Tom Clancy Books

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Unabridged 25 (part one is 13 cassettes, part two is 12 cassettes) audio cassettes, read by Michael Prichard are in plastic case.
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"Tom Clancy's latest blockbuster reintroduces John Clark, the ex-Navy SEAL well-known from earlier novels as a master of secret operational missions.
Named the head of an international task force on terrorism,
Clark looks forward to getting his teeth into a new mission.
But the opportunities start coming faster than anyone could have expected:
an incident at a Swiss bank,
the kidnapping of an international trader in Germany,
a terrible raid on an amusement park in Spain.

Each episode seems separate,
discrete,
yet the timing disturbs Clark.
With the help of his close associates,
executive officer Alistair Stanley and strike team leaders Domingo Chavez and Peter Covington,
Clark uncovers -- a band of men and women so extreme that their success could mean the end life on earth.

"Tom Clancy has a genius for big,
compelling plots ...
A NATURAL NARRATIVE GIFT."
(New York Times Magazine)

[from the back of cases]

Net Force Explorer Megan O'Malley and her friend Wilma Christensen become worried when they discover that their equestrian teammate and Wilma's boyfriend, Burt Kamen, disappears. Fortunately they find him at a combined online-offline refuge for 'runaways'. Burt reveals his reason for leaving is that his home life had become more than he could handle. How can he feel at home when his parents can't stand him? But Meg becomes suspicious hearing that Burt has gotten a job. What kind of employer would hire a runaways and troubled kids? And what kind of job? As Meg digs deeper, she finds that things are not exactly what they seem. Calling in reinforcements Leif Anderson and Mark Gridley, it's up to the three Net Force Explorers to discover what is really going on...

I'm a BIG fan of the Net Force Explorers series! The NFE series are a great Young Adult fiction series, especially those with a love for computers and the Internet. Since the Net presented in the books have no boundaries, you will never know what to expect next. But there IS one thing you can come to expect: stories that have plenty of twists and turns, having the whole plot well balanced with mystery, excitement, and adventure. And sometimes, there's a good romance! The Net Force Explorers include Matt Hunter, Megan O'Malley, Leif Anderson, Andy Moore, Mark Gridley, David Gray, Maj Greene, Caitlin Murray, and P.J. Farris. Occasionally other characters are introduced though they show up rarely.

It's too bad though that "Runaways" is the last book of the series. I hope they continue to publish more of the series! My only problem with this book is that it's a bit short, only 184 pages. Not only that, I felt that the first chapter was a bit unnecessary to the plot. Otherwise, the plot was interesting. I especially liked it that Leif gets to show-off his language abilities. None of the other books have really shown the extent of his talents in languages.

The series is for Young Adults and I strongly recommend only older kids since at times the computer and Net 'talk' is a bit confusing and hard for younger kids to understand. And there are some minor profanities in the book. I can highly recommend the whole series!

This is a great way to find books by the number 1 author today that you want to read and to keep track of his books that you have already read.

A Masterpiece of the Cool War

Una obra maestra de la Guerra Fria. Unico en la serie de obras de este autor del "Technothriller". Libro leido hasta por el ex-presidente Ronald Reagan, nos lleva a como debio haber comenzado y desarrollado la Tercera Guerra Mundial. Esto dentro de un escenario real y equilibrado.

Varios personajes y escenarios paralelos de pura accion y suspenso. Donde no se obvia ningun detalle. Donde se narra el uso de armamento en aquel entonces experimental (escrito en la primera mitad de la decada de los ochenta, la comkposicion de la Europa entonces dividida por la cortina de hierro y el poder de la Union Sovietica. Todo con un gran sentido de humanidad.

Realizado mas de cinco años antes de ocurrir la Guerra del Golfo Persico, detalla, sin aspirar a ser visionario, el mismo escenario de la primera guerra digital de la humanidad.

Mi segundo libro de Clancy, es util leerlo tanto en su idioma original como en español.

Todas las obras de este autor son mil veces superiores a cualquier adaptacion cinematografica de las mismas. Si no lean Clear and Present Danger, The Hunt for the Red October y Patriot Games. En ambos idiomas.

