| CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER is thephenomenal new international bestseller from theauthor of The Hunt For Red October, Red Storm Rising,Patriot Games and, most recently, The Cardinal OfThe Kremlin, which was hailed by critics as hisfinest novel to date. Terrific characters, theauthentic feel of espionage, a superlative renderingof modern warfare wrote Bob Woodward in theWashington Post. With his four previous novelsTom Clancy has, in the space of five years, joined thevery top rank of international superselling authors,and his novels have become bywords for uncannyauthenticity linked with nerve-stopping excitement.Now, in his fifth novel, Clancy delivers yet again,with a story as explosive and compelling as today sheadlines.At what point, the novel asks, does criminal activitybegin to threaten the security of the nation? Whencan a nation respond to such activity as it would toan enemy? These are the questions Jack Ryan mustconsider when he hears the shocking news:Colombian drug lords, tired of being harassed byU.S. law enforcement agents, have assassinated theAmerican Ambassador and the visiting head of theF.B.I.- and that is just the beginning. Their messageis clear: leave us alone.But they have pushed too far. Someone steps quietlyover the line they have drawn, deploying covert-action teams in Colombia. At home, too, menarmed with the most sophisticated tools theircountry can devise begin to take the fight to theenemy. But does anyone know who the real enemyis, and how much action is too much? Who is doingwhat? Which lines have been crossed? Ryan and his dark side , a shadowy field officer known only asMr Clark, must find out. They expect danger fromwithout. But the greatest danger of all may befrom within. |
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