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Title: Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy ISBN: 0-425-17034-9 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 07 September, 2004 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.36 (1371 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Intense "Bolt"-Action Thriller
Comment: In today's world, terrorism is rampant. The definition of terrorism is "the calculated use of violence or the threat of violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological." This means that there are people out there trying to inhibit our freedoms by any means possible. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six revolves around the world of terrorism. It is the story of John Clark, master of the Covert and Black Operations world. Clark also stars in many other Clancy novels such as "The Bear and The Dragon."
The novel is about an international Counter-Terrorist team, named Rainbow due to its multi-national make up. Different members are recruited from the world's best Counter-Terrorist teams around the world such as Seal Team 6/DEVGRU (Naval Special Warfare Development Group), SAS (Special Air Service), HRT (Hostage Rescue Team), and GSG-9 (Grenshutzgruppe 9). The team's mission is to effectively resolve terrorist situations world-wide.
The setting is modern day. Although Clancy wrote this novel in the late 90's, the equipment that Rainbow uses is still currently used in real Counter-Terrorism teams today, except the Heart Beat Sensor, which is purely theoretical. However their equipment which includes H&K MP-10s, flash bangs, NVG (Night Vision), infrared, Primacord explosive, and tactical radios are all very real and all used today.
In the novel, Clancy uses a plain, straight-forward style of writing. He also is very descriptive. His descriptions include thoughts and feelings of both Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists. He offers an insight on our recent tragedy by letting us into the minds of the terrorists within his novel. Of all the descriptions, most memorable are his bullet impacts. For example, he details how a headshot from a sniper's 7mm bullet leaves a bloody mess. I believe he uses these descriptions to symbolize the horror that terrorism aims to create, and in many cases succeeds in doing so.
I am not an avid reader; however I felt that I could not put this book down. I am very interested in the area of Counter-Terrorism and have done personal studies on the subject, so naturally this book appealed to me. However, if you enjoy reading books or novels full of action, excitement, suspense, and emotion, read Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, and I guarantee you will like it.
Rating: 3
Summary: Great story, terrible ending.
Comment: True to form, Tom Clancy has cooked up yet another super-tense technothriller. This time the threat is bioterrorism on a global scale, all part of a nefarious plot hatched by a gaggle of environmentalist wacko intelligentsia types that frequently find themselves on the receiving end of some unflattering commentary by Rush Limbaugh and his contemporaries. These "characters" are portrayed more like caricatures, with their off-the-wall ideas and somewhat corny dialogue. Throw in the ultra-sexy element of high-end, world class special ops, and you have all the makings of an awesome read -- until the end.
The basic premise is that a group of self-styled defenders of Mother Earth are conspiring to restore her to her pristine, unsullied state by eliminating the chief cause of her defilement -- humanity. They will do this by developing and deploying an ultravirulent bioagent designed to render mankind extinct -- except for themselves and a few "chosen". These will be immunized with an appropriate vaccine, and will whether the storm in a "biodome" type of facility. After the cycle of bio-death has run its course, they will emerge to rebuild humanity and civilization "as it was meant to be", in an environmentally sound and sensitive way.
These goings-on just happen to coincide with the assembly of a multinational force of special ops experts built around John Clark, with Domingo "Ding" Chavez (of "Clear and Present Danger" fame) as the XO and senior field operative. This organization, known as "Rainbow", will fill the gaps in counterterrorism efforts of other individual nations by providing an integrated rapid-response team with all the necessary jurisdictional and diplomatic details hammered out in advance. As luck would have it, little hints begin to drop and little pieces of the puzzle begin to fit together over time, allowing the goods guys ultimately to stymie the evildoers.
This one is chock full of suspense and gritty action sequences, with some slick operations involving all manner of high tech weapons and gadgetry -- you would expect nothing less from Clancy. There are also some pulse pounding hostage rescue situations where the Rainbow team shows just how good it is -- but not perfect. Generally speaking it's a great read and a good time, but I was incredibly disappointed by the anticlimactic ending -- Clancy definitely dropped the ball on this one. I'm not sure what happened, but he had an opportunity to make this a top-notch thriller and he just plain blew it. I've read only about a third to a half of what Clancy has in print, so I'll just get over it and hope the next one of his books I pick up doesn't have the same flaw.
Rating: 5
Summary: Rainbow Six = Excellent
Comment: This book was basically about an anti-terrorist group in England that were all recruited because they are the best of the best. This group works hard to get to the best they can be and there skill are put to the test when a terrorist hires other terrorist gropus to take hostages at various parts of the world. In the meantime the same terrorist is creating a deadly disease and testing this disease on random homeless people they find on the street.
The good points of this book is the action and close inspection to detail. The details in this story are really accurate and you can tell that the writer researched his information well. Another point that is good is his style of writing. You aren't just reading from the perspective of the anti-terrorist group or from the terrorists, you get a view from both sides.
Some points that I didn't really like is how it gets confusing at some points. I read this book before and I didn't understand some of the things because its very military. But after enlisting into the military and learned a lot I read this again and I understood it a lot better.
I would recommend this book to anyone that is into action books or military books. It is a good read and it will keep you entertained the whole time you read it. Although some points of the story are confusing the book is generally an easy read.
Kevin Adams
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