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Without Remorse

  • 768 pages · about 13 hours
  • First published 1993
  • 35 editions

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1 About this book

Clancy shows how an ordinary man crossed the lines of justice and morality to become the CIA legend Mr. Clark. John Kelly, former Navy SEAL and Vietnam veteran, is still getting over the accidental death of his wife six months before, when he befriends a young woman with a decidedly checkered past.

When that past reaches out for her in a particularly horrifying fashion, he vows revenge and, assembling all of his old skills, sets out to track down the men responsible, before it can happen again. At the same time, the Pentagon is readying an operation to rescue a key group of prisoners in a North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp.

One man, they find, knows the terrain around the camp better than anyone else they have: a certain former Navy SEAL named John Kelly. Kelly has his own mission. The Pentagon wants him for theirs.

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

  • Spy stories
  • Thrillers
  • Thrillers, espionage
  • Adventure
  • Mystery & detective, police procedural
  • John Clark
  • Prisoners of war
  • Jack Ryan

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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