Without Remorse

It has taken a long time for the Jack Ryan series of books to be available on Kindle. As with all of Tom Clancy's novels in the Jack Ryan and Red Storm Rising series, this novel is strong on procedure and characterisation. It takes a young decorated Vietnam SF veteran who returns home and circumstances place him in a position where justice can only be obtained for newly discovered civilian victims by him using his military skills as a vigilante. The interactions with, and motivations of, police and some seriously nasty villians are well described. There is a secondary theme running through the book relating to Vietnam which adds further to the wheels within wheels story.Whether vigilante activity on the scale in this book can ever be justified isn't explored fully though the author's view seems pretty unequivocal.Those who have read the later books in the series up to and including 'The Bear and the Dragon' will learn how the relationship between John Clark and President Jack Ryan [son of policeman Emmett Ryan] was destined to come about.It is also the story of the rise of Admiral Jim Greer and a young Bob Ritter within the CIA. Again, characters who we will meet in later novels in the series.An excellent story well told.

It's a while since I read a Tom Clancy and I had forgotten how fast-paced his novels are. This is very-much character driven and Clancy draws you into the battles Kelly faces on two fronts and juggles effectively the large cast of supporting players. The action is frequent and well-described but, above all, there is a real sense of caring about the characters amongst all the descriptions of techno stuff, weaponry and death. Looking forward to the sequel now.

This was my first Clancy novel as I deliberately decided to go in order of the series' chronological timeline (as opposed to release date). Primarily it's a story about the early life of CIA man John Clark. He is a thirtyish former marine who becomes embroiled in two adjoining plots at the same time, a rescue mission of POW's in Vietnam and a private vendetta against some east coast drug dealers. The latter I found to be much more gripping than the former.For several reasons the standout aspect of the book is the character of Pamela, although to explain why would be to give the plot away. It's also really fun how Clark goes about hunting down the drug dealers. Clancy manages to make it a very exciting process whilst still keeping events very realistic, a difficult balance to achieve.The one major criticism I have is with the torture sequence. I found it to be completely over the top. I even ended up sympathising with the tortured, which can't have been the idea. That pulled the book down a peg for me but overall this is still an engaging thriller. Recommended.

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I have a hard copy, now the Kindle version to reread when not at home. I fact have the whole set on one tablet.

Helluva riveting read. Would recommend. This is one of Tom Clancy's best. Back story for the legend that is John Clark.

Excellent Tom Clancy novel giving you John Kelly’s back Story and how he became ‘MrClark’ !

Picked 4 stars because it was always a great readWould have given it 5 But! this was an abridged version.This is not advertisedSome pieces of the story missing - not that much, but having read a few times I know most of the actual storyStill very good.Do love audio books.You can get around, house, car, walking, biking and still get a great story.I have radio shows and constantly listening to music (all types).An audio book is a great way of getting away from this

Tom Clancy is one of my favorite authors and I thoroughly enjoyed this story. Don't pay attention to the cover it was taken from the film that was made of the book which isn't really accurate.

Buena historiaDatos sobre tácticas navales y militares muy profesionales y verificables. Aunque lo predecible del desenlace afecta un poco la trama.

Excelente livro, aliás como todos os escritos por este autor - Tom Clancy; excelente enredo, muito suspense conjugado com muita ação e excelente contextualização da história e seu ambiente ! Para quem gosta de livros de espionagem, com muito suspense e ação, vale a pena o entretenimento !

A good, fast-paced, story for those who enjoy action novels. And a good length, so great value in terms of entertainment.

I read this book in 1994 and I loved it then. I just recently purchased the Kindle version of the book and the Audible version of the book. I listened to the book as I followed the text of the Kindle version.The book is one of my favorites that was written by Tom Clancy. It develops the background and life of a major character in several of Tom’s books. John Kelly who later becomes John Clark working for the CIA. John is a Navy Seal and a master warrior with multiple skills. He life is crushed as his wife and unborn child are killed in a tragic car accident.Later in life he meets a young woman, Pam, and he tries to help her. He finds out that she has escaped from a major drug dealer who beat her and mistreated her while keeping her high on drugs. John’s new friends help to cure her of her drug habit and John is falling in love. Pam asks John to help her other female friends to escape from the drug dealer as not only does he mistreat them but he kills them if they try to escape.John and Pam are attacked and John is nearly killed and Pam is kidnaped, tortured, raped and murdered. As John recovers he realizes that he made a vow to help Pam’s friends. Meanwhile he is also asked by multiple Admirals to do a secret mission to rescue captured American officers. He has to train a team of Marines for the mission and also help Pam’s friends on his own time.What begins is a winding tale of murder and training for an impossible mission and traitors giving secrets to Russian agents….I love this story and I recommend it to you. It is a long book but it is well written and it is a good storyline.