Long ago, I read a novel called "The Hunt for Red October" and loved it. Then, somehow, I never picked up another Clancy novel until after seeing the movie "The Sum of All Fears".

Having read the movie reviews, I knew the book and movie were only vaguely related. I really enjoyed the movie, and looked forward to reading the original rendition of the story. I wasn't disappointed. I actually enjoyed the book a bit more than the movie version. It was important to read all of the intimate details of the first few nanoseconds of nuclear detonation; it was critical to the plot. And, it was fascinating from a raw nuclear physics point of view, too. The characters were well developed with all of the human attributes one might expect in real life. The plot, with all of its many threads, was woven together masterfully. Perhaps the story was a bit too ambitious; probably a hundred or more pages could have been cut. But a novel can suffer from too much polishing, too. I have to give Clancy the benefit of the doubt here.

When I turned the last page and had a chance to contemplate this story, I realized how important it is as a modern cautionary tale. I hope anyone who is in a position of military power understands the importance of simulations and drills; and keeps in mind that the knee-jerk reaction they are about to take just might be exactly the reaction hoped for by the terrorists.

The other thing that I will take away from this novel is a deeper respect for the lower-level, behind-the-scenes government employees. They are the ones doing the work for which our esteemed leaders take all of the credit. And of course, they are reviled as "beaurocrats", and generally disdained by elected officials and the media. It must really {Bite} sometimes. Well hang in there, maybe you too can save the world from nuclear annihilation.

When the movie The Hunt for the Red October was shown in my country, Brazil, I thought "Man, the guy who wrote this book is a genius!". Then I started to look for Clancy's books on the bookstores shelves, and I found that he's more than a genius. No one else in the world can write this kind of book better than him. And "The Sum of All Fears" is here to prove what I'm saying: it's the kind of book that you just can't stop reading. Once you started, you won't want to do anything else than reading it, if you know what I mean... The last chapters alone are worth its price, and if you like Clancy's books but you haven't read this one yet, I have to ask you: what is taking you so long? If you read "The Cardinal of the Kremlin" and "Clear and Present Danger", you shouldn't miss this: it's Clancy at his best, as never seen before. Here you'll see our hero, Jack Ryan, as the Vice-Director of the CIA, going against some politicians and even the President of the USA to avoid a nuclear war

This is the 5th book in the "Ryanverse" and this time an Israeli nuke is missing. A militant Arab terrorist group finds the missing nuke and reworks it into a usable weapon. At the end of Clear and Present Danger, J. Robert Fowler is elected President and he is in the Oval Office at the time of this story. It's clear that he and Ryan aren't too fond of each other and his National Security Advisor, Elizabeth Elliot (who is Fowler's personal Monica Lewinsky) flat out can't stand Jack. Elliot is one of those characters that you would like to choke if you had the ability, but that keeps you into the book. Certainly the nuclear bomb and the intended use of it is the main plot, but Clancy uses the secondary storyline (the President and Elliot trying to force Ryan out) to keep the pages turning. All in all, another classic Clancy. The final stages of the book are absolutely incredible, as has been the case with every Jack Ryan book I have read thus far. I'm sure the trend continues!

I usually am a fond reader of Tom Clancy's works, may they be fictional or factual. But this thing shows a rare lack of knowledge, which I find annoying.

I am german, a citizen of Hanover, where Clancy set much of his plot - and the connection between real events and the story plot would make SOME research neccessary, I guess. But all the research found in this novel is reading a roadmap of Germany, and even that is done badly. Anything else is pure fiction, and the relation to real events is only in the name.

Where is the author that takes up so much time researching things BEFORE writing? THIS thing is just making money...

Year 2054: Xanadu, the world's most exclusive (...) resort, is under suspicion to be a possible base for some devastating and harmful thefts done through the Net. Meg O'Malley, a Net Force Explorer, is more than willing to go undercover to discover the identity of the illusive thief. Since her father, a renowned writer, has already been asked to host a writing workshop at Xanadu, Meg is given the perfect opportunity to conduct an investigation. But the beautiful resort with its gourmet food, entertainment, and high tech virtual sites may also be one of the most deadly places to be for Meg. For without any aide from other Net Force investigators, she's on her own to track down the thief.

