Patriot Games Essay, Research Paper

If your looking for a great novel full of action and suspense but much more believable than many science fiction stories, definitely

consider reading Patriot Games by Tom Clancy. This superbly-written novel is one of the many award-winning best-selling Tom Clancy books. Among these are such great novels as The Hunt For Red October, Clear and Present Danger, Debt of Honor, and Executive Orders.

This fantastic novel deals with the serious threat of Irish terrorists to the world’s safety. In this book the main character Jack Ryan, a C.I.A. analyst/college history teacher, is thrown into the world of international terrorism when he bravely jumps into an attack against the English Royal Family and saves the Prince, Princess, and their son from assassination. As the terrorists attack Jack Ryan’s family and seriously injure them, he decides to work full time at the C.I.A. analyzing photos of terrorist camps taken by satellites. But the irrepressible terrorists, led by Irishman Kevin O’Donnell, plot to attack the Ryan’s house in America as the vacationing Royal

Family pays them an unscheduled visit. As the terrorists attack the house and secure the Royal Family and the Ryans, get ready for a

killer bang-up climax that you have to read to fully appreciate!