Without Remorse
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4.5 • 130 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
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From Tom Clancy, the celebrated author of the Jack Ryan series, comes the #1 New York Times bestseller that puts CIA operative John Clark front and center....
His code name is Mr. Clark. His work for the CIA is brilliant, cold-blooded and efficient...But who is he really?
In a harrowing tour de force, Tom Clancy shows how an ordinary man named John Kelly crossed the lines of justice and morality to become the CIA legend, Mr. Clark.
It is an unforgettable journey into the heart of darkness. Without mercy. Without guilt. Without remorse.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
John Clark is Jack Ryan’s right-hand man, the head honcho of an international elite fighting unit known as the Rainbow Six. But once, he was John Kelly: a Vietnam vet with a vendetta. In this action thriller, Tom Clancy gives his fan-favourite character an origin story. At the same time that he’s being recruited by the CIA for a rescue mission in Vietnam, Kelly endures a brutal chain of personal tragedies that make him thirst for revenge. Without Remorse isn’t just a thriller, though—rooted in his sympathy for Vietnam vets, Clancy explores deeper concepts of justice, vigilantism, and the treatment of prisoners of war. The result is a humane portrait of a man who has done terrible things.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Avid readers of Clancy's bestselling techno-thrillers ( The Hunt for Red October et al.) know agent John Kelly, code-named Mr. Clark, as Jack Ryan's ``dark side.'' Here, in 1970, Vietnam vet Kelly gets involved in a secret operation to rescue 20 American pilots from a North Vietnamese prison camp. Betrayed by someone in Washington, the mission ends in apparent failure. Clancy balances the military movements with a dark narrative of Kelly's tragic personal life. While mourning the death of his pregnant wife in a traffic accident, Kelly picks up a young hitchhiker named Pam, a prostitute and drug ``mule'' fleeing her cruel masters. The pair fall in love and set out to bring down the drug lords, but an error on Kelly's part leads to Pam's horrible demise at the hands of the vengeful criminals. After his own recovery from a shotgun blast, Kelly begins methodically to murder his way through the drug ring. Clancy attempts to rationalize this amoral crusade with passages of introspection by characters who are either noble warriors or human scum, but the technique doesn't wash. Although full of failings of style and moral judgment, this overlong, often melodramatic novel seems destined to follow its predecessors to the top of the bestseller lists. BOMC selection.
