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Tom Clancy's EndWar Mass Market Paperback – February 5, 2008
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Created by #1 New York Times bestselling author Tom Clancy
Based on the bestselling video game, this new series will take readers onto the battlefields of World War III with the technical savvy and explosive action that Clancy fans have come to expect.
About the Author
David Michaels is the author of two novels in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon series and several in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell series.
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Acknowledgements
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
NINE
TEN
ELEVEN
TWELVE
THIRTEEN
FOURTEEN
FIFTEEN
SIXTEEN
SEVENTEEN
EIGHTEEN
NINETEEN
TWENTY
TWENTY-ONE
TWENTY-TWO
TWENTY-THREE
TWENTY-FOUR
TWENTY-FIVE
TWENTY-SIX
TWENTY-SEVEN
TWENTY-EIGHT
TWENTY-NINE
THIRTY
THIRTY-ONE
THIRTY-TWO
THIRTY-THREE
THIRTY-FOUR
THIRTY-FIVE
THIRTY-SIX
THIRTY-SEVEN
THIRTY-EIGHT
THIRTY-NINE
FORTY
FORTY-ONE
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WITHOUT REMORSE
DEBT OF HONOR
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THE BEAR AND THE DRAGON
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THE TEETH OF THE TIGER
SSN: STRATEGIES OF SUBMARINE WARFARE
Nonfiction
SUBMARINE: A GUIDED TOUR INSIDE A NUCLEAR WARSHIP
ARMORED CAV: A GUIDED TOUR OF AN ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT
FIGHTER WING: A GUIDED TOUR OF AN AIR FORCE COMBAT WING
MARINE: A GUIDED TOUR OF A MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT
AIRBORNE: A GUIDED TOUR OF AN AIRBORNE TASK FORCE
CARRIER: A GUIDED TOUR OF AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER
SPECIAL FORCES: A GUIDED TOUR OF U.S. ARMY SPECIAL FORCES
INTO THE STORM: A STUDY IN COMMAND
(written with General Fred Franks, Jr., Ret., and Tony Koltz)
EVERY MAN A TIGER
(written with General Charles Horner, Ret., and Tony Koltz)
SHADOW WARRIORS: INSIDE THE SPECIAL FORCES
(written with General Carl Stiner, Ret., and Tony Koltz)
BATTLE READY
(written with General Tony Zinni, Ret., and Tony Koltz)
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ENDWAR
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TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL: OPERATION BARRACUDA
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TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL: FALLOUT
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TOM CLANCY’S OP-CENTER: BALANCE OF POWER
TOM CLANCY’S OP-CENTER: STATE OF SIEGE
TOM CLANCY’S OP-CENTER: DIVIDE AND CONQUER
TOM CLANCY’S OP-CENTER: LINE OF CONTROL
TOM CLANCY’S OP-CENTER: MISSION OF HONOR
TOM CLANCY’S OP-CENTER: SEA OF FIRE
TOM CLANCY’S OP-CENTER: CALL TO TREASON
TOM CLANCY’S OP-CENTER: WAR OF EAGLES
TOM CLANCY’S NET FORCE
TOM CLANCY’S NET FORCE: HIDDEN AGENDAS
TOM CLANCY’S NET FORCE: NIGHT MOVES
TOM CLANCY’S NET FORCE: BREAKING POINT
TOM CLANCY’S NET FORCE: POINT OF IMPACT
TOM CLANCY’S NET FORCE: CYBERNATION
TOM CLANCY’S NET FORCE: STATE OF WAR
TOM CLANCY’S NET FORCE: CHANGING OF THE GUARD
TOM CLANCY’S NET FORCE: SPRINGBOARD
TOM CLANCY’S NET FORCE: THE ARCHIMEDES EFFECT
Created by Tom Clancy and Martin Greenberg
TOM CLANCY’S POWER PLAYS: POLITIKA
TOM CLANCY’S POWER PLAYS: RUTHLESS.COM
TOM CLANCY’S POWER PLAYS: SHADOW WATCH
TOM CLANCY’S POWER PLAYS: BIO-STRIKE
TOM CLANCY’S POWER PLAYS: COLD WAR
TOM CLANCY’S POWER PLAYS: CUTTING EDGE
TOM CLANCY’S POWER PLAYS: ZERO HOUR
TOM CLANCY’S POWER PLAYS: WILD CARD
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The author would like to thank the following individuals whose assistance and support made this book possible:
Mr. Tom Colgan
Mr. Chris George
Ms. Sandra Harding
Chief Warrant Officer James Ide, USN (Ret.)
