6/29/2023 0 Comments Clear and present danger book![]() The stirring action begins in the White House, in a typical Clancy scene that not only sets up the premise-a radical American initiative against Colombian drug traffic-but also offers nifty inside-info: that the Oval Office's windows are made of light-distorting, bullet-resistant polycarbonate that the President's chair is backed with bullet-proof DuPont Kevlar. That's no problem, though: the front of the novel, like the rest, is built of geared subplots, each of which has teeth enough to snag the reader. ![]() So complex, so intricately researched and detailed is Clancy's newest battle plan that his main hero-CIA-agent Jack Ryan, veteran of three past Clancy novels-doesn't appear until about 100 pages of this 500-page juggernaut have rolled by. This time out, the best-selling ace swivels his big guns away from his usual Russian targets (glasnost fallout?) and toward a nearly homegrown menace: the cocaine lords of Colombia and their deadly white powder. ![]() The Great Clancy Thriller Machine rumbles on, engines on full. ![]()
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