 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
the stakes have never been greater. He set new standards for storytelling excellence in The Cardinal of the Kremlin. ambassador to Columbia has been murdered by drug lords. Enemy covert agents filter into the jungles of South America -- and Central America is ready to explode. Tom Clancy captured worldwide attention with the Hunt for Red October and Red Storm Rising. Now he unleashes his most harrowing thriller yet -- in a story of international brinksmanship.. A new storm is risingin the jungles of South America The U.S. FBI man Jack Ryan is in the eye of a storm -- and for the U.S
The president, unsatisfied with the success of his "war on drugs," decides that he wants some immediate success. That was just as well. The future was too fearful for contemplation, and beyond the expected, illusory finish lines were things fated by the decisions made this morning--and, once decided, best unseen." In Clear and Present Danger nothing is as clear as it may seem. Clark and Chavez meet for the first time. Ryan decides to get the men out. This is Clancy at his best. Ultimately, Clear and Present Danger is about good conscience, law, and politics, with Jack Ryan and CIA agent John Clark as its dual heroes. Admiral James Greer passes the CIA torch to his pupil, Ryan. --Patrick O'Kelley. At the end of the prologue to Clear
"A must-add to your Clancy audio library." according to Susan Cronk. There's a lot going on in this novel and I am glad that I was finally able to add it to my audio library collection. I have listened through it a few times already. I always seem to hear some detail that I didn't catch the first time. The characters are familiar from the earlier Clancy books, but they remain engaging and the . "Better than the movie!" according to PlainAcres. I had seen the movie so thought I would be bored by the book. Couldn't put it down. The plot holes in the movie are not in the book. "Clancy spins a pretty good yarn" according to Bill C. Clancy is a fun read most of the time. He seems to know his subject matter quite well, but is sometimes too anxious to show his expertise. The result it a pretty good story, but much longer than it need be. The rush to bring too many stories into one gets tedious at times. It is an easy book to put down and come back to later