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Rainbow Six

  • 897 pages · about 15 hours
  • First published 1998
  • 25 editions

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1 About this book

Over the course of nine novels, Tom Clancy's genius for big, compelling plots and his natural narrative gift (The New York Times Magazine) have mesmerized hundreds of millions of readers and established him as one of the preeminent storytellers of our time. Rainbow Six, however, goes beyond anything he has done before.

At its heart is John Clark, the ex-Navy SEAL of Without Remorse and well-known from several of Clancy's novels as "the dark side of Jack Ryan," the man who conducts the secret operational missions Ryan can have no part of. Whether hunting warlords in Japan, druglords in Colombia, or nuclear terrorists in the United States, Clark is efficient and deadly, but even he has ghosts in his past, demons that must be exorcised.

Good for readers who want: adventure, spy fiction, and a long read.

  • Adventure
  • Thrillers
  • Thrillers, technological
  • Spy stories
  • Espionage
  • Thrillers, espionage
  • Terrorists
  • Terrorism

2 About Tom Clancy

1947–2013

Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American writer. He was best known for his techno-thrillers, which feature technical details in espionage and military science settings. Originally an insurance agent, Clancy published his first novel, The Hunt for Red October, in 1984. Eighteen novels followed between 1986 and 2013.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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