The Net Force Explorers is a great Young Adult fiction series, especially those with a love for computers and the Internet. Since the Net presented in the books have no boundaries, you will never know what to expect next. With a well-thought out plot, this story has plenty of twists and turns, having the whole plot well balanced with mystery, excitement, and adventure. The end as usual becomes a bit technical and hard to follow as most of the books in the series but you still have a general idea what's going on. But I can't really say any more or I would ruin the story! :)

The characters of the book is what really makes the book more fun to read. Meg O'Malley is a terrific Net Force Explorer with her quick wits, sharp tongue, and martial arts talents. I especially found her very cool and I loved the part where she jokes about her brothers. Mark Gridley, who appears briefly towards the end of the book, is also a fun character. I wish there was more of him in the story. My only complaint for the story is that there's no Leif Anderson! I really loved him in "The Deadliest Game" (book #3 of the Net Force Explorer's series) and I wished he was here. Wim Dorfladen was a poor substitute to be put in as Meg's 'ally'. I really hope we get another story with the teaming up of Meg and Leif!

The series is for Young Adults and I strongly recommend only older kids read it since there are many occasions where a few bad words are sprinkled here and there. Not that bad but still in a way a bit annoying to have them in the book. But I still highly recommend it for older kids for I'm sure you'll love it!

im getting tired of tom clancy showing me these brillant worlds that i cannot venture into. hence: Xanadu, i want Xanadu!!! who wouldnt like to have a dip into "net forces" version of full bandwith i do, and the all inspiring pavilions. when megan was in that virtual sim, i felt like i was there, and it scared the hell out of me. and it inticed me. this is a book you have t read, just for the shear coolness of it. you gotta love the virtual sims

You join the Net Force Explorers on their latest high tech adventure when it appears that Andy Moore's father massacred thousands of innocent people in the war.

Follow along with Andy and the crew as they search for the truth.

This series of books is aimed at the younger reader and as such tend to be easy books to read. Even so they keep you coming back for more and it's hard to put them down once you start.

Buy this book today, you won't be disappointed.

Well i thought that it was really good and i read alot of tom clancy he really knows how to make a good story. I hope to read more of his books in the future!

Recommendation- I recommend this book to anyone who is 13 years old and up because it is a great Sci-fi book mixed in with an action book. An example of great action is "The older man turned around and brought out a blued 9mm pistol. Without hesitation he pointed it at Matt's face. Another example is The younger man exploded pushing matt against the shelf in the backroom hard enough to make matt see black spots in his vision. Here is a example of a great sci-fi is book" Blinking up at the fluorescent lights on the ceiling, Andy stay up in the computer link chair in strategic analysis, feeling the gentle buzz of disconnection.' So if you enjoy action and sci-fi book this is the book for you.

I need to get Without Remorse by Tom Clancy, spanish version ( Sin Remordimientos )

The seventh book of Clancy's that I have read and this one seems to drag on through the middle four hundred pages where Tom feels the need to explain the entire workings of the world financial markets. He takes too long to set up his plots and subplots even though I enjoyed the book. The last two hundred pages wizz by as the action heats up and the battles rage in the Pacific and at home. The ending is a little far fetched but exciting and I hope Tom can limit his stories to five hundred pages. I hope Tom can switch subjects and write another "Red Storm Rising" type novel, without Jack Ryan, branching into a different area. Still his best is "Patriot Games". Message to the movie studios: NEVER ravage another Clancy book like you did to "Clear and Present Danger" the movie departs from the book after two minutes and never comes close to the book again!!

This was the first Tom Clancy book I read. The book portrays a Japanese business man, Raizo Yamata, who is unhappy with Japan's current standing in the world, and wants to see his country rise to glory. When the US embarks on a trade war with Japan over the death of an American family in a car crash due to faulty Japanese manufacturing, Yamata's patriotism is ignited. What results is a full scale military, political, and economic onslaught onto the United States by Japan, with the intent to cripple the nation.

