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After writing my Clear and Present Danger review, I decided I ought to add a few more Clancy opinionaires. So let's continue with this one. A very solid, entertaining book. Le classique, as the French would say. It's got the right dose of technology, warfare, sci-fi hi-tech stuff, espionage, bad Rus Leggi tutto

I'm still really enjoying delving back into the early Clancy Jack Ryan novel. The tail end of the Cold War has always interested me, I was around the age where as a child you start to become more aware of world events on the news. One thing that Clancy brilliantly achieves in his gigantic gripping thr Leggi tutto

Comrades, this was much better the second time around. I got choked up at the end, a tear nearly escaped. Complex, tense, and insightful, this story sees Ryan making bold moves. I did speed through the Afghan parts because it was bitter and depressing. That entire situation was, in hindsight, perhap Leggi tutto

Following the disappointing Patriot Games , Clancy redeemed himself (in my eyes) with a spy thriller with classical ingredients, i.e. the extrication of a Soviet double agent by the Americans. It's been a long while since I've read any Clancy, so caveat lector is in place here. But I would say that s Leggi tutto

Enjoyed this one! Hard to beat Clancy and Jack Ryan!

The short-short version of what became my review: A gripping spy thriller that brings back all that Cold War Nostalgia; but Tom Clancy has obviously never met a lesbian before in his life. --- Perhaps it goes without saying, but Tom Clancy 's work is not high literature. He will never rank up there wit Leggi tutto

Libro rapido e godibile, senza grosse pretese. Un ottimo modo per rimettermi in pace coi libri dopo l'esperienza fallimentare con Wallace. Torna in scena per l'ultima volta il Cardinale, il militare russo di alto livello diventato da trent'anni spia per gli americani: scopriamo qui chi è, la sua stori Leggi tutto

One of my favorite Clancy novels. It seems that nearly every book in the Jack Ryan series has introduced us to some new technology which is either being designed or (most likely) has already been secretly created. Many have speculated that Clancy had insiders at the DoD who would feed him stuff that Leggi tutto