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Patriot Games [Large Print] (Paperback)

by Tom Clancy (Author)
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The bestselling author of Red Storm Rising and The Sum of All Fears brings Jack Ryan back in his to fight his deadliest battle yet.

From England to Ireland to America, an explosive wave of violence sweeps a CIA analyst and his family into the deadliest game of our time: international terrorism. An ultra-left-wing faction fo the IRA has targeted the CIA man for his act of salvation in an assasination attempt. And now he must pay ... with his life. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.



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5.0 out of 5 stars Must Read!, Jul 13 2004
This review is from: Patriot Games (Hardcover)
This book is excellent. I have read two other Clancy books before and this was my first plunge into the so-called Jack Ryan series. It absolutely confirmed my interest in this series. I recommend any reader interested in counter-terrorism and military action to read this work.
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4.0 out of 5 stars My first Clancy novel. Still my favorite., Jul 7 2004
This review is from: Patriot Games (Hardcover)
After this I found Tom Clancy's novels unnecessarily long and sometimes rather boring when he goes into long passages of Military descriptions and technical info. There's fifteen pages in Executive Decision devoted solely to explaining how Jack Ryan is drinking his coffee. That's a bit much, and explains why his novel was over 1200 pages long.

However before he went overboard Clancy struck gold with this one. Addictive, sometimes a bit boring but with a killer ending (literally!). Better than the movie. I own all of Clancy's books - this is still my favorite.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Good novel by Tom Clancy, Jan 23 2004
By Eric (El Sobrante, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Patriot Games (Hardcover)
Patriot Games takes place years before The Hunt For Red October, and it involves a younger Jack Ryan, in Patriot Games, he is a history teacher at the Naval College in Maryland, but he took some vacation time in London, and he discovers terrorist trying to kill a passing motorcade, and Jack Ryan is right there witnessing it! So he brings into action, killing one of the terrorist, and getting shot himself, but he saved the people inside the car; it turns out it was the Prince of Wales with their newborn son!
Now Jack has made some friends, and some enemies; a right-wing Northern Ireland terrorist organization from the IRA. Now the main bad guy Sean Miller is taken into British custody, and he is tried before a English court with Jack Ryan already into knighthood by the Queen of England, and he testifies against Sean Miller. So Jack heads back home to Maryland and goes back to work as a History Teacher at the Naval War College living his normal life.
Jack has a couple of friends in the CIA business, but he wants to do what he loves to do; teach history. One of them happens to be Admiral James Greener, the main man in the CIA, and Captain Jackson, another friend of Jack's. But what Jack does not know, Sean is planning to get back at Jack by all means necessary, so when he is being transferred to another prison, and he escapes by his fellow right-wing terrorist's, and escapes.
Now Jack finds out what happens, and he goes on with his life, but when Sean Miller comes to America and tries to kill Cathy and his daughter Sally on the freeway, Jack then decides to join the CIA as a analyst, and once he gets in, he is drawn into the world of the CIA. What Jack does not know, he knows that Sean Miller is out there, and he knows where to find Jack, he wants Jack dead because he kille his younger brother at the beginning of the book. Then at a dinner party, Sean Miller and his goons go to Jack's house, and they try to kill everyone, but they fail, and they try to make a run for it, but Jack and them get them, and kill them for what they were trying to do.
The novel starts out boring, but it gets better and better once you reach the end, it is very exciting in the last 100 pages of the novel as the suspense builds up. Great book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
This book is very exciting. It starts off in england when jack stops a terrosit from killing the prince. Read more
Published on Dec 22 2003 by K. Kainula

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Local Thriller ****SPOILER****
This book is definitely one of the greatest modern works of fiction that I have read recently. Clancy does of superb job of making his books extremely true to life and full of... Read more
Published on Sep 4 2003 by pcicere

4.0 out of 5 stars "Games" is Classic Clancy Chiller
Tom Clancy's third novel, Patriot Games marked the return of Jack Ryan to the bookshelves. With the success of The Hunt For Red October and Red Storm Rising (Clancy's only major... Read more
Published on Jul 2 2003 by Alex Diaz-Granados

5.0 out of 5 stars Patriot Games - One of Clancys finest!
Patriot Games is Tom Clancy's third novel, and second in the "Ryanverse" set of novels. This novel is a prequel to "The Hunt for Red October. Read more
Published on Jan 22 2003 by K. Wyatt

4.0 out of 5 stars Why Tom Clancy is One of the Best: Patriot Games
Tom Clancy's novel, Patriot Games, is an exciting and chillingly realistic story. His technical descriptions of guns, bullets, and in-depth info on organizations such as the CIA... Read more
Published on May 30 2002 by Sonny

5.0 out of 5 stars An Action Extravganza
A Review by Sean
Patriot Games is a techno thriller in the classic Clancy style, starring his recurring character Jack Ryan. Read more
Published on May 10 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Get's you hooked
Right from the first paragraph Tom Clancy draws you in to the life of Jack Ryan. This is the first Tom Clancy novel that I read and I now have read all of his novels. Read more
Published on April 20 2002 by melanie

4.0 out of 5 stars Always A Fun Read
This is one of his earlier works and it really clips along. You really get an inside view of the IRA terrorist mind. Read more
Published on April 8 2002 by John G. Hilliard

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very High Pitch of Excitment
This was the first Clancy novel I read (even though I first emersed myself into the video of Red October). Read more
Published on Mar 14 2002 by Kyle Hansen

4.0 out of 5 stars A Fan of The Games
This book by Tom Clancy is the first one I have read and I enjoyed it immensely. Although it is difficult to understand if you do not have a knowledge of terrorist organizations... Read more
Published on Mar 7 2002 by spyderman

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