Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

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The U.S. Army’s Special Forces are known for their highly specialized training and courage behind enemy lines. But there’s a group that’s even more stealthy and deadly. It’s comprised of the most feared operators on the face of the earth—the soldiers of Ghost Recon.

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Overview

The U.S. Army’s Special Forces are known for their highly specialized training and courage behind enemy lines. But there’s a group that’s even more stealthy and deadly. It’s comprised of the most feared operators on the face of the earth—the soldiers of Ghost Recon.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780425220146
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 11/4/2008
  • Series: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Series
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • Sales rank: 85,582
  • Product dimensions: 4.20 (w) x 7.40 (h) x 1.20 (d)

Meet the Author

Tom Clancy
Tom Clancy
Tom Clancy is America's, and the world's, favorite international thriller author. Starting with The Hunt for Red October, all sixteen of his previous books have hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. His books, The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, and The Sum of All Fears have been made into major motion pictures. He lives in Maryland where he is a co-owner of the Baltimore Orioles.
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    1. Hometown:
      Huntingtown, Maryland
    1. Date of Birth:
      April 12, 1947
    2. Place of Birth:
      Baltimore, Maryland
    1. Education:
      Loyola High School in Towson, Maryland, 1965; B.A. in English, Loyola College, 1969

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 22, 2010

    So bad SyFy wouldn't make a movie out of it...

    ...and I love bad SyFy channel movies. This book was worse than terrible. I am a Tom Clancy fan, and a member of my family bought me this travesty as a gift, thinking it was by Tom Clancy.

    She could not have been more wrong.

    This literary debacle was actually written by David Michaels, who for all intents and purposes may as well be a twelve-year-old video game fanatic who can recite the stats of various digital characters and weapons purely from memory. In fact, that seems to be exactly what he does when describing both. There is virtually no growth for any of the two-dimensional cast, whose interactions are as stilted and unnatural as could possibly be imagined. To continue, I suppose I shall just explain my ratings:

    Characters - As I said earlier, they may as well be made from cardboard. There is no development and each one seems to be dictated by a single personality trait that makes all of their actions and reactions worse than predictable. The most compelling character was the nemesis' ancient family sword.
    Plot - Left much to be desired. It seemed to be completely focused on putting the main characters into ridiculous situations where their only possible escape was a seemingly impossible yet non-altogether-unexpected stunt which involved the gridly deaths of an obscene number of emeny goons, each one in a different and equally gory manner.
    Writing Style - May as well be nonexistant. Michaels writes with a slow, boring narrative that never diverges from its obvious path to explain either motivations or thought processes. He sticks to simply telling what happened, spending more time on describing suns than what the characters were doing and why.
    Originality - The book was inspired by a video game. Need I say more? I will: though he does not simply re-hash a video game's background story, there is nothing either new or exciting in Michaels writing. Nothing makes you think or surprises you.
    Book Cover - I gave this one 2 stars because it does actually make you think (at least for a second) that the book (which I cannot, for obvious reasons, dignify with the descriptor 'novel') was written by Tom Clancy. Poor Tom; he's having his reputation ruined by drivel. At least the deception is for a good cause: David Michaels doesn't seem to have any marketable skills.

    The book is not offbeat. In fact, it's so on-beat that it's preposterous. Keep wishing that Michaels will throw you a curveball, but at the same time you are 100% certain that he won't. It's actually sad. The book is not dramatic. The descriptions are lackluster and a couple of times I found myself thinking "I'm pretty sure that word doesn't mean what Mr. Michaels thinks it means." But then, that's the editor's job, isn't it? The book is neither touching nor romantic; there are only 2 female characters who appear for all of about 3 scenes, and there is no emotion to be found anywhere. I was also never thrilled, in any sense of the word, by Ghost Recon.

    Ghost Recon is not good for book clubs; it's boring. I would rather sleep away a rainy day or simply watch the rain fall - it's more interesting, you see. I could better escape by twiddling my thumbs and, having recieved the book as a gift, I would rather have the money. The only reason it's in my permanent library is because I don't throw books away. It gets 2 stars for topical conversation, however, because a good conversation could begin like this:
    "Dude, have you re

    8 out of 20 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 5, 2012

    Hi im cool

    Im ten and i thout it was awesome.





    4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted November 6, 2008

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    The game's manual is a better read.

    Tom Clancy's reputation is being ruined by having his name on books written by other, less skilled writers. I was hoping for something a little more tactical along the lines of Rainbow Six or Without Remorse. What I got was a novel written by a fan of the video games.<BR/><BR/>The writing was choppy and extremely narrative. I imagine it can be hard to find an author with tactical experience, but it was clear that David Michaels only did cursory research. It's most likely that he relied upon knowledge gained from video games and movies.<BR/><BR/>The blatant product placement of Blackhawk tactical equipment (namely their MOD knives) made me wince. When Mr. Michaels talked about the equipment it was like the descriptions were pulled right from the catalog. Frankly, I was surprised not to find the price in there somewhere. <BR/><BR/>The phychology of the characters left a bit to be desired. Sure, it was neat to see the history of Scott Mitchell and some personality put to the other team members, but they didn't quite stack up to the reality of speial operations personnel that I know. Granted I don't know any US Army Special Forces members but I can't imagine their phycologically that diverse from Force Recon or SEALs. I imagine that David Michaels read Shooter (by Jack Coughlin), and this is about on par with that trash.<BR/><BR/>The cover did look cool though. That's why I bought it.

    2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 22, 2012

    Ghost Recon

    Good read, disliked the slow parts where there wasnt alot of action but overall really good and i would recommend this book

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 2, 2013

    Great Book!!

    I really enjoyed this book, a must read!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 7, 2013

    One over the other

    Book was good but the games old and complcated black ops 2 is way beter

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 6, 2013

    ??????????

    Is this the first book?

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 2, 2013

    Ghost Recon

    Is this book good

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 18, 2012

    It was a vudeo game first

    Then a book. Both by Tom Clancy.

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 17, 2012

    Slasher

    Growls and kicks bird in the back,sending her hurtling into the space bridge. Gem jumps in after her sister,followed by slasher and lark.

    0 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 17, 2012

    Brazier

    Ish back at da base

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 12, 2012

    Good book so far

    I am currently reading this book. So far it seems to be well constructed. I have read a number of Clancy's books and this looks to be another good one.

    You already have my pen name.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 4, 2012

    Isnt thiw qvid ge

    This is a video game book right?

    0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 4, 2012

    N/A

    I have not read this novel yet

    0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 28, 2012

    Got better in 2nd half

    Lots of action after ch. 25. Like the ending, but VERY slow start. Maybe I will try second book...

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 7, 2012

    Look amazing

    I havent bought thus yet but it looks like a good book to read

    0 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 19, 2012

    Awesome

    If you love the game tjen you will love the book!!!!!

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 27, 2012

    A

    Three words, Tom Clancy Book. That is all I need to describe this book

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 10, 2012

    Interested into military

    Somehow i do jot know how he got interested into military somehow. Does anyone know?

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 13, 2012

    Awsome read

    I love all game book movie of Tom Clany i also like thisthis book ihope the auther wrote more books and all you people callin him (the auther) a "video game addict" are wrong he is not a video game addict cause if he was he wouldnt write this book. I got Tom Clany's Ghost Recon Avanced Warfighter for Xbox360 Tom Clancy Splinter Cell Conviction for Ipod touch 4 generation im workin on Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Avanced Warfighter 2 allbthe hawx games alkvsplinter cell games and Tom Clancy's newest game Tom Clancy's Future Soldier.

    0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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