THE TEETH OF THE TIGER

Tom Clancy continues the saga of Jack Ryan, except that Ryan doesn't actually show up in the story. He's mentioned only as part of the background. Instead his son, Jack, Jr., takes center stage. Junior and two of his cousins work in deep cover for "The Campus," an organization that studies the electronic traffic of terrorists and then avenges their actions. Our heroes go after a terrorist cell, using the strategy of cutting off the head and letting the body die. Stephen Lang joins the ranks of readers such as Paul Michael and Scott Brick, whose styles are young, fluid, and well chosen for the thriller genre. D.R.W. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine [Published: APR/MAY 05]