At what point does criminal activity threaten national security? When can a nation respond to it as to an enemy? These are the questions Jack Ryan must consider when he hears the awful news: Colombian drug lords, tired of being harassed by US law enforcement agents, have assassinated three high American officials, and that is just the beginning. The message is clear: Leave us alone. But they have pushed too far. Someone steps quietly over the line they have drawn, deploying covert-action teams in Colombia, intending to take the fight to the enemy. But does anyone know who the real enemy is? And how much action is too much? Who is doing what? Which line has been crossed? Ryan and his "dark side" counterpart, a shadowy field officer known only as Mr. Clark, must find out. They expect danger from without - but the danger from within may be the greatest of all.

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Listening Length	30 hours and 7 minutes
Author	Tom Clancy
Narrator	Michael Prichard
Audible.com.au Release Date	31 January 2014
Publisher	Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B01AX9E81O
Best Sellers Rank	6,186 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 21 in Technothrillers (Audible Books & Originals) 35 in Mystery Action Fiction 44 in Political Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals)

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The best selling book of the 80s is a must read!!

Reviewed in Australia on 4 June 2019

Clancy goes from strength to strength as a writer in a Clear and Present Danger. Jack Ryan finds himself out of the loop as the CIA is undergoing coverts ups on the drug cartels in Colombia. A political thriller mixed with Clancy's rapid pace of the techno thriller is one bloody good book.

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Carrick

Clancy at his very best

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 August 2019

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I read this when it first came out and it was very topical. It has aged well; better than most other of Clancy's work. Not easy to make a film from it, there's so much going on, but Harrison Ford made a good effort. If you only read one Clancy book, and I've read them all, this'd be my choice.

The title comes from a legal definition that allows a POTUS to take unilateral action without oversight. Defining the drug barons as 'A clear and present danger'. lets USA take strong direct action, then reale-politik takes a hand! A mix of spy-police-tech-fight-politics and a rich cast of characters bound together on a fast paced ride with Clancy's trade mark depth and realism. The acceleration is the second half (also trade mark) is adrenaline pumping.

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A brilliant book, unputdownable.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 March 2012

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Tom Clancy does it again. The US President initiates a personal vendetta against the Columbian Medelin Drug Cartel. Saying they constitute a "Clear and Present Danger" to the security of the USA. Using the CIA and military forces the President authorises a covert action against the Drug Barons during an Election Year. Only to find that the operation is compromised and has to be shut down, with devastating circumstances. Enter Jack Ryan, who as acting DDI due to Admiral Greers sickness, and has no knowledge of the operation taking place, has to sort out the mess.

If there is one Tom Cancy novel you must read, it's this one. A lot better than the film version!

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All Americans need to read this book now i. ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 June 2017

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All Americans need to read this book now i.e. 2017 with the scary realization that there is and has been a Russian-sponsored treason [attempted stealth] coup in progress in the USA in the Republic Administration.

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Tom Cancer, always a good read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 February 2021

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Tom Cancer, always a good read.

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Great!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 February 2019

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Book as described, thank you.

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