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Clear and Present Danger (Jack Ryan Novels)
by Tom Clancy
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Topeka Bindery (1999-10)
ISBN: 0785758941
EAN: 9780785758945
Dewy Decimal #: 813.54
School & Library Binding
Reading Level: Young Adult
SKU: 16864
Condition: Collectable Like New
Comments: Putnam, 1989. 1st edition. Unabridged. With Great Photographs! Hardcover w/gilt, Dust Jacket and pages are in FINE condition, clean & tight. Rapid ship w/free tracking. AIRMAIL
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Product Description
This thriller by the author of "The Hunt for Red October" and "The Cardinal of the Kremlin" is set in Colombia where drug lords have assassinated the American Ambassador and the head of the FBI.
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Amazon.com 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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Customer Reviews
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Great Story with some fluff
Rating  (3)
Date: 2008-11-15
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
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One of my favorites by Clancy
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-10-09
This is my favorite novel by Clancy! This is a good balance of action and political intrigue that I crave. I wish more would create such intrigue as Clancy did in this book.
I like politics and I like it alot when an author shows how corrupt politics can get and the scheme that they can create.
This novel gives a good insight into what possibly might happen, when politics and personal vendetta get out of hand and how the consequences of that action, especially by the President of the United States, can go terribly wrong.
This novel is Tom Clancy. I would recommend that everyone who has never read him start with this book! Clancy is at his best and his story is brilliant.
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Clear and Present Excitement
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-10-07
In Clear and Present Danger, we get an insiders look at the danger of acting against national security threats outside the traditional channels of military use. We also get a sense of the danger of inaction against such dangerous targets. In this case, the danger is the war on drugs, specifically cocaine. A covert strike team is dispatched to Colombia which is still in the throes of left-wing terrorists who take kickbacks from the narcoterrorists and help protect drug dealers. The book deals with the famous John Clark, a legendary (in Clancy's books) black ops operator. Clark sets up the team which deals blows to the narcoterrorists but has repercussions for the civilians who get caught in the way. But at some point, Ritter (who set up the covert ops) has to cut them loose for deniability. Jack Ryan jumps into the fray. He won't let American troops hang out on a limb. Ryan was promoted to CIA DDI and can't let them die on the vine. He heads down to South America to rescue them with the help of John Clark. Ryan is trying to do what is both morally right and legally - not always a fine line. So the book intersects law, politics and morality. In addition, we get the continuity of the great characters that Clancyites enjoy - Admiral Greer and John Clark. This book is where Clark and Chavez meet - and become an inseparable black ops team for future books.
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Once of Clancy's finest Works!
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-11-16
This is an incredible book. Mr. Clancy has managed to weave an extremely complex story of drugs, betrayal, murder, honor and ultimately justice. Woven throughout this book's pages are many great moral values, creating a truly positive reading experience.
QUICK NOTE
This book has high levels of violence (hey it's a military novel) and not a little swearing. (Comprable every two hours of reading to a rated R war film.
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Not Free SF Reader
Rating (3)
Date: 2007-11-01
Drug spy morals.
Jack Ryan is promoted, and not pleased to find out about very dodgy drug operations being run in Colombia.
He and a military officer work together when revenge is taken on the CIA for interfering in the drug business to try and salvage a dangerous situation.
A pretty standard Clancy book.
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