Well written, realistic personal adventure book. Keeping in the Tom Clancy style this is another lovel tying together the numerous characters in the Tom Clancy series. Tom Clancy's attentiion to details, and accuracy of times and actual places and equipment give the reader the feeling of really being immersed in the story and not just standing outside.

This book is a pretty good book. Although this is an older book, it still intrestes me.If you didn't know that this book was turned in to a movie it was actually a great movie. For my friends, or anybody who asks me if I would recommend it, and I would say yes to anyone who likes miltary or suspense books that have drama to them.

This is the first of Tom Clancy's books about Jack Ryan, a figure who appears frequently in the rest of his books. Although you can read them in any order you want, I would recomend reading them chronologicaly.

If you have never read a Clancy book, this is a good place to start. It contains all of his trade marks like a grand plot where nations stand against eachother, lots of detailed information on military equipment and a writing style that makes you forget how thick this book really is.

One of the accepted maxims about novels made into movies is that the book is always better than the movie. The reason for this stems from the fact that the book isn't constrained by a limited time frame in which to tell a story. This leads to plot developments being omitted and multiple characters being merged into composites. The story has less depth to it.

I have, more or less, agreed with this theory. You just can't get in a movie what you can get in a book. However, I have stumbled upon one of the rare examples where I found the movie to be better than the book. That is with Tom Clancy's "The Hunt for Red October".

By now, everyone should be familiar with the general premise of a disgruntled rogue Soviet submarine captain, Marko Ramius, who essentially `kidnaps' the Soviet navy's latest prize, Red October, with the intention of defecting to the U.S. with the boat and his officers. Clancy stalwart, Jack Ryan, is the only one on the U.S. side who seems to get this and sets about figuring out how to make it happen.

This story has become a legendary part of Cold War fiction. Unfortunately, I have found the novel to be much more ponderous than the movie. While it is true that the book gives us greater detail of Ramius' motivation for the defection, and it also provides other strong background detail, it falls short of the film when the main action begins. The various twists and turns in the story are a lot more drawn out. It moves less crisply than in the movie and the climax in the novel is much less satisfying than in the film.

However, do not get me wrong about "The Hunt for Red October". It is a good book. I do recommend it. But, I would advise that, if you have seen the movie yet, read the book first.

There are two heroes in this book. There's an American. He figures out that a Soviet wants to defect, and helps the man to steal Soviet property at risk of life and limb. Very good. Exactly as intended.

The other hero is Russian. He undoubtedly gave many long years to his motherland (though none of that is clearly written out), including learning under the greatest Captain of his country. Now he gets his own command, and does well too. When he hears his old teacher had defected bringing his Motherland's latest achievement with him, he professionally goes to hunt him down. In the end, only his boat made contact, and he stood up to his zampolit to engage it. In the end, he, along with his brave crew, perishes in the fight. Pretty heroic, no?

Except that the Russian was supposed to be the Villain! And here lies the biggest problem with the book - despite its best efforts, the loyal Russians look like the good guys. The Americans look like thieves and jerks. The intended heroes on the Soviet side (defectors) sound like whiners. And TC's a hypocrite - parallels to the defectors' experiences do exist in America albeit to a smaller extent. If those had happened to an American Captain, I just can't see him saying the Captain's justified in defecting to Russia with his Ohio.

And there lies the greatest failing of the book - its inability to achieve its objectives. That's why it gets a 2-star from me.

Submarine defection deception chase.


A Soviet submarine commander decides to take a new, improved very hard to track nuclear submarine and defect to the USA.

Obviously, this will not make him popular with his own people, and when the USA gets wind of it they don't necessarily understand what he is trying to go, being a sub with a nuclear arsenal.

Enter Jack Ryan to try and work out what is going on and be the voice of reason.

A fine example of the military spy/thriller genre, definitely worth a look if you like that sort of book.

How can you not like a book with a line such as :

"Oh no, not in their wildest nightmares have they ever met anyone like me.
The name they had given him in Vietnam boiled up from the past.
Snake. "

corny, jingoistic, call it whatever elitist dribble you want, i think this book rocks!! Apart from this, the research he puts into the book should also be commended.
I only hope, if at all they choose to make a movie out of this, they stay true to the concept of the book. As mechanical engineer, i appreciate Mr. Clancy's work even more because of his minute precision level attention to detail. John Clark's workshop,

Hemingway meets John Rambo ...

