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Without Remorse

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Going rogue and blasting street criminals in Baltimore? Heck yeah!
This book is unique among his series.
The best characters, great story, the right amount of believable detail and even a bit of romance.
If you're bored with the usual Clancy storyline, try this one.

At last we have the history of Clancy's other favorite character, John Clark. This book, set in the Vietnam era, follows Clark's efforts against a group of drug dealers and pimps after they murder a girl he had rescued from them. A coarse novel, but one of the best. Chronologically, this is the first in the series, followed by "Patriot Games" and "Red Rabbit." A good read.

Well written, realistic personal adventure book. Keeping in the Tom Clancy style this is another lovel tying together the numerous characters in the Tom Clancy series. Tom Clancy's attentiion to details, and accuracy of times and actual places and equipment give the reader the feeling of really being immersed in the story and not just standing outside.

The master story-teller has slipped a cog in this disagreable book about disagreable people.

This is the back-story of John "Clark," general doer of necessary but unpleasant acts in Jack Ryan's sphere.

Clancy's habit of starting paragraphs without immediately naming the character is even more confusing, in that he uses flash-backs tucked into the then present time, without clueing us in.

He goes in great detail into disgusting things done to a couple of lost souls, several times.

And as usual, uses names the same as other people's, with a Ryan who is not Jack and not even a relative. (Let's recommend one of the books of given names written for prospective parents who lack inspiration.)

(I will admit that two-thirds of the way through I skipped to the last chapters to get the conclusion without having to wade through any more of all of the above -- and I'm a compulsive reader.)

It does at least introduce Admiral Greer, a help to those of us wanting our imaginary world organized.

I'm hoping the next is cohesive and not unnpleasant.