What first struck me about this novel was the level of detail (and accuracy) in Clancy's writing. The plot line is so accurately described that the story is very believable. The action sequences are also outstanding. The book ends in traditional cliffhanger fashion, and I advise you to purchase the sequel, Executive Orders, before you finish this book, because you're not going to want to wait!

Debt of Honor has the political and military insider knowledge that other authors can't compare too. Tom Clancy goes inside the system and explains everything in layman's terms. His personal knowledge of the military makes the novel accurate, but his writing style doesn't let you put the book down until the last page is finished. With this combination of knowledge and writing, Debt of Honor proves itself to stand beside Clancy's other novels, Rainbow Six and The Hunt for Red October. The has familiar characters such as Jack Ryan, a character starring in previous novels, along with John Clark and Domingo Chavez.

The book follows the story of Jack Ryan, the president's National Security Advisor, as he attempts to stop a war with Japan due to a single auto accident. The clever writing and suspenseful action combines to create very entertaining reading. Though Clancy won't stun the world with a literary "classic," he will deliver one of the most compelling novels of today. Everything in Debt of Honor will strike you as eerily plausible, from an attack on the American economy to Japan's secret nuclear weapons program.

Debt of Honor should not be mistaken as a book selling off the Tom Clancy name, such as the Op-Center series. Besides global warfare, the ideas are original and exhilarating. The novel was actually written entirely by Tom Clancy, which makes it a definite read. This book is recommended for any Clancy or action fan.

The Book Net Force The Ultimate Escape, by Tom Clancy, is about a group of friends that are in a virtual aviation program called the net force. One of the friends, named Julio moved to Courteguay because his father was running for president.
During one of the aviation programs Julio appears desperately in need of help. Everyone in the program believes the appearance of Julio is nothing but a rift, but when they enter another program and see Julio in worse condition they take action. The team gets the police involved and the police contact the special forces. When the special forces officers find out that the Cortezes are in fact being held hostage, they get a team of Navy Seals on alert right away.
Julio shows up in another flight program and tells the team to tell the forces to not send anyone to get him or else he will die.
If you want to find out what happens to Julio and the Cortezes read Tom Clancy Net Force The Ultimate Escape.

I felt that the book was ok, but it lacked a cohesive story line, because often the story jumped from one subject to another which detracted from the excitement of the main story. I thought this produced uninteresting sub-plots that took away from the details of the main story. I also felt this book did not develop the characters as well as it could have, therefore I would not recommend this book.

The most interesting character is Matt Hunter. I am fascinated that he is able to handle being a net force explorer at such a young age. Matt is only thirteen years old and all of the other explorers are around seventeen and eighteen. He has to know about hundreds of planes and jets and be able to fly several. Along with that, he has to do very well because of the high expectations of his parents. I hope this review will guide you well and help you in the future.

This book is about a group of kids that are in an organization called the Net Force Explorers. Julio Cortez, the Net Force flying ace, moved with his family to Corteguay, a Socialist Nation that does not allow recent technology. When they arrive they are taken prisoner. The remaining Net Force Explorers have to go into a high tech flight simulator contest. When they are in the simulators, Julio appears asking for help. The Explorers go to their adult superiors with their story. Will they believe the kids, and will they be able to get to Julio in time. You'll have to read the book to find out.

This book was so cool I couldn't put it down. I'm definately buying more Tom Clancy's Net Force books.

Actually I would give this book 3 and half stars. This book represents an effort to give a comprehensive introduction to modern nuclear attack submarine. This effort itself is respectful. But just like most other military technical books you find in an average bookstore, Clancy's work is filled with technical inacurracies. One obvious example: the side view of Kilo sub at the end of the book is totally out of proportion. And Clancy's USA-always-No.-1 arrogance is a bit annoying. In his tatical senarios, which are entertaining to read, he just assumes too little of the enemies' intelligence in blunt statement such as "the captain of the Russian boat tries the same evasion tactics as his American opponent, but they are probably not as effective." At another occasion he calls the Soviet Union a "babarian country."

