Clear and present danger

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Title:

Clear and present danger

Author:

Clancy, Tom, 1947-2013.

ISBN:

9780399134401

9780425122129

9780425122938

9780425144374

9780451489821

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Physical Description:

656 pages ; 24 cm

Series title(s):

Jack Ryan Universe ;

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Summary:

The assassinations of the U.S. ambassador and the visiting head of the F.B.I. by Colombian drug lords trigger a mysterious covert response and an investigation of U.S. and Colombian actions by Jack Ryan.

Program Information:

Reading Counts RC High School 9 51 Quiz: 02293 Guided reading level: NR.

Personal Subject:

Ryan, Jack, Sr. (Fictitious character)-Fiction.

Ryan, Jack, Sr. (Fictitious character)

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Intelligence service -- United States -- Fiction.

American fiction -- 20th century.

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Summary

The sudden and surprising assassination of three American officials inColombia. Many people in many places, moving off on missions they all mistakenly thought theyunderstood. The future was too fearful for contemplation, and beyond the expected finish lineswere 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.

Author Notes

Tom Clancy was born in Baltimore, Maryland on April 12, 1947. He graduated with a degree in English from Loyola College in 1969, became an insurance agent, and in 1973 became the owner of an insurance agency. It was not until 1980 that he started writing novels.

His works include Red Storm Rising, The Cardinal of the Kremlin, The Sum of All Fears, Rainbow Six, Dead or Alive, and Threat Vector. His books The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, and Clear and Present Danger were adapted into major motion pictures. He also wrote nonfiction books including Into the Storm: A Study in Command, Submarine, Armored Cav, Fighter Wing, Airborne, and Reality Check: What's Going on Out There? He died on October 2, 2013 at the age of 66. His last book, Command Authority, co-authored with Mark Greaney, was published posthumously in December 2013 and made the New York Times bestseller list.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

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. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Kirkus Review

The Great Clancy Thriller Machine rumbles on, engines on full. This time out, the best-selling ace swivels his big guns away from his usual Russian targets (glasnost fallout?) and toward a nearly homegrown menace: the cocaine lords of Colombia and their deadly white powder. So complex, so intricately researched and detailed is Clancy's newest battle plan that his main hero--CIA-agent Jack Ryan, veteran of three past Clancy novels--doesn't appear until about 100 pages of this 500-page juggernaut have rolled by. That's no problem, though: the front of the novel, like the rest, is built of geared subplots, each of which has teeth enough to snag the reader. The stirring action begins in the White House, in a typical Clancy scene that not only sets up the premise--a radical American initiative against Colombian drug traffic--but also offers nifty inside-info: that the Oval Office's windows are made of light-distorting, bullet-resistant polycarbonate; that the President's chair is backed with bullet-proof DuPont Kevlar. Neither the detailing nor the action lets up as Clancy moves his focus to the high seas--where a Coast Guard skipper captures, tries, and mock-executes a pair of drug-smuggling pirates; to the Rockies--where an ace Ranger trains for a secret mission with other Hispanics under the gaze of dark-souled CIA-agent ""Mr. Clark""; to Medellin--where a vile drug lord and his ex-KGB advisor counterplot against the Yanks; to Langley--where a newly promoted Ryan gets wind of the White House plan and its murderous excesses by the hand of a cruelly ambitious presidential advisor. Before the dust Clears, America will secretly invade Colombia; drug lords will assassinate the US attorney general; America will bomb Medellin; and many more will die as Ryan and Clark kill lots of drug lords and serfs to save American boys and honor. Dazzling macho-entertainment, and a rousing farewell present to his fans from the author--who now, as he has announced, caps (for how long?) his astonishingly popular pen. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.