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Clear and Present Danger
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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 thriller is based on America's war on drugs . . . and the covert - and shocking - U. S. response.
"The issues raised are real ones, and a jump ahead of the headlines." The New York Times
"Rousing adventure...A crackling good yarn." The Washington Post
Outline Review
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.
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Item Specifications...
Binding CD
Release Date Feb 15, 2010
ISBN 1441850597
EAN 9781441850591
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 | Compact and very relevant story in its time, but...one nitpick Nov 15, 2009 |
I won't add to the already excellent user and critical reviews other than to post one nitpick observation:
All the original novels in hardcover had "signature" fonts, artwork, and layout, and most importantly, the artwork was relevant to the story.
A photo of two obviously much older F106A Delta Darts of the Montana Air National Guard, which have zero role in the story, is typical of the careless approach to the paper back covers. These aircraft technically were in service until the late 1980's before completely being phased out (which started in 1983), but have *nothing* to do with this story!
It's not that hard to get it right, the original has a Sikorsky Helicopter which actually figures prominently in this story, not two second-line Firghters who come no closer to the story line than the Canadian Border. Even some stock artwork of a Tomcat would have made more sense!
I warned it was a "nit", but given the number of people who read these books with an appreciation of the level of effort Clancy made to be reasonably accurate w/re to equipment, I can only ask, "Did he ever see this cover? He would have had kittens!"
:) | | |  | This book needs an editor. Jun 4, 2009 |
If I had to describe this book with one word it would be long. This book goes on forever. It wouldn't be so bad if it were interesting, but long stretches of this book are very dry and boring. It takes several hundred pages to set up the story, and much of this is wasted on extensively describing characters and subplots that have very little to do with the main story.
When the main part of the story is going, it goes very well. There is intrigue, suspense, exciting gunplay, and surprises that are typical of Clancy novels. But there is so much in between that the book as a whole drags.
In addition, the discussions about the rape early in the book and the foul language did nothing to contribute to the story, and in fact detracted greatly from it. | | |  | Don't like aspect Mar 9, 2009 |
It's bad to wage war on drug dealers in South America?!?!?!?!?
I wish Tom Clancy would do us all a big favor and keep his silly Libertarian views to himself. | | | | Good listen Dec 20, 2008 |
| A good read to a good book, I just wish that they had an unabridged version of it. | | |  | Great Story with some fluff Nov 15, 2008 |
| Clear and Present Danger is your prototypical Tom Clancy Jack Ryan novel. This one gets a sort of slow start and contains a lot of extra stuff that seemed unnecessary. The book was really longer than it needed to be an lost my attention in some spots. Minus that, the story and basic plot is one of the best around. The movie, as usual, completely butchered the story. I would recommend this book to anyone who doesn't mind a long read | | | Write your own review about Clear and Present Danger
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