Debt of Honor: A Jack Ryan Novel

This and the next book Executive Orders really feel like one 2000 page book. And I would argue that these are the two best books in the series. A lot of fans might try to tell you Patriot Games or Clear and Present Danger are the best. Those are also great but no the best book is this one and the sequel. The ending of Debt of Honor was the most insane exhilarating ending I ever read. I had finished a 200 page reading session with no breaks and I still immediately had to start the next book. All the books are great, but if you are enjoying the series you at least have to make it this far, you will not regret it. Tom Clancy was on top of his game here.

Even in its complexity the power of each of the multiple stories came through. The detail and management of the writing to explain multiple simultaneous action threads was amazing. And of course all of the heroes shined. The most intricately plotted of all, even surpassing Hunt for Red October

Tom Clancy was all over the place, four different stories going on all at once. Amazing how it started with a faulty car crash, that changed the world. Then it got so confusing, I did not or could follow are the characters, I thought I was reading a Shaspere play.The last quarter of the story was a nail bitter. After 9/11, that suicide plane would have never happened.

Long book with a lot of military jargon that I found hard to read. Enjoyed reading the book, but it was a slow read. It’s scary how easily war can result from one or two bad decisions made by others.

I've never read a novel or watched a movie by Tom Clancy that wasn't absolutely stellar. This is no exception. It's a must read!

I have read almost all of the original Jack Ryan novels previously. When I purchased this book, I wasn't aware that I had already read it. As I started reading, the story plot starting coming back to me. This story has Jack becoming the National Security Advisor. The 1st adventure has John Clark and Ding involved in the capture of a terrorist and returning him to his Government to be tried. This is soon followed by Clark and Ding being sent to Japan to follow up on the possibility of a missing girl being found.The adventure in Japan takes a new twist when a group of dissident Japanese businessmen attempt to take over the Government and try to bring the downfall of the United States by sabotaging the software of the stock market resulting in a financial crisis. At the same time, the Prime Minister in Japan is replaced by Goto, a puppet for the business group. Aa a result of action taken by this group, an armed conflict is created when during an exercise, the Japanese Navy torpedoed two of the U.S. Aircraft Carrriers taking them out of commission. This was intentional. In addition, two of the U.S. Submarines were destroyed.These action and the response to them fell on Jack. With the help of Robby, J3 on the Joint Chief of Staff's organization, and with George Winston's help, they were able to stave off the Japanese and bring the conflict to a conclusion. In this regard, there is a great deal of combat action going on that you need to read to get a clear understanding of what lengths the group of Japanese traitors were willing to have happen.The ending of this book was not expected. Even though I had previously read this book, I enjoy this series so much that I reread most of the early stories previously.I highly recommend this book and any of the latter series dealing with Jack Jr. and the Campus as well as an additional stories related to the addition term as President that John Ryan, as he is now called, leading to a lot more adventures.

Tom Clancy was known as a thorough, detailed and meticulous writer. Stellar research, with a firm understanding and grasp of facts from diverse fields of expertise, he knew how to spin a yarn into a compelling and exciting story.This novel was no different than his others in that regard. Reader beware, however, because this Jack Ryan novel differs from Clancy's previous 'Ryan' tomes in that there is less Ryan in the mix.At times I found it rough going, because the depths of detail in so many diverse academic fields. From historical, nautical, avionics, micro & macroeconomic disciplines to (of course) military and spec ops, you might find yourself asking "What does this have any relationship to do with THAT?"Just keep reading and slogging your way through it all, and you will be rewarded, as Mr. Clancy sure knew how to tie voluminous amounts of information into a tidy bow!

good read

Building my Tom Clancy collection on Kindle Books. Borrowed this one from the library years ago. Remembered it was a good read and wanted to own it. About 1/4 of the way through so far. Really enjoying it!

Great.

Again why using so many words when you give a perfect on the star evaluatio, c'est une perte de temps

Once you get past the beginning and the context-setting parts, it gets thrilling, the Tom Clancy's way: great character development, movie-like storytelling. It has a great 'flow' to it. As someone living in Japan, it felt pretty real and believable.