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| Title | : | Dead or Alive (Jack Ryan Universe #13) |
| Author | : | Tom Clancy |
| Book Format | : | ebook |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 0 pages |
| Published | : | December 7th 2010 by Penguin Putnam |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Thriller |
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For years, Jack Ryan, Jr. and his colleagues at the Campus have waged an unofficial and highly effective campaign against the terrorists who threaten western civilization. The most dangerous of these is the Emir. This sadistic killer has masterminded the most vicious attacks on the west and has eluded capture by the world's law enforcement agencies. Now the Campus is on his trail. Joined by their latest recruits, John Clark and Ding Chavez, Jack Ryan, Jr. and his cousins, Dominick and Brian Caruso, are determined to catch the Emir and they will bring him in . . . dead or alive.Itemize Books During Dead or Alive (Jack Ryan Universe #13)
| Original Title: | Dead or Alive |
| ISBN: | 1101476540 (ISBN13: 9781101476543) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Jack Ryan Universe #13, Jack Ryan Universe (Publication Order) #13, Jack Ryan, Jr. #2 , more |
| Characters: | Jack Ryan Jr., Dominic Caruso, Brian Caruso, Dr. John "Jack" Patrick Ryan, John Clark, Domingo Chavez |
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Ratings: 3.83 From 15120 Users | 1052 ReviewsCritique About Books Dead or Alive (Jack Ryan Universe #13)
This book felt like such a slog! It's an odd set up book as it is set in our world at the present day but key things are different. The President is a fictional person, the number one wanted terroist in the world is called the 'Emir' and he has stuck into America. I regularly got confused between the characters in this book and where they were - not because the book was difficult - just because I couldn't be bothered to go back and check. The biggest problem with this book is that it is a realBOOK REVIEW Dead or Alive by Tom ClancyReviewed by Bill Breakstone, January 12, 2011Tom Clancys latest novel, Dead or Alive, is a 950-page monster, his 14th in a series that began with his classic Hunt for Red October, published way back in 1984. Ive read 13 of these books, all but Teeth of the Tiger, and enjoyed them all. My last Clancy read was in 2000, thus it was a pleasure to return to most of the old characters, with a few new ones tossed in.Dead or Alive is a complicated, many-layered
This is a tough book to rate. It was a strange book to read, too. At times, it read like really, really good fanfic. It's been a while since Clancy came out with a Ryan/Clark/Chavez book and maybe that's the reason. Anyway, I'll keep this spoiler free and just say that the book had a really good ending when the action stopped, but Clancy couldn't stop himself from indulging in a little bit of fantasy/wish fulfillment at the end which was both unnecessary and unfulfilling. Both Jack Ryans are
Typical Clancy. Book probably could have been 100-200 pages shorter without the political portions that did very little to drive the actual story.
92 chapters and almost 21 hours of hearing every single character -- mostly top-ranking government officials and Special Ops -- calling terrorists and enemy combatants "the bad guys." I just can't take this book seriously.
Weighing in at well over 700 pages, Dead or Alive by Tom Clancy and aided by Grant Blackwood is a monumental publication. Although in no rush to finish the book, it took me three days to finish and, my overall reaction to reading my first Tom Clancy thriller was one of efficaciousness.Its not very often that a book can afford to spend in excess of 200 pages creating a thorough and enviable foundation but Dead or Alive successfully achieves this, all the while creating countless scenarios and
I had not picked up a Tom Clancy book in almost 10 years. I was a tremendous fan of his books through the late 80's and into the 90's. So let's start with what is good: Tom Clancy, as always, DOES HIS RESEARCH. He is a master at getting into the nitty-gritty technical details that it really makes you believe that he is writing from well inside some super-secret-squirrel compartment dug well inside the catacombs of government. His understanding of the military and tactics is also impressive and
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