The Bear and the Dragon: 8 (Jack Ryan Novel)

Builds to an excitingly cinematic climax as Ryan toils to bring the world back from the brink of nuclear war. --Entertainment Weekly

Once Clancy pulls the trigger...nobody can touch his gift for describing combat. --People

Those who like heart-stopping action in their thrillers will not be disappointed...Entertaining and eminently topical...Clancy still reigns. The publication of The Bear and the Dragon reminds his fans that he is not likely to be dethroned any time soon. --The Washington Post

Exhilarating...You'd have to be numb not to be impressed by the scale of [Clancy's] ambition, his feel for the way information now flashes instantaneously across the globe, his mastery of technological developments. No other novelists is giving so full a picture of modern conflict, equally adeptly depicting those at the top and bottom of military and intelligence systems. --The London Sunday Times

The most intricately plotted and in some ways the most satisfying of his military-techno thrillers since The Hunt For Red October...There's enough new technology to satisfy the most demanding Clancy fan...A juicy novel within a novel, full of heavy artillery, intrepid aviators and shrewd generals. --The Orlando Sentinel

Clancy has a knack for stories that appear to come out of the daily headlines. The Bear and the Dragon confirms his title as a master of techno-thrillers. --The Montreal Gazette

Interesting characters...too-real plotting. --The Florida Times-Union

Clancy manages to thrill...The guts, the fun of these books, are the high-tech devices, the ingenious schemes and the inside look at military tactics. Clancy delivers here. --The Denver Post

Clancy is a master of detail--especially those having to do with military action and weapons...And he builds strongly moral, attractive characters, ones we would like to emulate. --The Houston Chronicle

The Bear and the Dragon works...Hypnotic appeal. --The Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Megasuspense...thrilling. --Indianapolis Star