Great fun read, gets a bit gory in the beginning, then snake takes over!! :) Enjoy it.

This novel was by far the best book that I have ever read. The detail in the book is unbelievable. It is amazing how many different stories are running at once, and how they all collide at the end. This is the kind of book that keeps you on the edge of your seat.
I would recommend this book to anyone.

I bought this for my husband who is a Tom Clancy fan. He drive a truck over the road and has time to listen to audio books while on long drives. He said it was definitely a classic Tom Clancy novel.

I listened to this with my husband, it was a gift and even I enjoyed it, very much!

This is my favorite Clancy book as we get to learn how not to get even, but to get ahead.

Clancy's John Clark is the real deal; I hope we have a lot of them. Be prepared to lock yourself in a closet for a few days and read until finished.

Although the book is a bit dated, it is still a fun book to read. I thought he presented a somewhat plausible initial scenario to explain the reason for the war. Too often in wartime books the "why" aspect is completely ignored in favor of excessive heroics and impossible scenarios. What was nice about this book is that the initial "why" played a pivotal role throughout the story. It wasn't a war just for the sake of war.

It was also good for bringing back the old cold-war jingoistic feelings. During some of the more intense parts of the book I couldn't help but think "U-S-A, U-S-A!"

Additionally, the "bad guys" aren't simply bad guys. There is a sense of humanity on both sides of this conflict that made it more interesting than just a plain war book. I've read it more than once and one day when I'm bored I will probably pick it up again.

It's a great airplane/vacation book. It's broken up enough that you can pick it up and put it down often, without losing what is going on in the story. And it's long enough that you won't finish it on one plane flight.

I bought this book right after I reported to Germany in 1987. Wow, what a read. Like a few others said, it did start a little slow but it didn't take long to cause me sleepless nights getting through it. Never strayee from my mind when I was pulling duty up on the East German border or reacting to an alert, going to the ammo point and drawing a combat load of ammo for who nknew what?? Riveting book, made me feel like I was in it. Old school combat for us old school soldiers. Buy it now, maggot! Then drop and give me 20 pages!

Probably one of the best of Clancy's books, before he went into mass production of hyper-chauvinistic fantasy pulp fiction.

I'd admit it. I used to love this book when I was like 13. Now I'm 21. 8 or so years of military amateurism and general maturity growth has changed my view. It is with the latter heart that I write this.

First, Clancy's strength - Technical. Superficially, it looks good, but closer looks suggest otherwise. If there's a fuzz zone (particularly common in Cold War texts), it is used for NATO's benefit. Soviet subs have no towed arrays, fighters have no IRSTs, tanks don't have dedicated loaders (autoloading or human) nor ammo that can penetrate early M1s (DU-armored tanks are years in the future). NATO of course has deadly fire control, God's-eye-view, near unjammable Intel assets .... etc. All of it adds up until the real miracle is that the Soviets are advancing at all. This is not only UNrealistic, but does nothing to promote exciting battles where all have a real chance.

Tactics. Kinda same as Technical. NATO made maybe 2 "real" mistakes without being made to pay the full price. The Soviets slowly fritter advantages away, and in contrived ways. Western theory holds that the Soviets lack of initiative will hurt them. Clancy seems to agree. Fine, let's see how it is implemented.

1) 3rd Shock Army schedules an attack. The commander of the Western TVD fires 3rd Shock commander for lack of progress. Instead of just sticking to the plan and attacking at the scheduled time, the deputy does not give the call. This is, actually, an act of initiative (though utterly stupid), and of course it buys the Germans a chance to counterattack.

2) A Soviet motor-rifle division NEARLY blows a hole through the American lines. An extra regiment is required. The only one close by happens to an OMG unit, and thus unmovable without talking to Moscow. Alekseyev mutters about Soviet inflexibility. This is not Soviet inflexibility, guys. If an American formation was declared out of bounds by the Pentagon, American commanders will be equally forbidden to move it. This is contrived stupidity to delay the attack, allow the Americans to reinforce, and wipe out the rest of the motorized rifle division and the tank regiment.

