Título: Clear and Present Danger: A Jack Ryan Novel
Autor: Tom Clancy
Sinopse: Amazon.com Review CIA man Jack Ryan, hero of Patriot Games, finds that he will probably never have a boring summer: The sudden and surprising assassination of three American officials in Colombia. Many people in many places, moving off on missions they all mistakenly thought they understood. The future was too fearful for contemplation, and beyond the expected finish lines were things that, once decided, were better left unseen. Tom Clancy's new thriller is based on America's war on drugs... and the covert--and shocking--U.S. response. From Publishers Weekly In his fifth novel, the dean of techno-thrillers demonstrates once again his mastery of the genre. A president decides that drug smuggling has become a "clear and present danger" to national security. The response is a complex and covert military campaign against the "Colombian Cartel." Clancy presents the technology of special operations and the details of light infantry warfare with his usual facility. Superior even to his descriptions of tools and techniques, however, is Clancy's analysis of the legal and moral problems of operating in a twilight zone, where the rules are ambiguous and an open society makes secrecy impossible. As the project unravels, Clancy's protagonist Jack Ryan tries to avert a total debacle and to rescue the men who have been hung out to dry. Clancy's scenario is plausible and its development compelling. His characters are nicely drawn--particularly a Cuban intelligence officer who has "gone private" and now works for the drug lords--and his conclusion is unusual and provocative. Clear and Pres ent Danger is, in short, the author's best work since The Hunt for Red October. BOMC main selection. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Clear and Present Danger: A Jack Ryan Novel”, de Tom Clancy, publicado pela editora Berkley Books, em 1994 e com 704 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Berkley Books
Páginas: 704
Ano: 1994
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Linguagem: inglês
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Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Berkley Books costumam mergulhar o leitor em narrativas intensas, onde o suspense e o conflito moral se entrelaçam com personagens complexos. Muitas histórias apresentam protagonistas envolvidos em investigações criminais, perseguições e mistérios com ritmo ágil e clima tenso, enquanto outras exploram relações pessoais marcadas por paixão, segredos e reviravoltas. O catálogo sugere uma preferência por tramas que equilibram ação e emoção, ora com tons sombrios e dramáticos, ora com pitadas de romance contemporâneo e fantasia sensual. A ambientação varia entre cenários urbanos e locais históricos ou exóticos, criando contrastes que enriquecem a experiência de leitura.