Major Mark Aitken, U.S. Army
Master Sergeant Randy McElwee, U.S. Army (Ret.)
Major William R. Reeves, U.S. Army
Major Craig Walker, USAF
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And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
—REVELATION 6:4
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
—ALBERT EINSTEIN
CAST OF CHARACTERS
JOINT STRIKE FORCE (JSF) LEADERSHIP—U.S.
David Becerra, President (“American Eagle”)
Roberta Santiago, National Security Advisor
Mark Hellenberg, White House Chief of Staff
General Laura Kennedy, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)
General Rudolph McDaniel, Vice Chairman of the JCS
Major Alice Dennison, USMC, JSF Tactical Operations Specialist (“Hammer”)
Charles Shakura (lead interrogator for JSF)
JOINT STRIKE FORCE, ODA SPECIAL FORCES
Team Sergeant Nathan Vatz (“Vortex”; “Bali”)
Captain Tom Gerard, Detachment Commander
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Douglas Barnes, Assistant Detachment Commander
Sergeant Zack Murrow, Weapons Sergeant (“Volcano”)
Captain Mike Godfrey, Detachment Commander (ODA 888, “Berserker Six”)
Captain Manny Rodriguez, Detachment Commander (ODA 897, “Zodiac Six”)
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Samson, Assistant Detachment Commander (ODA 888, “Black Bear”)
Sergeant Jac Sasaki, Senior Medic (ODA 888, “Band-Aid”)
Staff Sergeant Paul Dresden, Assistant Medic (ODA 888, “Beethoven”)
JOINT STRIKE FORCE, MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCES
Colonel Stack, Company Commander
Staff Sergeant Raymond McAllen, Force Recon Team Leader (“Outlaw One”)
Sergeant Terry Jones, Assistant Team Leader (“Outlaw Two”)
Corporal Palladino, team scout/sniper (“Outlaw Three”)
Corporal Szymanski, team scout (“Outlaw Four”)
Lance Corporal Friskis, radio operator (“Outlaw Five”)
Navy Corpsman Gutierrez, medic (“Outlaw Six”)
Sergeant Scott Rule, New Assistant Team Leader (“Outlaw Two”)
F-35 DETACHMENT, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
Major Stephanie Halverson, USAF (“Siren”)
Captain Jake Boyd, USAF (“Ghost Hawk”)
Captain Lisa Johansson, USAF (“Sapphire”)
STRYKER BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM
Captain Chuck Welch, Company Commander
Staff Sergeant Marc Rakken (“Sparta Six”)
Sergeant Timothy Appleman, Vehicle Commander
Private First Class Penny Hassa, Vehicle Driver
USS FLORIDA SSN-805
Commander Jonathan Andreas
“Jack” (Operations Officer)
Senior Chief Radioman Sheldon
Chief Electronic Technician Burgess
“Dan” (Communications Officer)
JSF NAVY HIGH COMMAND, HONOLULU
Admiral Donald Stanton, Commander, Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT)
Admiral Charles Harrison, Commander, Submarines, Pacific
“Smitty” USS Florida’s Submarine Squadron Commander
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Vsevolod Vsevolodovich Kapalkin, President
General Sergei Izotov, Director of the Glavnoje
Razvedyvatel ’noje Upravlenije (GRU)
Colonel Pavel Doletskaya (GRU)
Major Alexei Noskov, Tactical Operations Officer (“Werewolf”)
Colonel Viktoria Antsyforov (GRU)
Commander Ivan Golova, commander of the Ulyanovsk
Captain Pravota, Ka-29 chopper pilot
Captain Second Rank Mikhail Anatolyevich Kolosov, commander of the Romanov
Alexi Vasiliev, aka William Bullard, Russian mole
EUROPEAN FEDERATION
President Nathalie Perreau
General Amadou Bankolé, EF Enforcers Corps
Capitaine Ilaria Cimino, EFEC Executive Officer
CANADA
Robert Emerson, Prime Minister
“Khaki,” chopper pilot and ex-Canadian Special Forces
TERRORIST
Green Vox (symbolic head of the Green Brigade Transnational)
Map concept by James Ide Graphic design by Carole McDaniel
Map by Carole McDaniel
Map by Carole McDaniel
ONE
“He’s coming around! Everybody get—”
Team Sergeant Nathan Vatz never finished his sentence. The Russian T-100 main battle tank on the opposite end of the intersection finished it for him.
Vatz slammed onto his gut, sliding across the rain-slick pavement as the office building fifty meters ahead exploded with a thunderous boom.
