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Red Rabbit continues the Jack Ryan who is now working as a full-time analyst for the CIA, after the events of Patriot Games. He soon is thrust into a plot involving a Soviet defector, American spies, and an assassination attempt involving the Pope - John Paul II. As a huge fan of Clancy novels, I … Continue reading Red Rabbit (A Jack Ryan Novel) – Review

The Teeth of the Tiger written by Tom Clancy, tells the story of Jack Ryan Jr. who is is recruited by a secret organisation known as the Campus, which aims to take down potential terrorists. Jack must try to gather information about a potential terror threat as soon as possible and prevent it from wrecking … Continue reading The Teeth of the Tiger (A Jack Ryan Jr) – Book Review

Patriot games written by Tom Clancy, is the first Jack Ryan novel, chronologically, and the second according to the publication order. Patriot Games tells the story of Jack Ryan, who becomes the target of ULA, a mysterious terrorist organization, after foiling their plans to attack the Royal Family in London. With the ULA on his … Continue reading Patriot Games (A Jack Ryan Novel) – Book Review

An Englishman. Tall. Maybe blonde. Codename - The Jackal. That's all the French have, to track down a potentially dangerous man. The catch, however, is that the Jackal, is sent to kill the president of France, General de Gualle. How do you hunt a man down if all you know about him, is his codename? … Continue reading The Day Of The Jackal – Book Review

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 1974 spy espionage drama novel written by John Le Carre'. This is the first John Le Carre' novel I have read and therefore can't compare it with Le Carre''s other works. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy tells the story of George Smiley, who is forced out of retirement, to uncover … Continue reading Tinker Tailor Soilder Spy – Book Review

The Cigars of the Pharaoh Continuing the series of reviews of the Tintin comics, on the account of their 90th anniversary, is the Cigars of the Pharaoh. This time around Tintin and Snowy go on a quiet holiday, but their meeting with Dr. Sarcophagus leads them to the ancient tomb of Kih-Oshk. Mysterious things happen … Continue reading The Cigars of the Pharaoh and The Blue Lotus – Books review

Tintin in America is about Tintin and Snowy trying to bring down various underworld criminal organisations in 1930's Chicago. First off, I don't really like this book as much as the others. This is a good book, no doubt, but has a few weaker elements which make it not a very great book. Well, the … Continue reading Tintin in America

Tintin's turned 90 this year (or rather 90 years 7 months as of the date of publication of this post). Its really surprising that its been 90 years since Tintin and Snowy were born in the pages of Le Petit Vingtième. All of the stories still hold up very well even after almost a century … Continue reading Tintin – In the Land of the Soviets

Hunt for the Red October was written in 1984 by then first time writer Tom Clancy. The popular fictional CIA analyst, Jack Ryan was introduced for the first time in this novel about a top secret Soviet submarine - Red October, which is being hunted down by both the Russians and the Americans. The tecnologically … Continue reading The Hunt for the Red October – Book Review