3) A division rushes through a hole in the advance. They fight their way towards bridges. A short-sighted Sov regimental commander calls for artillery to fire ON the bridges to stop the NATO escapees. In Soviet theory, he should only have direct and rapid access to his regimental arty group (a battalion of light howitzers). Soviet centralization should at least stop his stupidity at that level, since the divisional arty would be under divisional control, especially since they have their own fire missions already assigned and executing. But of course, the Soviets CAN'T be given that advantage, so divisional arty drops its own fire missions and fires on the bridge with rockets.

This stuff adds up, and the Soviets are defeated. Is anyone shocked?

Characterization: Cardboard cutouts. Protagonists are at best one and a half dimensional, goody-goody personalities. Subprotagonists like Sgt Mackall (commander of an Invincible M1 Tank) are maybe zero dimensional. Worst of all, you quickly get the idea they won't die. So much for sympathizing with them.

Conclusion: Read this off the library. Then read something like "Red Army".

I have just recently re-read this book (the first go around was back in high school, some 15 years ago) and I was once again enthralled by the extremely vivid descriptions and very tense environments created in this book.

Red Storm Rising describes a scenario for World War Three, between the Soviet Union and NATO. Keep in mind this was written in the mid 1980's, when the Soviet Union was still alive and kicking. The scenario is very well thought out, well researched and developed, and somewhat plausible. The political machinations of the Soviet Politburo prior to the conflict is described, as are the military preparations and the justifications for starting the war.

The character development necessarily must focus on only a small handful of characters in the book, but I did not think that was a detriment, because to flesh out several dozen characters would have made the book 2000 pages long, which I'm sure nobody would be brave enough to read. Of course, if you want to read this book, it's probably because you enjoy books about war in general and understand at least a little bit about tactics and strategy, but if you're looking for an easy to digest read with complex characters, you're going to be disappointed. If you're looking for a taut, suspenseful, well-written thriller, than I definitely recommend this book.

Even though it's a long read, it's well worth it.

This is still my favorite Clancy book ever. It's the most personal Jack Ryan story and is very, very emotional (and thus very gripping) for that reason. The only time I've ever cheered at a novel was while reading this! This book has much less technical and military minutiae than any of his other books and I actually prefered that. If I want all the specs on a pistol or mortar round, I'll look it up in a Jane's.

There are other stylistic differences and some have speculated that Clancy was playing with the character internally and giving him more depth. I've always theorized that 'Patriot Games' was his "real" first novel - actually written (or at least sketched out) before 'The Hunt for Red October.' It precedes that book 'chronologically' and its basic plot is mentioned in 'Red October'. Perhaps either Clancy or the publisher liked the second book better and submitted or printed it first. When Clancy hit the bestseller lists, this may have been dusted off and polished up to strike while the iron was hot. Just a WAG of a theory on my part and probably utterly baseless but it would explain the big differences between it and all his other novels.

I read the book first and while I love 90% of the film version of 'Patriot Games', the book is better to me. The movie is more faithful to the book than just about any movie adaptation I've seen - except for the ending. I utterly despise the movie's ending, having read the book first.

SPOILERS: The whole point of the story is that Jack is a better man than Sean Miller. That he doesn't kill Miller at the end of the book and instead turns him over to the authorities is extremely important. Now, the movie may kill off Miller "accidentally" (and clumsily) during the boat chase but it robs Jack of that important moral choice. And I HATE THAT.

we the british we have ruled this planet since we have been around and we will continue to rule it for as long as we are around

IRA attack.


Jack Ryan accidentally gets involved with the IRA when he saves one of their targets from being killed because he just happens to be around and that is the sort of thing he does.

This has serious reprecussions for him when he is minding his own business with his family and they come calling with an attack team.

A decent, fairly intense personal level thriller.


3.5 out of 5

Having seen the movie many times I decided to read Patriot Games and see how the novel compared to the film. Unfortunately, as with other reviewers, I was disappointed by the novel but regard the film as well done. Both adhere to the same story line with the novel going more in depth into the characters and technical details of the intelligence, military, and law enforcement communities. Honestly, I felt it was a bit much and could have done without it.