Shards of concrete, glass, and mangled metal arced into the cold night and fell in a hailstorm on the blackened remains of the HMMWVs and a pair of eight-wheeled Stryker infantry combat vehicles, behind which Vatz’s special forces team had taken cover. A black rose of smoke backlit by fire bloomed across the intersection, driven by a wind thick with the stench of cordite.
With a sudden lurch, the fifty-ton tank rumbled closer, its 152mm smoothbore main gun swiveling menacingly, tracks grinding over the bodies of the rifle squad—the tank’s first victims—who’d been hit as they’d dismounted from one of the Strykers.
Vatz wiped sweat from his eyes, cleared his throat, and spoke into the tiny voice-activated boom mike at his lips: “Victor Six, this is Vortex, over?”
His voice had cracked. Calm down. They just had to get the hell out of here. That was it.
But now their exfiltration had gone to hell. No bird to swoop in, land on the rooftop helipad, and whisk them to safety. No nothing.
And that tank wasn’t operating alone. The rest of that platoon had to be nearby, with dismounted forces from the BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles parked outside the gate.
“Victor Six, this is Vortex, over?”
Where was the rest of his twelve-man team? They’d been right behind him, and the captain had been holding up in that doorway, which was now empty.
Vatz bolted to his feet, darted back behind the still-burning hulk of a Mercedes SUV, and suddenly raised his pistol, about to fire—
When he realized the men down the alley were friendlies, his team, easy to mistake because of their Russian Spetsnaz uniforms.
Weapons Sergeant Zack Murrow had already shouldered the Javelin antitank missile they had recovered from one of the dead infantrymen and was moving toward the street, about to lie prone and get a bead on that tank.
Vatz rushed toward Zack; never breaking cover, he said in perfect Russian, “Don’t miss.”
The sergeant answered in English. “Right. But forget the Russian, Nathan. Our cover’s been seriously blown.”
Vatz and his colleagues were Joint Strike Force soldiers wearing enemy uniforms. They would be considered spies. They would not be taken prisoner. There would be no diplomatic negotiation for their release.
Hurrying farther along the wall, Vatz found the detachment commander, Captain Tom Gerard, and the assistant detachment commander, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Douglas Barnes, speaking softly, Gerard working an index finger over his pocket PC. Next to them were the team’s two commo guys, and farther back were the two engineers and assistant weapons sergeant, Russian Varjag heavy pistols drawn as they covered the end of the alley. One of the two medics was positioned at the near side.
- Print length400 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherBerkley
- Publication dateFebruary 5, 2008
- Dimensions4.22 x 0.88 x 7.47 inches
- ISBN-100425222144
- ISBN-13978-0425222140
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Peter Telep is the author of more than forty novels. His collaboration with Tom Clancy, Against All Enemies, debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestsellers List. Additionally, he has written many bestselling novels based on Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon, Endwar, and Splinter Cell video game series.
He is a produced film and television writer and has worked alongside professionals throughout the video game industry. The Doc Harrison series marks his return to fantasy and science fiction where he began his career.
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Multiple-perspective narratives add a bit of depth to the plot, along with suspense as you wait to get back to your "favorite" character.
There's really not much else to say. It's a fun, quick, action-packed read. I enjoyed myself. If you can get it for cheap, pick it up.
Oh, and, it has literally nothing to do with the video game of the same name- well, I mean, I guess it does, but you don't need to have played it to understand it. In fact, reading this helps put the game into perspective!
~Mark
would surely stop something like this from happening. The book was really an eye opener as to what can take place .
As a standalone novel, ignoring for the time being I actually did read a genuine Tom Clancy novel after this one and remembering how I felt when I read this one, the best way I can describe this book is "confusing, exciting nonsense." Allow me to explain a little. First of all, my main impression reading this story was that it had too many characters, all acting separately in their own little worlds, and the novel bunny-hops between them like an ADHD teenager like this is Call of Duty: World at War. As I was reading this, I'd read a chapter about how, for example, such-and-such army ranger was trying to defend this Canadian town. At the end of it, it would then jump to a completely different story about an interrogation, then a pilot rescue, then to a few other minor plotlines. Eventually, it would wind itself back to such-and-such army ranger, but by then I'd already forgotten pretty much everything about that sub-plot, even his name. It was exciting because each little subplot had plenty of action, with tension, violence, and internal conflict, such that it kept those pages turning. And it was nonsense because the world these people inhabited made no geopolitical sense. A few dozen assumptions in the story are absurdly taken for granted, not last of which in the future a. The Russian Federation descends into tyranny b. A war between Saudi Arabia and Iran makes Russia the world's largest oil supplier c. The Russian Federation goes on the warpath d. Canada stays neutral in a war between a dictatorship and the free world. At the very least the novel drops the absurd machinations from the video game that left the European Union and United States trying to murder each other, but for this, as I said, I'm just talking about the novel on its own. Long story short, this is a story set in the near future that only feels plausible in the most general of senses, and in specifics, it feels like the world was designed by a video game producer rather than anyone with geopolitical knowledge.
