Rainbow Six - Tom Clancy

...response to terrorist situations (callsign Rainbow Six). Like UPS with guns. His group is comprised of SAS, Israelis, French, Germans etc and works in collaboration with world governments to kick ass and chew bubblegum wherever appropriate. Clancys descriptions of Rainbow Six's takedowns of various and often very believable terrorist situations is absolutely gripping and really makes you picture the action in your head. Everything from Amusement ...
...franchise of this character with Rainbow 6 as he did with Jack Ryans character (Clarke has appeared previously in Clancys books but not as a main charcter). Overall, it's an intelligently written book with suspenseful moments that makes you wish the Americans really were that good at dealing with global threats. Available in hardback and paperback from virtually all stores, I would recommend it as a good read for those who like warfare based Thrillers ...

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...from the side of the Rainbow warriors and from the opposition. The research that goes into such a book has been well carried out. There are no glaringly obvious gaps or unbelievable weapons or tactics used. The science side appears sound also. Everything appears to be totally logical and done for a reason. Here Tom Clancy has been very clever. Instead of the usual type of terrorist, the villains are what would normally be considered as the heights ...
...The action switching from the Rainbow personnel to the others. The action travels at a fast pace, especially the action sequences. Anti terrorist strikes are well handled and you Appreciate the problems of forces who have to undertake such operations. You can also see the appeal for computer games. The opposition has, in some reviews, been labelled as "crazies". This is the norm for those who oppose, But are they? This is not your "normal" world ...

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...of the exploits of the Rainbow Six team, and on the other he follows a Russian, who is ex-KGB but is being asked to perform some strange chores. These chores directly affect the Rainbow Six team. There is an overall reason for these events happening when they do, but I would rather you read it yourself than I give the game away. Clancy is a brilliant storyteller. He feeds you the information in little sections at just the right time so that you ...
...He creates circumstances that are completely believable and possibly a little worrying. You begin to realise that the things that happen in this story, could also happen in real life if the right people wished it so. I found this book to be a very compelling read that I rarely put down. I found that the author never went off on tangents and so the story flowed very nicely. The price on the back of the book says £6.99, but I’m sure that it ...

damon1 17.01.2004 · Read full review
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I bought Rainbow Six because I had played the computer game of the same name (which is brilliant by the way) and i liked the sound of the plot. It is a long book (800+ pages) but believe me it is worth it. The book keeps you hooked because there are about three different storylines going on throughout the book which only come together at the end. The basic proviso behind the game is that a new multinational taskforce recruited from the cream of the ...
...travels all around the world and does the job if the local police can't handle a hostage situation or similiar terrorist goings on. This force is called Rainbow and its leasder is John Clark, codenamed Six, hence the name. Anyway this book is brilliant, BUY IT NOW!!!!!!! ...

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Rainbow Six based around a multi-national Special Forces team based in England, and is run by, surprise surprise, an American. Anti-American tendancies aside, the book mainly follows John Clark, the Head of Rainbow Six but branches of to follow each incident, before returning again to the main storyline. After watching the films ‘Clear& Present Danger’ and ‘Patriot Games’, I’d been waiting for this book by the same writer, Tom Clancy. Having said ...

yagasat 08.07.2000 · Read full review
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...finally getting around to reading Rainbow Six. However, I must say it was a bit of a disappointment. The plot for me was just too far fetched. The two main characters, Domingo (Ding) Chavez and John Clarke are beginning to show there age, and it all seemed a little bit like Clancy was desperately trying to wring out another book 'starring' these two. The bite and excitement of Clear and Present Danger, where these two were really introduced, was ...
...throughout. Chavez's impending fatherhood is also a bit of a bizarre side-track, and adds nothing to the story. And I also found the constant references to England and English life a bit patronising. The comment about how hard it is to master the art of driving with roundabouts seemed to make Americans appear a touch stupid, and the references to the surprisingly good beer were annoying. That said, the technical stuff is as usual excellent. The ...

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With Jack Ryan now safely ensconsed as the president John Clark and his son in law/assistant are unemployed so they are given new work to do in leading the crack worldwide anti terrorist/hostage rescue squad. All seems to be going along fine until someone decides the world is too quiet and starts to reopen old terrorist cells in an effort to cover his main ambitions which is to destroy the world with a doomsday device. Through many different scenes ...

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R A I N B O W S I X How great is this book? It takes a while to get going but Mr. Clancy certainly has an imagination alright. In my opinion this book has been severely under-rated, it has only had justice by having the production of the Action- Strategy game completed. This book is one that i may forget in future years, BUT, i will come back to all 600+ pages to re-read and enjoy it all again... John Clark and his squad who kick some serious ...
...If you like the book - buy the game If you read this review BUY both dammit :-) Do the man a favour and purchase this winner, for heavens sake, i don't read that often but i certainly read to the end with this novel read on, peeps Matt ...

