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In The Cardinal of the Kremlin, Tom Clancy's cutting-edge research takes readers inside Soviet and American attempts to develop a Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI). The Soviets have begun successful tests of their system, located near the border of Afghanistan. Americans race to implement their own system, Tea Clipper, so as to maintain strategic parity.
Cardinal of the Kremlin, however, is more about the shifting allegiances of the intelligence community and the unstable world of late 1980s U.S.-Soviet relations than it is about military technology. Colonel Mikhail Filitov is the Cardinal, the CIA's ear in the Kremlin and a steady source of the latest Soviet secrets. Passing microfilm through a chain of agents that begins in a Turkish bath, the Cardinal exposes a double agent in the American SDI program. Unfortunately, the KGB also knows that they have a mole in their midst. In tightly crafted narrative that rapidly cuts from the Kremlin to Afghanistan to Washington, D.C., the Americans rush to pull Filitov and his associates out before his cover is blown. Jack Ryan returns as the moral centre in a world often dominated by egos and politicking, and John Clark, ex-Navy SEAL and current CIA agent makes his first appearance in a Clancy novel (though his early life is chronicled in Without Remorse).
Clancy hits his stride in this outing, meshing a plot that earns the name "thriller" with bang-on depictions of SDI systems and a varied and interesting cast of characters. Moving beyond black-and-white depictions of the "evil empire", he delves into the altogether greyer world where political ideals meet reality. --Patrick O'Kelley
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From the reviews of The Cardinal of the Kremlin:
‘The best of the Jack Ryan series!’
New York Times
‘The USSR scenes are as good as anything in Gorky Park. Tom Clancy has written a great spy novel.’
Bob Woodward, Washington Post
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I do not like Tom Clancy as a person. I despise his totalitarian amoral politics and I canNOT stand him slapping his readers with them in his latest oversized and underwritten duds.
However, Tom Clancy was once an EXCELLENT technothriller writer. He might not have invented the genre, yet he launched it into the stratosphere.
This is HIS BEST BOOK and it is actually very good.
The mid-80's Cold-War atmosphere, the paranoia, the double-agents, the clandestine methods and the hardware are all expertly presented.
Now, him being, well...Clancy there still are stereotypes and bigoted characters galore. Deciding to overcome this however, the reader can actually enjoy this one.
Do not judge CARDINAL OF THE KREMLIN based on his deteriorated career.
However, Tom Clancy was once an EXCELLENT technothriller writer. He might not have invented the genre, yet he launched it into the stratosphere.
This is HIS BEST BOOK and it is actually very good.
The mid-80's Cold-War atmosphere, the paranoia, the double-agents, the clandestine methods and the hardware are all expertly presented.
Now, him being, well...Clancy there still are stereotypes and bigoted characters galore. Deciding to overcome this however, the reader can actually enjoy this one.
Do not judge CARDINAL OF THE KREMLIN based on his deteriorated career.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is in my modest opinion the second best book by Tom Clancy, bested only by the "Hunt for Red October".
This incredibly courageous technothriller is centered around two topics: a Soviet officer who is spying for Americans since the 60s and a new, powerful weapon, developped by USSR - a laser gun able to destroy satelites. This second topic is partly inspired by the true events - such an installation, destined to blind (not destroy) US satelites, was really build in the last years in USSR close to Duchanbe in todays Tadjikistan, but never tried on an American target.
As one of the previous reviewers pointed, this is a very pro-US book, and that is precisely the reason I call it courageous: most spy books usually try not to design one of the blocks (East or West) as being on the good side and another on the bad side. Which is not true in my modest opinion, because let's face it - during the Cold War there was one alliance made of democracies and it faced a totalitarian empire and its unwilling satelites. That alone shows which side was right and which one was wrong. And this book, as its predecessor, takes exactly this position.
The plot itself is also very daring - I do not want to give any spoilers, but towards the end my jaw dropped. Three times in a row. I was like "Oh my God, he dared to write THIS?" And I think that even now, 16 years after the end of Cold War, this books still packs an impressive power to surprise and shock you. And it is also a really good read. I recommend it warmly, as the second best technothriller ever, a perfect second part of the amazing "Hunt for Red October".