As a Tom Clancy novel, with the foreknowledge to compare this to Red Storm Rising, I learned that loads and loads of characters is a Tom Clancy hallmark, for better or for worse. Also, like a Tom Clancy novel, it has plenty of action, and speculation about future technology. But taken as a Tom Clancy novel, the absence of a plausible world for it to be set in is that much more conspicuous. Red Storm Rising showed a plausible scenario of world events, and showed its work, such that one can nod and say "Yes, that makes sense. Things probably would go like that." In Tom Clancy's Endwar...not so much. What's happening in Europe while so-and-so army ranger defends a little Canadian town from marauding Russians? It could be a Zombie invasion for all we know, as the novel only tantalizingly refers to a "war" being waged, there, making the absence of details that much more head scratching. The end of the novel doesn't bring answers with it, just more questions, and sets up for an unnecessary sequel to the story, which I'd probably only buy if I found it super-cheap.
So, if you like the Endwar game, great, go play it. If you like Tom Clancy stories, great, go buy one actually written by him. If you are looking for the plausible world building he's known for, you won't find it in this book. This is a book that can keep you entertained so long as you don't stop to think about it too much.
P.S. Without spoiling anything, as it happens around the middle of the book (and there isn't much to spoil) it also has a scene where an innocent Canadian boy and his parents are brutally murdered. Now, Red Storm Rising has its own scene where an Icelandic girl's parents are murdered by Russians and she hurt and raped, and I'm not sure if the Canadian scene is supposed to be an allusion to that, but the way it's treated in the story left me more bothered because of the sheer senselessness of it. In Red Storm Rising, the rape scene serves to illustrate that the occupying Russian officers turn a blind eye to such behaviors, and such an act is a byproduct of a dictatorship that went to war because the cost of not going to war was too high. The corresponding murder scene in Endwar was just depressing and confusing, because it further highlighted the absence of any good reason why the Russian Federation went to war in this story, and in Endwar the scene seems to be what TV tropes would refer to as "Kick the Dog", a cruel and pointless action serves to darken a character, in this case the Russian Federation, and show them as card-carrying villains. Point being, the scene should have been left out, because while scenes depicting the unintended casualties of war can be poignant, in Endwar it was just confusing and depressing.
MUST READ THIS AND THE SEQUEL "ENDWAR: THE HUNTED"!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Was interesant ist, als Schlachtfeld wird Kanada benutzt.
Also was für alle Tom Clancy Fans
The premise is excellent and the action non-stop. However, I would have appreciated more exposition and more detailed exploration of the characters and events - much as Clancy does, but I'm a huge Clancy fan anyways. This style does make for an easy read and is more accessible to a larger audience making for a better selling book.
My biggest concern, and why I only give it 3 stars (can't give 2.5), is that the book seems to start halfway through the story. There is really no indication why Russia and the USA are at war and why the character in the opening chapter is captured as he is. In fact, the author seems to assume a lot of events are known and little is mentioned about this except for what's on the back cover and a paragraph mentioning the same events in the early chapters. This leaves me wanting a lot more and does detract from really getting into the opening chapters. Once past that, it's easy to delve into the story and get lost in it.
I know this book is based on a video game and concept that isn't even out yet (I checked the website given at the end). However, a prequel bringing out the events that lead to the start of this book would be quite nice. The ending does leave lots of room for a sequel and maybe this is the start of another series, but as someone who's really not into gaming and would rather lose myself in a book, I'm left wanting a lot more.
Spoiler alert - don't read further if you don't want to know some details. The setting of this story mainly in Alberta surprised me. Being an Albertan, I hadn't really thought about our oil reserves as something that might be fought over. Having read the book, that now makes sense. It's also quite interesting to know personally the landmarks that are used in the story. In fact, I was in the Calgary Tower for the first time in more than 2 decades just last week. That certainly brings the story home. Unfortunately, in 2020, the kinetic strike on Highway 2, will likely wipe me out! D'oh!








