No man can write a techno-thriller like he can.
Every book is a masterpiece.
The beauty of Tom Clancy's writing is that he takes several interesting but totally unrelated subplots and brings them together at the end of the novel in a finale that would rival the taking of Iwo Jima. Red Storm Rising - One of Clancy's best . . . Written before the fall of the Iron Curtain and the thaw of the Cold War Clancy brings world war to the bloodstained earth of Europe once again. A disastorous oil fire destroys a large percentage of the oil supply of the Soviet Union and the eyes of the Kremlin turn to the rich Persian Gulf, but NATO stands in their way. Bob Toland, a CIA analyst, and America try to retake Europe in one of the most captivating and thrilling battles on paper.