Without Remorse (Jack Ryan Universe #1) by Tom Clancy

Explosive interneaitonal bestsellers such as The Hunt for Red October, Clear and Present Danger and The Sum of All Fears have established Tom Clancy as one of the preeminent storytellers of our time. Tens of millions of readers around the world have been mesmerised by his unique combination of exceptional authenticity and realism, intricate plotting and knife-edge suspense. In this breathtaking new novel Tom Clancy goes beyond anything he has ever done.

Without Remorse takes us back to a formative episode in the extraordinary life of John Kelly, a character familiar to Clancy's readers by his codename 'Mr Clark', who in three previous books hunted down nuclear terrorists, led aerial raids against druglords and spirited awat a KGB chief's family by submarine. But nothing will ever be as deadly or as personal as the danger he now faces.

In Vietnam, Kelly served as a Navy SEAL, one of the elite band of commandos trained to live on the edge og danger. Now, in 1970, back in civilian life in the USA, the man they used to call 'Snake' finds it impossible to stay hidden in the shadows while the lives of those he loves are destroyed in front of his eyes.

Kelly is still getting over the accidental death of his wife six months before when he meets a woman who has escaped from a life of unimaginable suffering. He patiently nurses her back to health only for the horrors of her past to reach out and snatch her back. Alone once more, Kelly vows revenge and sets out to track down the men responsible.

Meanwhile in the Pentagon a high-risk operation is being planned to rescue a key group of prisoners in a North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp. For the highly dangerous mission to succeed they need the man who knows the terrain around the camp better than anyone else -- John Kelly.

Kelly has his own mission. The Pentagon want him for theirs. As he attempts to juggle the two, Kelly will need his many skills to overcome a vast array of enemies, both at home and abroad. But whether he succeeds or fails, his world will be changed for ever.

Genres: Thriller - Military Fiction - Action - Espionage - Mystery - Suspense - Adventure - Mystery Thriller - War - American Author