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The Rainbox Special forces unit has members from elite units all over the world (England,Israel,Germany,America etc), that is designed to remain in the background and called into action when the situation calls for them. Their Missions are mostly run of the mill stuff such as Hostage rescues however as the book progresses they find themselves getting into more and more dangerous situations even upto the point where their unit is brutally ambushed. ...
...it features several of his previous books characters such as John Clark and Domingo Chavez. Without giving the book away it centres around a multi-national company with deluded ideas of preserving the environment and saving the world by eradicating most of mankind through quite an ingenious (if not totally over the top) plan involving the olympic games, and so the company sets up various terrorist actions to raise the worlds security awareness in ...

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...buy it! Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six is a must have for all you gamers out there that enjoyed the game. It fully embodies the hazy areas in the game, giving the plot true depth and character. Each player on the game instantly becomes very real with a history and an individual personality. Making you relive those gaming days, taking down what you thought were just pixels! It turns Rainbow six from fiction to real life! The true beauty of having read ...
...as far as thrillers go Rainbow six may seem to many, as yet another glorification of the international systems police, "Mr America with the world's safety at the forefront of his agenda". It's a common trait for many of Mr Clancy's novels and it can therefore become slightly uninteresting to read other novels from the author. Although gripping, the story line does have a degree of predictability, and towards the end of the 800 page book you find ...

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Rainbow is the codename for a secret crime fighting operation based in Heroford in the UK. The head of this orginisation is John Clark (stared in the previos books Executive Orders, Dept of Honour, Cardinal of the Kremlin and others) who has to face ghosts from his own past as he tries to unravel the conections in a seiries of terrorist acts. The book is named after the caracters position as he is frequently called Rainbow Six. Also in this book ...
...book than Clark) who is team leader of the second team (there are two sets of teams under two different people) also we see Julio (oso) vega. The orginisation has its first job on its hands as a bank in Bern is robbed (If you've played the game it follows a slightly different plot and has different people involed but it all comes down to the same end as the game) and then all kinds of other terrorist attacks go on in a short period of time and Clark ...

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Rainbow Six, Imagine visiting your all-time favourite theme park, just as your tucking into that soft succulent jam donut with extra chocolate sprinkles that you’re just purchased from the acne clad teenager on the food stand, when you notice something isn’t quite right. Two minutes later you find yourself caught up in the middle of a major terrorist incident, who you gonna call…… Rainbow Six (No quite as catchy as ghost busters) Rainbow Six, ...
...specialists who are thrown together to combat the increasing terrorist activity across the Globe. What I particularly liked about the book is that it is not all based upon American locations, but incorporates European and British storylines. I couldn’t put this book down, you are catapulted from one terrorist incident to the next, wondering what on earth is going on until you discover the gripping subplot that connects all of these seemingly isolated ...

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Sit back, relax and pick up that heafty book from the coffee table. open the front cover and let your eyes drift to the first few words...but first make sure you have a lot of time to spare because you won't this book down very easily. Imagine yourself at the last Sydney Olympics...the cool refreshing water sprays in the corridors to ward of the heat. Then you find out that those same sprays contain a deadly virus that will wipe out most of the ...
...debilitating scenario is the theme of the twisting rollercoaster of a ride through Clancy's latest novel, taking you into the minds of fanatics and ruthless assassins as well as our familiar hero John Clark. As the danger hits too close to home, the fight becomes more than professional...it's personal for Clark and his newly formed team of black-ops personnel who have to save the world before it is consumed by the deadliest organism on the planet. ...

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...International special forces unit called Rainbow headed up by John Clark. There are lots of terrorsit attacks on the West while John is in charge which disturb him and he wonders about the timing of these attacks. The main characters are very likeable and he paints a good picture of the men behind the black clad special forces uniforms. There is loads of action and it stays in your hand for hours. The plot is well designed but it is I have to admit ...

Totally_mad_4000 17.12.2000 · Read full review
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...through the construction of the Rainbow international anti-terrorist team and gives a little background and depth on each member of the team which consists of explossive experts and snipers etc, who have been brought together from forces such as the SAS and Delta force, it takes you through day to day training and there life. While from a different angle it is developing the terrorist organisation which is working through different factions in the ...
...and empathise with both the terrorists and the anti-terrorist at the same time, whether it is the insane scientists or the IRA or the Rainbow team. You end up feeling like you're part of the families involved and that Domingo Chavez and John Clark have known you for years. ...

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