I love Tom Clancy's novels.

29 June 2008 @ 06:23 pm

I’ve read a few more of Tom Clancy’s novels: The Bear and the Dragon, Clear and Present Danger, and The Cardinal of the Kremlin.

I’ve been taken on a roller coaster through his books -- the way he keeps you in suspense is awesome. In The Bear and the Dragon, he skillfully portrays a war between Russia and China, with America caught between it all. First, a Roman diplomat and a Chinese Reverend are murdered by Chinese soldiers. It was all quite an accident, really, because the men were simply following orders. However, the reason behind the murder is because those two men were protecting a baby from being killed due to the one-child policy in China. This causes America and various other countries to boycott Chinese goods and even allow Taiwan to proclaim itself as the Republic of China, disassociating itself with the mainland. In a very desperate attempt to win back some money and gain some power, they decided to attack Russia as the Russians had just discovered a gold mine. America helped Russia and the Chinese decided to launch ICBMs into America.

Fortunately, John Clark, Domingo Chavez, and a few of the Rainbow Six people, as well as the Russian Spetsnaz, were there to stop this from happening. And Jack Ryan steps into this whole thing in the last part. Although he’s the President, he stayed behind to advise some men on how to get rid of a certain missile that was flying his way. He’s pretty cool.

And then I read Clear and Present Danger. This book is about the war between America and the drug Cartel in Columbia. America secretly sends in young soldiers (Domingo Chavez being one of them) to destroy the drug processing sites, until the Cartel decide to counter. A whole lot of action ensues, and America soon gets into trouble. The President (not Jack Ryan at this time) has to hide the fact that he permitted a mission which killed some innocent people, because this was an election year. An Admiral was made to clean things up, and he gave orders to leave those men fighting in Columbia there, cutting off their supplies and communications. John Clark goes in to rescue them and clean things up, while Jack Ryan lends a hand in backup. The way John Clark “managed” this errant Admiral in the end was… very much done in his own style. AWESOME.

The latest book that I’ve read is The Cardinal of the Kremlin. This one’s mainly about the network of spies in Russia and America and how they spy on each other. America’s highest ranking spy in the Soviet Government eventually gets discovered after 30 years of spy work, and it is the responsibility of the Americans to get him out of there. Trouble ensues as the Russians find out about America’s weapons and vice versa. Both parties are ahead of each other in certain aspects and they want those secrets. At the same time, the arms talks are going on, and they are not going well due to all the spying, which makes things difficult for either party to know what the other side is thinking. It’s really quite fascinating. There isn’t much action in this one, but it is exciting all the same.

My next one’s going to be Patriot Games. I know I haven’t really being reading in order, but to heck with it. All his books are understandable anyway.

Tom Clancy’s books are THE BEST.

Really!

Don’t believe me? Then pick one up and start reading it!


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