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A man named Mohammed sits in a café in Vienna, about to propose a deal to a Colombian. Mohammed has a strong network of agents and sympathizers throughout Europe and the Middle East, and the Colombian has an equally strong drug network throughout America. What if they were to form an alliance, to combine all their assets and connections? The potential for profits would be enormous—and the potential for destruction unimaginable.
In the Brave New World of terrorism—where anybody with a spare AK-47, a knowledge of kitchen chemistry, or simply the will to die can become a player—the old rules no longer apply. No matter what new governmental organizations come into being, the only truly effective ones are those that are quick and agile, free of oversight and restrictions...and outside the system.
Way outside the system.
In a nondescript office building in suburban Maryland, the firm Hendley Associates does a profitable business in stocks, bonds, and international currencies, but its true mission is quite different: to identify and locate terrorist threats, and then deal with them, in whatever manner necessary. Established with the knowledge of President John Patrick Ryan, "the Campus" is always on the lookout for promising new talent, its recruiters scattered throughout the armed forces and government agencies—and three men are about to cross its radar.
The first is Dominic Caruso, a rookie FBI agent, barely a year out of Quantico, whose decisive actions resolve a particularly brutal kidnap/murder case. The second is Caruso's brother, Brian, a Marine captain just back from his first combat action in Afghanistan, and already a man to watch. And the third is their cousin...a young man named Jack Ryan, Jr.
Jack was raised on intrigue. As his father moved through the ranks of the CIA and then into the White House, Jack received a life course in the world and the way it operates from agents, statesmen, analysts, Secret Service men, and black ops specialists such as John Clark and Ding Chavez. He wants to put it all to work now—but when he knocks on the front door of "the Campus," he finds that nothing has prepared him for what he is about to encounter. For it is indeed a different world out there, and in here...and it is about to become far more dangerous.
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The Teeth of the Tiger is an immense bore.
First, the Forces of Evil (Islamistic terrorists with South American drug lords) gang up, which is about as probable as Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein alleged cooperation. With the help of the drug runners, the islamists shoot up a couple shopping malls, convincing the children of Clancy's old heroes that yes, indeed, there is evil in the world. The kiddies even overcome their consciences, becoming convinced that it is perfectly OK to murder anyone who you SUSPECT to be evil.
The youthful hit squad is armed with 1) non-detectable weapons and 2) Presidential Pardons in case they are detected after all. They then go on a killing spree for second half the book, targeting supspected islamists here and there in Europe. (Looking Arab and talking to a baddie is enough to get you murdered by the kiddies.) Yawn. Nothing can go wrong and nothing does. Pop, pop, pop, the baddies are dead and the little boys go home.
I actually dragged myself all the way through, expecting some surprise related to the drug lords might occur. Nope. Clancy just left that hanging. Or did he decide to quit in the middle, leaving the rest for the next book?
Well, I won't buy it. I've had it with Clancy. An immoral bore.
Die Erzählkunst für seine Verhältnisse bieder, allein die Szene im Einkaufszentrum reicht an alte Glanzzeiten heran! Selbst Wiederholungen (Erklärung des verwendeten Giftes, Gewissensbisse) kommen vor. Das wirkt, als ob er das Buch streckenweise "nebenher" geschrieben hat und es nicht ganz sauber lektoriert wurde. Die "authentischen" Einstreuungen von Deutsch und anderen Sprachen sind fehlerhaft, Details stimmen nicht.
Abgesehen davon ist das Buch in seinem Kern spannend angelegt, die wichtigen Charaktere werden nur am Rande eingeführt (der Emir erwartet uns sicher im Teil 2...), die Technologie unterdurchschnittlich. Wenn man bedenkt, dass Splinter Cell aus dem Tom Clancy Universum stammt, dann sind da haufenweise mehr frische Ideen drin als in diesem Buch.
Was mich bedenklich stimmt ist der sehr lockere Umgang mit dem Töten. Kaum, dass die "Guten" eine moralische Rechtfertigung durch das Einkaufszentrum-Massaker bekommen haben, schon legen sie einen nach dem anderen der Terroristen und Helfershelfer um. War das in Executive Orders noch kein Problem, sehe ich jetzt eine Tendenz, die mich zweifeln lässt. Immerhin wird dieses heikle Thema sehr lang und breit im Buch diskutiert und die "Ops" werden durch das verabreichte Gift auch ohne Gefahr für unbeteiligte Zivilisten verübt, dennoch glaube ich, dass TC jetzt eine Grenze überschritten hat, die zwar auf Stammtischniveau begrüsst wird, aber moralisch sehr grenzwertig ist.
KEIN Vergleich mit Red Storm, The Hunt for RO, The Cardinal.. Lesen Sie weiter...
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