Synopses & Reviews
A man named Mohammed sits in a café in Vienna, about to propose a deal to a Colombian. Mohammed has a strong network of agents and sympathizers throughout Europe and the Middle East, and the Colombian has an equally strong drug network throughout America. What if they were to form an alliance, to combine all their assets and connections? The potential for profits would be enormous—and the potential for destruction unimaginable.
In the Brave New World of terrorism—where anybody with a spare AK-47, a knowledge of kitchen chemistry, or simply the will to die can become a player—the old rules no longer apply. No matter what new governmental organizations come into being, the only truly effective ones are those that are quick and agile, free of oversight and restrictions...and outside the system.
Way outside the system.
In a nondescript office building in suburban Maryland, the firm Hendley Associates does a profitable business in stocks, bonds, and international currencies, but its true mission is quite different: to identify and locate terrorist threats, and then deal with them, in whatever manner necessary. Established with the knowledge of President John Patrick Ryan, "the Campus" is always on the lookout for promising new talent, its recruiters scattered throughout the armed forces and government agencies—and three men are about to cross its radar.
The first is Dominic Caruso, a rookie FBI agent, barely a year out of Quantico, whose decisive actions resolve a particularly brutal kidnap/murder case. The second is Caruso's brother, Brian, a Marine captain just back from his first combat action in Afghanistan, and already a man to watch. And the third is their cousin...a young man named Jack Ryan, Jr.
Jack was raised on intrigue. As his father moved through the ranks of the CIA and then into the White House, Jack received a life course in the world and the way it operates from agents, statesmen, analysts, Secret Service men, and black ops specialists such as John Clark and Ding Chavez. He wants to put it all to work now—but when he knocks on the front door of "the Campus," he finds that nothing has prepared him for what he is about to encounter. For it is indeed a different world out there, and in here...and it is about to become far more dangerous.
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"This isn't Clancy's strongest novel, but it's a big improvement over Red Rabbit....[T]he author knows this stuff like no one else and delivers it all in his inimitable clipped manner." Publishers Weekly
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"The Teeth of the Tiger feels like an attempt to start fresh with new characters and new situations....It's an acceptable thriller, with the promise of more to come." Harry Thomas, The San Antonio Express-News
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"[A] good and timely [plot], but it is soon overwhelmed by [Clancy's] usual weaknesses, which include inane dialogue, gossamer characterizations, endless repetition and bumper-sticker politics....[A] bloated, boring, silly novel..." Patrick Anderson, The Washington Post Book World
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"On the plus side, this book is mercifully briefer than its chronological predecessor....On the minus side...not much happens....Still, the book's last line all but promises a sequel, so we'll see." Harry Levins, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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"The only women here are whores, but compared with the men, who are pure cardboard and an inch deep, they show a little personality....The good news is that at 431 pages, a novella by recent Clancy standards, it will not take forever to finish." Bill Bell, The New York Daily News
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"Tom Clancy has dialed it up a notch....[This] is the closest he's come since 1996's Executive Order to writing the kind of good rip-roarin' read that established him as a consistent bestseller." Curt Schleier, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
About the Author
Seventeen years ago Tom Clancy was an obscure Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history and only a letter to the editor and a brief article on the MX missile to his credit. His first novel, The Hunt for Red October, sold briskly as a result of rave reviews, then catapulted onto the New York Times bestseller list after President Reagan pronounced it "the perfect yarn" and "non-put-downable." Since then Clancy has established himself as an undisputed master at blending exceptional realism and authenticity, intricate plotting, and razor-sharp suspense. His books include Red Storm Rising, Clear and Present Danger, Rainbow Six, and a nonfiction series of guided tours of America's warfighting assets, including Submarine, Armored Cav, Fighter Wing, Marine, and Airborne.