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TEETH OF THE TIGER, THE
by Tom Clancy
G. P.Putnam's Sons, August 2003
431 pages
$27.95
ISBN: 039915079X


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Located in a Maryland suburb office building are the offices of Hendley Associates, a seemingly innocent business dealing with stocks and bonds and international currencies. In reality it houses a privately funded vigilante organization, The Campus, founded by the then President Jack Ryan. Its purpose is to identify and locate terrorists threats and deal with them in whatever manner necessary even if that manner be beyond the legal systems.

Its latest recruits are fraternal twin brothers: Dominic and Brian Caruso, and their cousin, Jack Ryan, Jr. Dominic is a FBI agent who has taken the law into his own hands by shooting a child killer. Brian is a Marine captain who has demonstrated his abilities in Afghanistan. Jack, the son of ex-president Jack Ryan, is a recent graduate from Georgetown University.

There is an insidious association formed between the Islamic terrorists and the Colombian drug smugglers which will expand the drug distribution in Europe and will help the terrorists gain entrance into the United States where the terrorists hope to move the killing field to 4 shopping malls in mid-America. The drug smugglers hope that the terrorist activity in the U.S. will divert U.S. attention from the drug problem.

The Caruso brothers are shopping in one of the malls targeted by the terrorists. In the ensuing conflict they succeed in killing four of the terrorists, but many innocent shoppers are killed by the terrorists. Hendley Associates sets its agents into high gear to wreak America's vengeance against the perpetrators of the atrocity. Brian, Dominic and Jack fly to Europe to take down the terrorists and its supporters.

This is a disappointing Clancy novel. Only 431 pages instead of the usual Clancy 1000+ pages, it is a predictable story with long boring descriptions of training and operational exercises. There is little character development. The dialogue between the characters is simplistic. There are many repetitive sections and many references to previous Jack Ryan novels. There is enough action against the terrorists to move the story along, but much is left unresolved.

If you must read the latest Clancy novel, wait until it comes out in paperback. Save your money.

Reviewed by Barbara Buhrer, September 2003

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