In short, this book is adequate in providing amateur knowledge on attack submarine and is entertaining as a leisure reading. But maybe it's just not worth the money of serious collectors. The easily accessible accurate info. could be found in the menu of Jane's game 688I, Hunter/Killer (although it's quite dry to read), or US Submarines since 1945: an Illustrated Design History by Friedman and Chritley.

I haven't got too much submarine knowledge, but in this book Clancy gives you a general history of submarines and how to become a submariner. The book is to complicated for beginners, if you don't know basics. But you will learn more about subs after you read that book, but there is a mistake in the book; he wrote 60+ nm as ADCAP's speed but it is 55+ actually. Where did I get information? From Jane's Information group(Which is the biigest and oldest information group for military equipment in the world.) There is an idea in the book which is repeating very often "America has the best stuff." In the book he made a pretty big tour in the USS Miami and talked with her crew, he also talked about the HMS Triumph and her crew which is the A Royal Navy sub. There is a very useful Glossary annd a sub identification hand book at the end of the book. If you are just interested in with the subs you should read that book.

The book's strong point is the way Clancy takes you inside a US attack submarine and gives you all the inside details. You are there with Clancy, he also describes the missions and future roles of submarines. The bad part of the book in my opinion it was a little out of date. But it is a great book to learn about subs and their tactics, roles, and history.

I was exposed to Horner in Clancy's "Fighter Wing" and thought he sounded like a bureaucrat in that one. Now its clear he's a fool: "All we really had to do was befriend Ho. Seems he wasn't part of a monolithic Communist plot, and hated the Chinese more than anything else." Oh, the total naivete. I bet there are a lot of people who fled Vietnam in 1975 or, even worse, were forced to stay, who might disagree with his assessment. Chuck, why can't you accept Ho Chi Minh was a Stalinist?

Mr. Clancy, once again, authors a "must read" about one of America's greatest military commanders. In this book, Clancy collaborates with retired Air Force General Chuck Horner for an "inside look" at U.S./Allied air operations in the Persian Gulf War. As a result of the Goldwater-Nichols Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, during the Gulf War, General Horner was entrusted with new military authorities. The "Turf Warfare" between the American armed services that took place during the Vietnam War was no longer existant, and given military objectives with strings from the political leaders withdrawn, the General was charged with directing ALL American and Allied air assests during the DESERT SHIELD-turn-DESERT STORM period. This in an up-close look at General Horner, his indoctrination, development, and ultimate leadership in the arena of American Airpower. "Every Man A Tiger" tells the story of General Horner's relationships with the other military and political leaders, and how his heretofore career enabled him to be effective in the Middle East. As a combat fighter pilot, Chuck Horner learned the lessons of Vietnam, and helped re-structure the United States Air Force that was ill-prepared for that conflict because of the preponderance of the Strategic Air Command. For the person seeking to increase their knowledge of American Air Superiority and Aerospace history, Horner's story is "not to be missed." I would highly recommend this book for any individual interested in General History, Military History or Biography, or any other individual interested in this pinnacle point in American history and the United Nations.

General Chuck Horner, with the writing help of Tom Clancy, crafted a wonderful book that tells the story of how to organize, equip, deploy and employ massive yet diverse airpower during the Gulf War in 1990-1991.

There are three parts and fifteen chapters in this book. The first third focuses on the past (1960-1989) for Chuck Horner and America's Air Force before Desert Shield. The focus is on the unique climate amongst pilots, especially fighter pilots (Horner's primary skill set) and the entire aviation community. The emphasis Horner places on teamwork is striking, and shows the importance of every airman who contributes to launching and aircraft and its payload down the runway and into the skies. This part of the book also describes the strategic vision of Air Force leaders in the 1970's as they sought to apply the lessons learned from the Vietnam War, and reemerge from the post war malaise as a coherent fighting organization.