The best example is the Ryan character. I just could not sympathize with him, even though he is portrayed as a great family man. He did not seem human at all and the actions of the characters at the end just seem plain ridiculous, as well as Tom Clancy's justification for those actions. By the end of the book, I did not care about his fate at all. In fact, no character was crafted well enough to not seem ridiculous.

The dialogue between the characters also seemed simplistic and childish. It can be hard to convey the feelings and expressions of characters in a novel without having to resort to plain, simplistic dialogue where every character says what they normally wouldn't if one could see their expressions and emotions. However, Clancy takes this to the extreme. The dialogue almost seemed Victorian in nature. Everyone needed to voice the reasons for their actions, and continue to do so even when the reader has gotten their fill. For example, a state trooper who only appears on one page of the novel. Based on events that happened before his arrival I could derive his emotions and feelings clearly without being explicitly told. However, Clancy goes on and on describing this trooper's ruminations ad nauseum.

Overall, it seems like this was a very early work for Clancy and it shows. Perhaps he was honing his craft, but that is surprising seeing how well I regarded his previous novels. I think he was having fun with the Ryan character as a family man, the beauty of childbirth, morality etc. and he just got carried away. Unfortunately, that translates to a very slow story with many long drawn out parts.

I cannot recommended this book when there are much better Clancy novels out there. If you are new to Clancy I would suggest The Hunt for Red October or Red Storm Rising over Patriot Games. I would have liked to have been able to have read the book before seeing the film. Perhaps that would change my view. However, the movie does a good job of trimming the fat, which is what Clancy should have done with Patriot Games.

Jack Ryan, former marine and stockbroker now naval history professor, is on vacation with his wife and daughter in London when all hell breaks loose and terrorists start shooting at a car containing the Prince, his wife, and their daughter. Jack's military training automatically kicks in and he manages to tackle on of the gunman, disarm him, and shoot the other to death. He is shot, himself, in the process, but is saved when help arrives on the scene. He wakes up in the hospital to find himself considered a hero both in England and the US, but not by the terrorists he thwarted. When the terrorists decide to follow Jack back to the United States to tie up their loose ends he finds himself torn between his simple lifestyle as a teacher and a prospective job with the CIA where he can attempt to stop the very militants that threaten the lives of his family and countless others.

This action packed suspense novel keeps the pages turning throughout. The politics and secrecy of the military and various alphabet soup law enforcement agencies keep the reader guessing and wondering if the good guys will catch up with and get ahead of the bad guys. All the while, the suspense is contrasted with the human emotion displayed between Jack and his family as he has to choose the best way to protect his family and decide if his decisions will put them in risk of more or less danger. This is the first in the Jack Ryan series with Jack Ryan as an adult (preceeded by Without Remorse, a John Clark novel with a younger Jack referenced along with his father). It is a great start to what will certainly be a great series.

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.

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.

Being someone that is not really into reading books, this book totally took me away. I really felt like I was living the fight with the story. Great book, highly recomend it.

This is the best Clancy book I've read. It doesnt have much of Jack ryan but it does have a bit more about the military than some of his other books. It also has Mr. Clark in some action in the end.

In my teenager years, I loved reading Tom Clancy's novel. `Red Storm Rising', `The Hunt for Red October', `The Cardinal of the Kremlin' are stories engraved in my adolescent mind. Spies, technology, drama, heroic actions, people being proud of serving their country--not something I could learn from my upbringing in Spain. Later on, when I needed a break in college, I used to keep reading Tom Clancy: `Executive Orders', `The Bear and the Dragon'. I just loved it.
So I thought that reading an old novel starred by one of my heroes, Jack Ryan, would be an excellent company for my week vacation in South Carolina. And it was. But I realized that, this time, I didn't enjoy it that much. Maybe it was the low value ascribed to human life, maybe it was the parallelism I could draw with the present situation in the US and my current distaste with the old adagio `the end justifies the means', maybe I am tired from war, violence and terrorism from everyday news.
Anyway, if your conscience is so hardened that you don't care about this anymore, go for it. You'll have fun.
By the way, South Carolina was great: friendly people, warm and sunny weather, tasty food, nice beaches, and lots of history.