- Hardcover: 1 pages
- Publisher: GP Putnam And Sons; First Edition edition (Dec 31 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0399134409
- ISBN-13: 978-0399134401
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 16 x 5.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 907 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (123 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #320,884 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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CIA man Jack Ryan, hero of Patriot Games, finds that he will probably never have a boring summer: The sudden and surprising assassination of three American officials in Colombia. Many people in many places, moving off on missions they all mistakenly thought they understood. The future was too fearful for contemplation, and beyond the expected finish lines were things that, once decided, were better left unseen. Tom Clancy's new thriller is based on America's war on drugs... and the covert--and shocking--U.S. response.
From Publishers Weekly
In his fifth novel, the dean of techno-thrillers demonstrates once again his mastery of the genre. A president decides that drug smuggling has become a "clear and present danger" to national security. The response is a complex and covert military campaign against the "Colombian Cartel." Clancy presents the technology of special operations and the details of light infantry warfare with his usual facility. Superior even to his descriptions of tools and techniques, however, is Clancy's analysis of the legal and moral problems of operating in a twilight zone, where the rules are ambiguous and an open society makes secrecy impossible. As the project unravels, Clancy's protagonist Jack Ryan tries to avert a total debacle and to rescue the men who have been hung out to dry. Clancy's scenario is plausible and its development compelling. His characters are nicely drawn--particularly a Cuban intelligence officer who has "gone private" and now works for the drug lords--and his conclusion is unusual and provocative. Clear and Pres ent Danger is, in short, the author's best work since The Hunt for Red October. BOMC main selection.
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Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Another winner by Clancy,
By Jeff Edwards "RadioJeff" (Twin Falls, Idaho) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Clear and Present Danger (Jack Ryan #6) (Mass Market Paperback)
At first I was wondering WHERE in the WORLD Clancy was going at the beginning of this fantastic read, but by the time you figure that out, he's got you going in a totally different direction with several new plot lines that make you wonder the same thing. Superb plotting and a hard-to-resist desire to teach those who are responsible for drugs in this country a lesson combine to make this one amazing read. Get ready for several hours of pure escapism, and by the time you are finished it'll make you a pure Clancy fan. Unlike many in the 'spy' genre who haven't been able to produce anything decent since the cold war ended (John LeCarre & Robert Ludlum) Tom Clancy apparently has something they lost: Vision and Imagination. This novel is an amazing example of just what vision and imagination can do for you. STILL one of my all-time favorite Clancy stories, and even though they made a valiant effort in turning it into a movie, it just isn't possible to adapt a Clancy novel into two hours. It's like trying to make the entire Old Testament into a made-for-TV movie...somehow you are gonna leave out something important. I just wish the Coast Guard had the authority to do what they do in the beginning of this book to drug runners they capture...
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Best Book I have ever read!!!!!!!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Clear and Present Danger (School & Library Binding)
I'm not the biggest clancy fan but I could not put this book down. The action just never stopped moving and continued to escalate throughout the book. The last hundred pages kept me on the edge of my seat. I'd recommend this book to all readers even if you're not the biggest clancy fan
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Drug Warriors,
This review is from: Clear and Present Danger (Jack Ryan #6) (Mass Market Paperback)
Probably the most reflective of all of Clancy's books, this tells the story of what would happen if the "cold" war on drugs developed into a "hot" war. Was turned into a decidedly skeptical film. The most cogent narrative takes place in the early stages, on board the coast guard cutter. Also features lots of derring-do on board Pave Low helicopters, if you're into that sort of thing.
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