num_pages: 547
description: In his fourth book, Clancy uses nuclear strategies to probe the ambiguities of fighting the good fight the Americans vs. the Soviets. By the time familiar hero Jack Ryan steps in to investigate mysterious structures on the Soviet-Afghan border, the Soviets have struck again by zapping a satellite with a free electron laser. The title's cardinal, an elite, well-placed source in the Kremlin, leaks details of this secret activity to the United States. In the backdrop of technological bravura, spiced by artful espionage and all-too-human mistakes, intelligence is transferred back and forth and there are attacks and counterattacks. It is a mark of Clancy's growing maturity as a writer that he can bring these subtleties into highly entertaining form. Literary Guild Main. Barbara Conaty, Library of Congress
language: English
title: The Cardinal of the Kremlin
titlecomplete: The Cardinal of the Kremlin (Jack Ryan, #4)
characters: Richter Moore, Sir John Ryan, Nikolaj Borissowitsch Gerasimow, Major Sarudin, Boris Filipowitsch Morosow, Svetlana Vaneyeva, Sergey Sokolov, Mike Paster, Art Graham, Ann Klein II, Marv Greene, Mikhail Petrovich, Nikolay Borissovich Gerasimov, Codename Cassius, Marshal Yazov, Colin McClintock, Mary Pat Foley, Scott Browning, General Parks, General Jewgeni Ignatjew, Anatoliy, Sergej Golowko, Ivan Emmetovich, Misha Filitov, Sergej Platonow, Jim Greer, Kapitän Marko Alexandrowitsch Ramius, Klementi Vladimirovich Vatutin, Swetlana Wanejewa, Oleg Penkovskiy, Grigori Dalmatow, Bart Mancuso, Katryn Gerasimov, Gennady Iosifovich, Alexej Iljitsch Romanow, Felix Dserschinski, Elena Iwanowa Makarowa, Narmonov, Emilio Ortiz, Charlie Bravo, Pete Wexton, Pokryshkin, Colonel Mikhail Semyonovich Filitov, Dr. Candace Long, Paul von Eich, Michail Semjonowitsch Filitow, Tanja Bisjarina, Alan T. Gregory, Boris Tschurbanow, Peggy Jennings, Dr. Beatrice Taussig, Tania Bisyarina, Feliks Dzerzhinskiy, Sergey Nikolay´ch Golovko, Bob Ritter, Ernie Allen
genres: Thriller, Spy Thriller, Espionage, Military Fiction, Suspense, Mystery Thriller, Action, Adventure, Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 55048
places: Moscow, USSR, Russia, Washington, D.C.
series: Jack Ryan Universe, Jack Ryan, Jack Ryan Universe (Publication Order)
publisher: Berkley