Clear and Present Danger

by Tom Clancy · first published 1989

Clear and Present Danger is a political thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and published on August 17, 1989. A sequel to The Cardinal of the Kremlin (1988), character Jack Ryan becomes acting deputy director of Intelligence at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and discovers that he is being kept in the dark by his colleagues who are conducting a covert war against a drug cartel based in Colombia. It debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list. A film adaptation, featuring Harrison Ford reprising his role as Ryan, was released on August 3, 1994.

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Genre:

Techno-thriller, Political thriller

Original language:

American English

Reader rating:

★ 4.0 / 5 (25 on Open Library)

Year page:

1989