num_pages: 811
description: CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER is the phenomenal new international best seller from the author of The Hunt for Red October, Red Storm Rising, Patriot Games and, most recently, The Cardinal of the Kremlin, which was hailed by critics as his finest novel to date. ‘Terrific characters, the authentic feeling of espionage, a superlative rendering of modern warfare’ wrote Bob Woodward in the Washington Post. With his four previous novels Tom Clancy has, in the space of five years, joined the very top rank of international superselling authors, and his novels have become bywords for uncanny authenticity linked with nerve-stopping excitement.Now, in his fifth novel, Clancy delivers yet again, with a story as explosive and compelling as today’s headlines.At what point, the novel asks, does criminal activity begin to threaten the security of the nation? When can a nation respond to such activity as it would to an enemy? These are the questions Jack Ryan must consider when he hears the shocking news: Colombian drug lords, tired of being harassed by U.S. law enforcement agents, have assassinated the American Ambassador and the visiting head of the F.B.I. - and that is just the beginning. Their message is clear: leave us alone.But they have pushed too far. Someone steps quietly over the line they have drawn, deploying covert-action teams in Colombia. At home, too, men armed with the most sophisticated tools their country can devise begin to take the fight to the enemy. But does anyone know who the real enemy is, and how much action is too much? Who is doing what? Which lines have been crossed? Ryan and his ‘dark side’, a shadowy field officer known only as Mr Clark, must find out. They expect danger from without. But the greatest danger of all may be from within.As Clancy takes us through the twists and turns of CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER, he blends the exceptional realism and authenticity that are his hallmarks with intricate plotting, knife-edge suspense and a remarkable cast of characters. This is Clancy at his best - and that is ‘the best there is’.
language: English
title: Clear and Present Danger
titlecomplete: Clear and Present Danger (Jack Ryan, #5)
characters: Jack Ryan Sr*, John Clark*
genres: Military Fiction, Suspense, Espionage, Adventure, Spy Thriller, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Action, Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 137571
places: Washington, D.C., Colombia
series: Jack Ryan Universe (Publication Order), Jack Ryan, Jack Ryan Universe
publisher: Harpercollins Publisher