Throughout the first part are snapshots of what Horner was trying to create in the chaos that followed the Presidential decision to reinforce Saudi Arabia to deter further Iraqi aggression and finally expel Iraq from Kuwait. Horner, who became Commander in Chief, Central Command (Forward) CINCCENTFWD noted that everywhere he initially went, the staffs' "efforts lacked order and focus...missing essential details such as basing logistics and sortie rates." Horner's essential task was to understand the intent of General Schwarzkopf and the National Command Authority, and to focus the effort of the CENTCOM team to deploy and employ forces in a logical way that would accomplish the national strategic goals. In short, Horner had to translate strategic guidance into operational constructs that would provide specific guidance for tactical commanders while simultaneously forcing them to address and crack the individual nuts.

The second part of the book focuses on the CENTCOMFWD role in building and fighting the "halt phase" of the Gulf War. Everything from the tyranny of time, to building a coalition with forces of dissimilar training and equipment is covered. Of greatest interest, though, is the building of the plan for executing the war against Iraqi forces. The original genesis of the plan as a result of CENTCOM's Internal Look exercise and Gen Horner's discussion of airpower with Gen Schwarzkopf are covered. How to integrate Marine Corps air assets is covered. The transfer of the CHECKMATE plan to CENTCOM was problematic due to the clash of personalities, but ultimately worked. The influence of Clausewitz is everywhere evident in the planning phase-how to measure the will of the enemy, the simple things are hard, etc. Finally, the translation of all this down to sortie rates and targeting processes is covered in great detail, suggesting that General Horner was one tired man by the end of Desert Storm.

The last part of the book details the actions during the attack phase, "Desert Storm." Every detail from bridge busting, and artillery and tank killing, to SCUD chasing and sustaining sortie rates is covered. The assessment piece of the targeting cycle is criticized, but air based assessment is never as accurate as ground based assessment (but ground assessment is much riskier-everything has its tradeoffs). The integration of tactical air control parties with flanking units is discussed in detail. Lastly psychological operations are discussed, and Gen Horner candidly admits that it is very difficult to measure the effectiveness of operations aimed at psychologically disabling the enemy.

General Horner's bottom line, perhaps, is that "the impact of airpower on the enemy was underestimated, and the ability of airpower to destroy a deployed enemy was overestimated." If you want to understand how a modern air campaign is embedded into an overall campaign plan, Every Man a Tiger is a must read.

A stiff, slow-to-develop installment in an otherwise exciting OP-CENTER series by Tom Clancy, et. al. In the new-world order, the bad buys are no longer the Soviets or rogue nations, instead they are our own government officials.

Op-Center Director Paul Hood gets to the bottom of terrorist activities in the Caspian sea, only to learn that it is somehow connected to the President’s deteriorating mental state. In a suspenseful ending, Hood solves the riddle with help from a Russian spy and the First Lady.

This installment seems mechanical and cookie-cutter with humorless characters. First-time OP-CENTER readers might want to try an earlier novel, while purists will want to stay with the story line and character developments.

I'm beginning to read the Op Center series just to see when Paul finally leaves his family and moves in with Anne. Where's the rest of the support team? No one would be fool enough to take on the Oval Office without bouncing more ideas off your intelligence analysts. Hey, Clancy, et al, it's time to delve into the lives of the supporting players a la Clear and Present Danger.

The absence of the Striker team and the backchannel use of the Russian Op Center lends more and more credibility to the writers for a believable story. Yes, it's possible to have excitement without bullets but the action around the Caspian Sea should keep the blood-n-guts and hard-core spy thriller readers occupied. But the mental breakdown of the President? Interesting plot line but I wasn't convinced this was the way it could be done.

I've read reviews of a number of other reviewers, who commented Divide and Conquer was not as good as the previous Op-Center novels. I don't agree with them. I actually think Divide and Conquer is the best of the series. By plotting a chain of events, which unfold in a very short manner of time, the team behind Divide and Conquer (including Tom Clancy, Steve Pieczenik and Jeff Rovin) creates a very tense-full situation. I think the average reader of Divide and Conquer will have a lot of fun reading this book.

