About this title: Jack Ryan is the CIA acting Deputy Director of Intelligence, but his chief operatives don't tell him everything he needs to know. Ryan is kept in the dark about Operation Showboat, a program designed to thwart the dangerous Medellin cartel. When Showboat is abandoned for Operation Reciprocity, a violent offensive that compromises the lives of U.S. soldiers, Ryan risks it all to preserve order, save face, and right a dangerous wrong being perpetrated from the highest levels of government.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780399134401ISBN:0399134409
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 656 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780399134401ISBN:0399134409
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 656 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780399134401ISBN:0399134409
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 656 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780399134401ISBN:0399134409
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 656 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780399134401ISBN:0399134409
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 656 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780399134401ISBN:0399134409
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 656 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780399134401ISBN:0399134409
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
"I enjoyed this book quite a bit. It was my first time reading a Tom Clancy book. I can understand what others have said about his over-detailed style, but I didn't feel that it slowed the story down much. The first half was full of details that I thought might not have been completely necessary, but by the end it was fairly obvious that the author was just laying out all the pieces to the puzzle before he put them all together. The second half of the book definitely flowed better, and it became the kind of story I didn't want to put down. If I remember right, it was about the time Clark was introduced and became a main player in the plot. Clark kicks ass. I look forward to reading the book that's mostly about him. I was surprised that Jack Ryan didn't actually play much of a role until the second half of the book ("half" is an approximation). Overall a good read. One amusing bit of excessive detail I remember was right near the end. The author is kind of wrapping up all the plot points, and gives one paragraph of detail to a character that really only played a minor role in the first place. I remember laughing to myself and thinking "Okay, that was out of place.""
"I've only read a couple of Tom Clancy books and I enjoyed both of them. You have to read past the first part to get to the section of the book where it's really compelling and hard to put down. The first half is a lot of background and setup.
What I liked most about this book is the plausibility of it. It's entirely believable that the government would carry out covert operations like the story in Clear and Present Danger."
"Another great one in the Jack Ryan series. My only qualm with this one is the excessive profanity. While the rest of the books I've read by Tom Clancy have included bad language, this one is absolutely filled with it (because of the military aspect, I assume?), so much so that I even found myself swearing (at least in my head) a time or two. I don't consider that a good thing. I really prefer to be uplifted by a book. That being said, I really enjoyed the varied storylines in this book and how the author is able to bring them all together into an exciting and satisfying ending!"
"I loved this book. It related to what I used to want to do for a career in the military. The main characters are the same as a few of the video games I play. I like the idea of that. It was unlike the other Tom Clancy books I have read in the past. Red Storm Rising was "out there". This one was more straight to the point and related to realistic tactics with espionage/military activities.
I think the author wanted to make a point about the drug industry. Which, I believe he did an amazing job of doing that. I just wish that we would get over moral beliefs and actually strike the drug industry directly. It would take care of many of the problems in our country and others. Once again, I loved this book."
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