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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 |
Tom Clancy
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 547 pages Rating: 4.05 | 46792 Users | 695 Reviews
Details Regarding Books The Cardinal of the Kremlin (Jack Ryan #4)
| 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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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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Ratings: 4.05 From 46792 Users | 695 ReviewsComment On Regarding Books The Cardinal of the Kremlin (Jack Ryan #4)
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 postgradI have already read this book, years ago, however, a friend just gave me the book tape, and as I can not remember how it ended, and I have tons of ironing to do, this book on tape will be welcome. Story, takes place in Russia and Washington, the Americans are spying on the Russians, the Russians are spying on the Americans, the war goes on in Afghanistan and everyone who is spying believes they are doing it for a just cause!In comes Ryan, who tries to sort it all out, for the best of both
Yet another interesting work of cold war propaganda from Mr Clancy.The story of this book had me scratching my head... what is this about? Firstly it starts off as Iraq freedom fighters, then disarmament talks, then an experimental anti-missile weaponry, then spies in Moscow, then KGB operatives kidnapping an American scientist... it just went on and on leaving me no team to understand the characters or their motivation. Four times it even had me drifting off to sleep. Again the characters are
I had been meaning to read "Cardinal of the Kremlin" now for several years. Published in 1988, it is one of the older Jack Ryan technothrillers, one that I had bypassed when I started reading Clancy's works, first "Red Storm Rising" and then beginning the Jack Ryan saga with "Clear and Present Danger." I had - with the exception of "Without Remorse" and the newly published "Red Rabbit"- read all of the other subsequent books, and those books that I did not read I had seen the movie version
One of the best stories by one of my favorite authors, which I first read in 1992. Whenever one of Tom Clancy's novels deals with any subject I know a little something about, it always strikes me as being well-written and true-to-life. This novel deals with spies and counter-intelligence, subjects about which I know very little; however, based upon what Clancy has written about on other topics, I am left with the strong impression that this story rings true to life, as well. It is based upon the
As an author, Clancy brings a workman like approach to The Cardinal of the Kremlin. There is little in the way of fanciful prose, or endearing characters and the story is choppy, however this is far from unusual for him. He relies a good deal on the technical aspects of cutting edge weaponry and good old fashioned spy vs spy action to keep readers turning the page.Yes, Jack Ryan is back, but even in his second book he is starting to wear thin and thankfully plays only a small, yet important
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