What also struck me as remarkable, was the fact that for the first time in a very long series of Op Center novels, the United States of America seemed vulnerable. Usually the Clancy novels don't mention the weaknesses of this Worldpower. But by creating an "internal" conspiracy - a conspiracy by Americans - against the President of the USA, and by revealing the American "Achilles' tendons" to the public, the team of Op Center writers really surprised me. I'd surely recommend this book to Clancy fans and also to others, since you will spend a great time reading it (regarding the great plotting and excitement that rushes through this novel, that won't be a very long time). The fact that Clancy has finally revealed America's weaknesses, makes this novel even more inspiring!

I read this book a few years ago when it came out and I thought it was a great read. To be honest, this was the first Tom Clancy novel that I had ever read and I was not disappointed. Because of this, however, I do not have a point of reference to compare to any of his other fiction work.

Clancy is a great story teller and the plot of the book was interesting and creative. For me, it was a difficult book to put down and I found myself constantly wanting to read further (which is unusual for me). :P Highly recommended.

Tom Clancy's novel is everything a military brat could dream of. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States and Western European Powers must focus their military expertise for a new kind of warfare: urban, counter-terrorism. With the backing of the CIA and British 22nd SAS Regiment at Hereford, England, ex-Navy SEAL John Clark and Major Domingo "Ding" Chavez lead an elite counter-terrorism force, with members from Delta Force, GSG-9, and SAS. The weapons are fabulous: Heckler and Koch fully suppressed MP5 submachine guns, Remington Magnum sniper rifles, flashbangs, and heartbeat sensors. The main characters are well rendered and the reader is immersed in the action, plot, characterization, and the fears of the unexpected. Also, this book would make a good teamwork building trainer: you must rely and have total faith with each member of your team; otherwise you may fall victum to a tango's bullet. Personally, I hate terrorists. There was an incident over in the middle East at Khobar Towers that I would not like to happen again. Everytime a terrorist dies in this novel, I feel it is a personal victory.

I will admit, I am more of a John Clark fan than a Jack Ryan fan and this accounts for a lot when I picked this book off of the shelf. Now...
To begin, this book has it all: an unbelievable plot, the ultimate bad guys, great action sequences, and Joh Clark and Domingo "Ding" Chavez, as well as a string of new and old characters in the Ryan/Clark universe.
Rather than give a synopsis, I will give the fine points of the book. To begin, it is obvious that Clancy did NOT want to mention Jack Ryan by name, and only refers to him as "The President" (which is a nice homeage to the presidents before Bob Fowler). This is somewhat like Without Remorse, but Clancy could not resist placing his star in that novel. Next, it is nice to see clark giving orders rather than taking them, though he has not severed his CIA ties, as mary Pat and Ed Foley are referred to a few times in the novel. Older characters appear in this book, such as Julio "Oso" Vega and Dan Murray. The plot is modern, and takes away from Clancy's old villians (the Soviets/Russians) and his nw villians (the Chinese). In truth, the villains in the first half of the novel are reminiscant to the IRA fundamentalists in Patriot Games. The star villains of the second half bring to light events like Oklahoma City and the Uni-Bomber by dealing with domestic terrorists, as well as reminding us of executive orders as many are supposed allies of the president.
Low points in the book are few, but as with any novel, there are some. The fight scenes are not that dramatic, though elaborate. At points, the bad guys can do things that make a reader wonder if Clancy has some psychological repressions, but in true Clancy style, the wrong-doers do pay. As with other novels, all of the characters refer to doctors as "doc's." Otherwise, it is difficult to spot lower aspects.
This book is perfect for an action reader, and is designed for a younger generation of Clancy fans. It is a good way to enter the Clancy universe, as, though the past novels are heavily mentioned, you need not have read them to understand them, for Clancy explains the references fairly well.
I hope you found this review useful, and I hope you buy the book. It is an excellent read, so enjoy.