This incredibly courageous technothriller is centered around two topics: a Soviet officer who is spying for Americans since the 60s and a new, powerful weapon, developped by USSR - a laser gun able to destroy satelites. This second topic is partly inspired by the true events - such an installation, destined to blind (not destroy) US satelites, was really build in the last years in USSR close to Duchanbe in todays Tadjikistan, but never tried on an American target.
As one of the previous reviewers pointed, this is a very pro-US book, and that is precisely the reason I call it courageous: most spy books usually try not to design one of the blocks (East or West) as being on the good side and another on the bad side. Which is not true in my modest opinion, because let's face it - during the Cold War there was one alliance made of democracies and it faced a totalitarian empire and its unwilling satelites. That alone shows which side was right and which one was wrong. And this book, as its predecessor, takes exactly this position.
The plot itself is also very daring - I do not want to give any spoilers, but towards the end my jaw dropped. Three times in a row. I was like "Oh my God, he dared to write THIS?" And I think that even now, 16 years after the end of Cold War, this books still packs an impressive power to surprise and shock you. And it is also a really good read. I recommend it warmly, as the second best technothriller ever, a perfect second part of the amazing "Hunt for Red October".
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was the best Jack Ryan book so far.
Combining four tales, each intertwined with the others until the final climax is reached, the action is unrelenting, and it's edge of the seat stuff throughout.
Combining four tales, each intertwined with the others until the final climax is reached, the action is unrelenting, and it's edge of the seat stuff throughout.
The main plot involves a longstanding US spy in the higher echilons of Soviet goverment, but there's also the "secret" weapon both sides are developing, the political machinations within the Soviet hierarchy, and the Afghan rebels planning a decisive assault on a Soviet base.
Love it.
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Tom Clancy pulls a cracker out of the bag.
The story takes place in the '80's when the US and USSR were developing "Star Wars" technology. There is the added plotline of a long term spy in the Soviet Defence Ministry... Read more
Published 2 months ago by BookWorm1
clancy at his best
any tom clancy fan that has perhaps missed this book out should get a copy, go onm holiday and chill out by the pool and be entertained by this book.
Published 10 months ago by Mn Fumarola
Tom Clancys' book, The Cardinal of the Kremlin.
I have read a few of Tom Clancy books in the passed and was finding it difficult to find any in book shops I hadn't read. Read more
Published on 2 May 2010 by Mr. D. J. Sparrow
Hard going
This is the first Clancy book I have read and it will be the last. I like a good spy story but this is far too complicated for my little brain. Read more
Published on 13 Oct 2009 by Dostoyevsky
Another jack Ryan Thriller
This was the next the series of Jack Ryan books following on from Patriot Games. Ryan is now officially working for the CIA, and gets involved in a major episonage case with a... Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2009 by Glosblue
A cold war novel holding up well today
I recently read "Cardinal of the Kremlin" for a second time, having first enjoyed it about 10 years ago. I was pleased to find that it was still a good read. Read more
Published on 17 May 2007 by Mr. Christian Hoskins
Good, but flawed.
This is good book. It is one you just can't put down. The characters are great, why have I only given 2 stars then? Read more
Published on 12 July 2006 by Mrs. N. A. Miles
A gripping story
The cardinal of the kremlin is a great story with interacting an plot and amazing characters. This is one of those books you can't put down easily. Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2005 by Doris
Good spy-thriller, but a faster pace would have helped.
The Cardinal of the Kremlin takes us back to the Cold War, and is more a traditional spy thriller. The plot is actually quite intriguing with plenty of twists and turns, the... Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2005 by "rasam23"
Please make this into a film!!!
What can i say about this book!Absolutely Fantastic!!
After reading and watching Tim CLancy's 'The Sum of All Fears' i decided to follow it up by reading 'The Cardinal of the... Read more
After reading and watching Tim CLancy's 'The Sum of All Fears' i decided to follow it up by reading 'The Cardinal of the... Read more
Published on 2 Oct 2002 by "panosarvanitis"
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