[nukkad] Tom Clancy novels

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  A book is the only immortality.
	-- Rufus Choate
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Could any Tom Clancy fan please give a list of his novels a small summary of
each (don't disclose the suspense).

-Rawat

Well, I don't qualify as a Tom Clancy fan. I have ready only one of his
books. I forgot the title.

The plot is like this: At a busy air force base in Israel, amidst confusion
caused by a fire, a nuclear bomb gets loaded onto a fighter plane instead of
a conventional bomb. Since it was not primed for deployment, the bomb
doesn't explode and is embedded somewhere in Syria. The old farmer is afraid
to report the matter to police. When his son comes of age he reports
presence of a strange object in his backyard to a contact. A terrorist
outfit comes to know and sensing it is not a conventional bomb takes it
away. It is nuclear device and through the terrorist network they hire a
disgruntled nuclear scientist to convert it to a live bomb. A red Indian
American terrorist is also involved in the project.

There are side plots of submarines playing dangerous war games, which
somehow doesn't fit into the main plot and bores you through several pages. 

An American Super Intelligence Cop moots a solution to the Middle east
problem. An ambitious Presidential advisor complicates the palace intrigues.
Terrorists bomb a houseful football stadium in US with the nuclear device
killing thousands including Secretary of State. The Super cop defies orders
of the prez and averts nuclear war with Russia. He also manages to get
approval of Saudi King, Pope, Israel for his peace formula and all is well.
The world again becomes a place worth living.

For a thriller, Clancy has stretched the narration to breaking point with
unnecessary subplots and side plots. Several pages are an ordeal to read.
Good points about the book are (1) foreseeing a major terrorist strike in US
easily bypassing security precautions. (2) A peace formula for ME, though
fictional. 

Have I succeeded in whetting your appetite for Tom Clancy?  The undisclosed
part is the title of the book. Well, you asked me to keep the suspense,
didn't you?

V.K.Venugopal


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