Clear and Present DangerThe US ambassador to Columbia has been murdered by drug lords. Enemy covert agents filter into the jungles of South America---and Central America is ready to explode. CIA man Jack Ryan is in the eye of a storm---and for the US the stakes have never been greater. Tom Clancy captured worldwide attention with "The Hunt For Red October" and "Red Storm Rising." He set new standards for storytelling excellence in "The Cardinal of the Kremlin." Now he unleashes his most harrowing thriller yet---in a story of international brinkmanship that is as up-to-the minute as today's headlines and as frightening as the truth that lies behind them... |
Contents
The King of SAR | 10 |
Creatures of the Night | 33 |
The Panache Procedure | 46 |
Preliminaries | 63 |
Beginnings | 75 |
Deterrence | 90 |
Knowns and Unknowns | 108 |
Deployment | 128 |
Execution | 352 |
Force Majeure | 376 |
Fallout | 400 |
Discoveries | 427 |
Explanations | 449 |
Disclosures | 475 |
The Games Begin | 495 |
Ground Rules | 522 |
Meeting Engagement | 153 |
Dry Feet | 176 |
InCountry | 202 |
The Curtain on SHOWBOAT | 226 |
The Bloody Weekend | 252 |
Snatch and Grab | 287 |
Deliverymen | 314 |
Target List | 327 |
The ODYSSEY File | 551 |
Instruments of State | 574 |
The Battle of Ninja Hill | 598 |
Accounting | 620 |
Fillups | 647 |
The Good of the Service | 677 |
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