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Violence
A lot
Military and cartel violence throughout; Clancy's combat sequences are detailed and realistic
Language
Some
Adult language in Clancy's military thriller register
Sexual Content
Barely any
Minimal sexual content
Substance Use
Some
The drug trade and its cartel violence are the novel's central subject
Emotional Intensity
Some
The moral complexity of a secret war fought outside legal boundaries — and the political reckoning when it goes wrong — gives the novel its political weight
What this book is about
The fifth Jack Ryan novel follows Ryan as Deputy Director of Intelligence, who discovers that a secret war against the Colombian drug cartels has gone badly wrong. Clancy writes large-scale military thrillers with extraordinary technical detail; the Colombian drug war sequences are vivid and violent. One of Clancy's best-selling and most politically engaged novels. For adult readers of military fiction.
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