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| Title | : | The Cardinal of the Kremlin (Jack Ryan #4) |
| Author | : | Tom Clancy |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 547 pages |
| Published | : | August 14th 1989 by Berkley Publishing Group (first published July 28th 1988) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Thriller. Spy Thriller. Espionage |
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Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 547 pages Rating: 4.05 | 46792 Users | 695 Reviews
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In a rolling sea off the coast of South America, a target disappears in a puff of green light. In the Soviet hills of Dushanbe near the Afghanistan border, an otherworldly array of pillars and domes rises into the night. To the two greatest nations on earth, no contest is more urgent than the race to build the first Star Wars missile defense system, and no one knows that more than the two men charged with assessing the Soviets' capabilities: Colonel Mikhail Filitov of the Soviet Union, an old-line warrior distrusted by the army's new inner circle of technocrats, and CIA analyst Jack Ryan, hero of the Red October affair.Each must use all his craft to arrive at the truth, but Filitov gets there first -- and that's when all hell breaks loose. Because Filitov, code-named Cardinal, is America's highest agent in the Kremlin, and he is about to be betrayed to the KGB. His rescue could spell the difference between peace and war, and it is up to Jack Ryan to accomplish it -- if he can -- as, in a breathtaking sequence of hunter and hunted, Filitov's life, and Ryan's and that of the world itself literally hang in the balance.
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| Original Title: | The Cardinal of the Kremlin |
| ISBN: | 0425116840 (ISBN13: 9780425116845) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Jack Ryan #4, Jack Ryan Universe #5, Jack Ryan Universe (Publication Order) #3 , more |
| Characters: | Mary Patricia Foley, Colonel Mikhail Semyonovich Filitov, Nikolay Borissovich Gerasimov, Kapitän Marko Alexandrowitsch Ramius, Klementi Vladimirovich Vatutin, Sergey Nikolay´ch Golovko, Gennady Iosifovich, Bart Mancuso, Marshal Yazov, Alan T. Gregory, Mikhail Petrovich, Narmonov, Bob Ritter, Boris Tschurbanow, Dr. Candace Long, Svetlana Vaneyeva, Pokryshkin, Dr. Beatrice Taussig, Paul von Eich, Emilio Ortiz, Art Graham, Ritter Admiral Greer, Tania Bisyarina, Ann Klein II, Katryn Gerasimov, Ernie Allen, Oleg Penkovskiy, Feliks Dzerzhinskiy, Anatoliy, Elena Iwanowa Makarowa, Colin McClintock, Mike Paster, Misha Filitov, Peggy Jennings, Ivan Emmetovich, Charlie Bravo, Pete Wexton, Scott Browning, Codename Cassius, Marv Greene, Sergey Sokolov, General Jewgeni Ignatjew, Felix Dserschinski, Sergej Platonow, Nikolaj Borissowitsch Gerasimow, General Parks, Swetlana Wanejewa, Sir John Ryan, Grigori Dalmatow, Michail Semjonowitsch Filitow, Richter Moore, Sergej Golowko, Boris Filipowitsch Morosow, Tanja Bisjarina, Alexej Iljitsch Romanow, Major Sarudin |
| Setting: | Washington, D.C.(United States) Moscow, USSR Russia |
Rating Appertaining To Books The Cardinal of the Kremlin (Jack Ryan #4)
Ratings: 4.05 From 46792 Users | 695 ReviewsNotice Appertaining To Books The Cardinal of the Kremlin (Jack Ryan #4)
Ahh..here at last we see the character development of Tom Clancy as architect of the Jack Ryan reality and in the character Jack Ryan himself who has in The Cardinal of the Kremlin lost the obnoxious edge to his arrogance, icing it down with a more calculated daring. Edging toward a five star rating here, Clancy leaves behind some of the more irritating components of his first novels (namely Jacks wife and personal life) to focus more fully upon the fascinating world of international espionageSo I just finished this novel this afternoon and oh man, great Clancy thriller! Tom Clancy does it again, he balances multiple storylines and brings them all together in the end. I like the historical backdrop, unlike Red Rabbit where we had a United States vs Soviet Union, this time we get a story set in Afghanistan dealing with the Russians vs the Middle East. Now, I did find it a bit hard to keep everything together as there where a lot of characters coming in and out. Many times I forgot who
Following the disappointing Patriot Games, Clancy redeemed himself (in my eyes) with a spy thriller with classical ingredients, i.e. the extrication of a Soviet double agent by the Americans. It's been a long while since I've read any Clancy, so caveat lector is in place here. But I would say that should I re-read any of the books, it is this one (and The Sum of All Fears).
After writing my Clear and Present Danger review, I decided I ought to add a few more Clancy opinionaires. So let's continue with this one. A very solid, entertaining book. Le classique, as the French would say. It's got the right dose of technology, warfare, sci-fi hi-tech stuff, espionage, bad Russians, good Russians, noble Russians, Afghanistan, satellites, LASERS, friggin' lasers, narrate that Dr. Evil style, everything you can expect from an 80s cocktail of Texas Ranger meets MIT postgrad
3.0 to 3.5 stars. This was the first Tom Clancy book that I ever read and it turned out to be my least favorite. On the good side, I loved the introduction of "Mr. Clark" who is my favorite character of the Clancy novels. However, the novel seemed to drag in places and I just found myself wanting the plot to move along. Overall, it was still a god read and by other author's standards would have been a 4 star effort at least. However, I hold Clancy to a higher standard based on his later efforts
Man, one of the underrated casualties of the fall of the Soviet Union was Tom Clancy's career. The spy plot of this book is fun, if hokey, yoked as it is to the author's political agenda ("STAR WARS! It's how today's serious armchair generals stroke their chins and avow hatred for war.") and the demands of writing massive best sellers (CIA's eponymous, undetectable agent: a tough old Red Army superhero who blew up swathes of Nazis and loves his homeland, but who sees the evils of Communism when
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