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Fictional Books
Tom Clancy has written a total number of eleven books with the primary character either Jack Ryan or John Clark. Some other fictional books that he has written have a primary character who shares many similarities with either Ryan or Clark. While Clancy did not write the books in chronological order, they are listed as such here.

Without Remorse (1993)
One of Clancy's more recently written books, Without Remorse is set during the Vietnam War, and deals mainly with the fight there and major drug trafficing back in the U.S. John Kelly - actually John Clark before he got recruited into the CIA and had to have his name changed - is a sort of underwater demolitions worker. He was formerly a Navy SEAL in Vietnam. Early on in the book, Kelly finds out that his girlfriend, a hitchhiker named Pamela who he picked up, was until recently a drug-addicted hooker, and now is on the run from her group of heroin-dealing pimps. However, Pamela is soon captured killed by the pimps, and Kelly is badly injured during the kidnapping. After he recovers, Kelly goes undercover as a Baltimore street wino, and begins systematically killing drug dealers. Emmet Ryan, a Baltimore Police detective and father of then eighteen year old Jack Ryan, starts investigating these murders, but can turn up nothing due to Kelly's skill. While Kelly is in the middle of his search for Pam's killers, he is recruited by Admiral James Greer of the CIA to help plan and execute a rescue mission of POW's in Vietnam. Kelly agrees, and begins training with a group of U.S. Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance troops. While he's not training, Kelly finds Billy, the drug dealer who was mainly responsible for Pam's death. He tortures Billy and gets imformation about the drug ring on the entire east coast, a corrupt cop in the Baltimore Police Narcotics section, and the names of more people in Billy's gruop. Kelly quickly destroys the whole operation. Back to Vietnam: Though Kelly and the Marines were completely ready to rescue the POW's, Kelly discovers that the camp has been alerted to their presence. This means that a mole high up in the political system must have alerted the Vietnamese. Though the mission is immediately aborted, Kelly manages to capture a KGB officer who was interogating the POW's. The prisoner is eventually exchanged for the POW's. When Kelly gets back from Vietnam, he is asked by Admiral Greer to join the CIA. The only problem, though, is that Emmet Ryan is hot on Kelly's trail, who is wanted for at least ten murders. Kelly feigns his death, and the CIA officially makes him John Clark. As Clark, he finds the man responsible for alerting the Vietnamese POW camp. Clark forces the man to give himself a drug overdose so his death will not look like a murder. The book ends with the POW's being released.

Patriot Games (1987)
ULA (like IRA), Jack Ryan, Prince of _______ (Wales?) Sean Miller, prison escape with boat, Marines, Ryan's weapon training, Ryan's wife Cathy/daughter Sally, hints of Ryan's CIA work, ULA terrorist op in U.S., lots of stuff in England, FBI in England, Calncy's second book?, etc...