What do You think about Without Remorse (1994)?
Without Remorse is a action/thriller during the Vietnam War. The book is filled with twists and turns at every corner. You'll find yourself flying across oceans, on ships, underwater, or in the big city. It will keep your attention and you will not want to put it down. The takes place in America and Vietnam. The book follows the life of John Clark, a Vietnam War veteran whose wife just died in a deadly automotive accident. He will meet new people from around the world and do things many people will never even consider doing. At the same time, a up-and-coming drug dealer is beginning to emerge from the shadows to stake their claim on the East Coast. Clancy writes the book from multiple perspectives. This allows the different viewpoints on the same situation to allow you to see through both sides' perspectives. You will come to know the characters throughout the book and learn more about their life. I started this book with no prior knowledge to how Tom Clancy writes. The detail of everything astonished me.Tom Clancy somehow finds to includes small military words, speech, and other things that make it such a realistic experience.While reading the story, you will be immersed in the world of covert operations, intelligence agencies, and underground drug dealers. Each one of these lives are brought out to full detail. The story grabs you from the beginning and won't let you go until the end. There are many twists and turns throughout the book that will keep you guessing all the way to the end. The story makes you want to see each plot lead through. Every character is created with care and has their own personality.
—Anthony
Kelly is a Navy Seal back in the states as Vietnam rages half way across the globe. He's done his service, and well, and is now working as an underwater demolitions expert. Of course, that all changes when his pregnant wife is accidentally killed. Several months pass. Then on a wimhe picks up a female hitch hiker while he is on the way to his boat. (he lives on an island somewhere off the coast of MD that used to be a military site).The hitch hiker has a horrendous past, she's running from some very bad people, and is addicted to drugs. That is where the book really takes off.***Spoiler Alert***The good...-Kelly is a very likable character. He's tough, but the very same things that make him so resiliant also show his humanity. -The love story between Kelly and Pam is very sweet. There is something touching about the two of them finding each other.The bad...-Pam dies. That sucked. I like happy endings. -The way that Pam dies. The retelling of that tale is just to brutal. I actually debated about giving the book a lower rating because I found it disturbing. But then I argued with myself that if it was giving my nightmares, I guess it was effective. -The cross story about the POW's and how they were off the books was interesting, but I think it could have been done quicker. It was a lot of subplot for what I felt was little return. Kelly needed the out at the end, but I don't think the story needed that much detail to make it happen.-In the end, Henry got it too quick. He should have been the one in the high pressure chamber.A very good read, and the overall happy ending with Nurse O'Toole in the end was a nice touch. I liked that Kelly was at peace by the last page. And while Jack Ryan is just barely in this book, it is considered the first in the series. Looking forward to reading the next one, although I think Kelly becomes a side character from here on in.
—Matthew Esham
Another international masterpiece, Without Remorse by Tom Clancy, is solidly in the winner’s circle. Clancy has created a culinary smorgasbord to please any taste. First you take sex, drugs and murder; add a pinch of love and mix it all slowly together. To this you add war and espionage, making an unforgettable meal of words. Love, sex, drugs and war… what more can you ask? John Kelly, a semi-retired Navy Seal, finds himself in a world he didn’t know; the world of drugs and dealers. His special training helps him orientate himself and makes him dangerous to the kingpins of that world. When his girlfriend is brutally killed, he vows revenge and does this without remorse. On the other side of the world POW’s, that are reported dead, are being questioned by Russian and tortured by their Vietnamese captors. Believed dead, these prisoners have but one chance of freedom; John Kelly. John is certainly the man for the job but who will look after his interests at home? A job worth doing is a job worth doing well……. John does his job well. Another winner for this acclaimed champion of suspense; it is a read for everyone.
—Thom Swennes
