- Hardcover: 480 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; 1st Edition 1st Printing edition (1 Aug 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0002245779
- ISBN-13: 978-0002245777
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 4.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 330,971 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Razio Yamata is one of Japan's most influential industrialists, and part of a relatively small cabal who exert tremendous authority in the Pacific Rim's economic powerhouse. He has devised a plan to cripple America's pre-eminent standing, humble the U.S. military and elevate Japan to a position of dominance on the world stage. Yamata's motivation lies in his desire to pay off a Debt of Honour to his parents and to the country he feels is responsible for their deaths: America. All he needs is a catalyst to set his plan in motion. When the faulty gas tank on one Tennessee family's car leads to their fiery death, an opportunistic U.S. congressman uses the occasion to rush a new trade law through the system. The law is designed to squeeze Japan economically. Instead, it provides Yamata with the leverage he needs to put his plan into action. As Yamata's plan begins to unfold, it becomes clear to the world that someone is launching a fully integrated operation against the United States. There's only one man to find out who the culprit is: Jack Ryan, the new president's National Security Advisor.
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‘Tom Clancy’s latest magnum opus – another blockbuster.’
The Times
‘With the grip of a born storyteller, Clancy casts a potent spell.’
Guardian
‘Tom Clancy’s mammoth new thriller is a convoluted cracker.’
Daily Mail
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having read and enjoyed quite a few Clancy thrillers now I finished reading this one with a feeling of disappointment.
A good political/techno thriller, as all Clancy novels up until this one are, have to have a believability factor. When reading The Sum of all Fears, The Hunt for the Red October, Red Storm Rising I thought that nothing I was reading was too farfetched, it could all happen and was therefore believable. However, Debt of Honour is too farfetched and lacks that believability factor. The politics and intentions contained within the book are just not right.
Overall, this book is a bit of a disappointment. Its farfetched plot leaves you under whelmed on finishing.
A good political/techno thriller, as all Clancy novels up until this one are, have to have a believability factor. When reading The Sum of all Fears, The Hunt for the Red October, Red Storm Rising I thought that nothing I was reading was too farfetched, it could all happen and was therefore believable. However, Debt of Honour is too farfetched and lacks that believability factor. The politics and intentions contained within the book are just not right.
Overall, this book is a bit of a disappointment. Its farfetched plot leaves you under whelmed on finishing.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It starts of with typical Clancy style and builds into a frighteningly possible conflict with the Far East. Half way through the book he hits his brilliant warfare descriptions reminiscent of Red Storm Rising and maintains it through to the end. A thrilling read.
Format:Paperback
While making your way through this book (which I rather enjoyed) you'll be amazed by the number of time that smoking and anti-smoking policies are mentioned: I'm fairly sure one character lights up while refuelling a helicopter, which isn't a good idea. I bet this is the least helpful review, too
Most Recent Customer Reviews
A meaty read
It all depends on what you want. Some stories are fairly superficial and easy to read. Other are meaty and require the reader to concentrate and remember a great many diverse... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Wordwizard
Good, But Not His Best.
The story takes a while to get going, but stick with it because it`s worth the effort as once again Tom Clancy pulls the different strands together to produce a great thriller.
Published 17 months ago by Steve
Technically impeccable, spectacular and thrilling.
Like a proper military operation, nine-tenths of the plot of this novel is preparation, and the remaining tenth is execution. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Dedonno Jason Enzo
I enjoyed it
Having just finished re-reading this one, I throughly enjoyed it, despite what some other reviewers have made of Clancy's story writing. Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2009 by Glosblue
Pays its debt and more
Forgive the cliché, but Tom Clancy is very much the literary equivalent of Marmite - you either love him or hate him. Read more
Published on 20 Oct 2008 by Dr Jones
Japan building nukes? C'mon.
Well, fiction is just that, obviously, so anything goes. However, given that Clancy does not stop cramming his political views down his readers' throats, I would expect that he'd... Read more
Published on 17 Feb 2008 by S. Laubinger
Standard Clancy
I've read quite a lot of his books and DoH didn't fail to disappoint, the whole setting up of the Japanese as the bad guys was quite convoluted but I suppose that Clancy just... Read more
Published on 14 July 2007 by Geoffrey Webb
The last Clancy I should have read
But unfortunately for me, it wasn't. No, no, I kept plodding on, half expecting that perhaps this novel was just a rubbish one-off, and that he woulod hit his stride again. Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2006 by Donaldo
An OK thriller, but very uneven.
Debt of Honour brings back Jack Ryan as National Security Adviser, just in time for a war between the US and Japan. Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2005 by "rasam23"
Debt of Honour - The Best Clancy to Date
Debt of Honour is the Clancy book that I found hardest to put down. After the first 100 pages - that are slightly sub-par compared to the rest of the book - there is a dramatic... Read more
Published on 12 July 2003 by "hpb18"
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