- Hardcover: 1 pages
- Publisher: GP Putnam And Sons (Aug 1 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0399143904
- ISBN-13: 978-0399143908
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 16.7 x 6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1,322 customer reviews)
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#168,266 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #65 in Books > Mystery & Thrillers > Thrillers > Technothrillers
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For many readers, Jack Ryan embodies the essence of the modern American hero. Morally centered, disciplined, humble yet powerful, Ryan (and his onscreen incarnations in Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford) has made Tom Clancy one of the most popular writers in the world. But as Clancy has constructed the Ryan mythology, he has quietly established Ryan's shadow double, John Clark. Appearing in The Cardinal of the Kremlin, Clear and Present Danger, and Without Remorse, Clark has many of Jack Ryan's most appealing traits, but he is also a darker figure embodying the more paranoid sensibilities of the late '90s. As is made clear from the opening pages of Rainbow Six, ex-Navy SEAL Clark and his colleagues believe violent, deadly force to be the best deterrent for terrorism.
Clark (a.k.a. Rainbow Six) has left the CIA to create an England-based organization code-named "Rainbow." Its mission: deploy an elite squad of American operatives combined with handpicked British, French, and German agents to stop terrorism in its tracks. Rainbow's emergence could not be more timely: in quick succession, the force diffuses three attempted terrorist actions. But Clark becomes suspicious when Russian agents suddenly show interest in Rainbow's work.
Rainbow Six appeals on all the levels that Clancy fans could hope for. The Rainbow operatives, from Navy SEALs to German mountain-leader school graduates, are rendered to inspire with their physical and mental prowess. The book is infatuated with the latest gadgets for scrambling, transmitting, and decoding secrets. And, in a carefully woven narrative that simultaneously traces the Rainbow team, a former KGB agent named Popov, the Australian Olympic security team, and a sinister group of American scientists, Clancy artfully reveals the mystery of "Shiva" at the center of the novel. How does Clark measure up against Jack Ryan? He may be the perfect hero for a world with hidden villains. --Patrick O'Kelley
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THE VC-208 FLIGHT WAS SOMEWHAT LACKING IN amenities-the food consisted of sandwiches and an undistinguished wine-but the seats were comfortable and the ride smooth enough that everyone slept until the wheels and flaps came down at RAF Northholt, a military airfield just west of London. Read the first page
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THE VC-208 FLIGHT WAS SOMEWHAT LACKING IN amenities-the food consisted of sandwiches and an undistinguished wine-but the seats were comfortable and the ride smooth enough that everyone slept until the wheels and flaps came down at RAF Northholt, a military airfield just west of London. Read the first page
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This review is from: Rainbow Six (Paperback)
You have heard of Tom Clancy, perhaps Rainbow Six. This is the book that some claim to have propelled him into the arena.
A very well written, entertaining, enjoyable book. Fictional novel can be compared to true operations without the fan fair of course. Although written more than 10 years ago - still worth the purchase.
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This Book rocks,
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This review is from: Rainbow Six (Mass Market Paperback)
I have read of the many reviews of this book and no matter what the opinion. This book inspired me to enjoy reading books again, it is sometimes hard to find something that truly grabs your attentiion. I could not put the book down, wherever and whenever I could read it I would. This is some of his best work.
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Better then the games,
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This review is from: Rainbow Six (Mass Market Paperback)
this book is better then the rainbow six games.the plot i gripping from the prologue the hijacking of a plane to the ending sequencce where the bad guys suffer a most unpleasant death. yes it is a little bit long but the pages go buy rapdily especially when team rainbow is out in the field doing their stuff. the description and detail put into the weapons characters everything is amazing and i felt hatred towards the man in charage of the scheme. tom did it again...
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