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It's been almost two years since "Teeth of the Tiger" was released........he should be do for the follow on since TOTT sort of left you hanging. I have been combing the web and have not heard or seen any hint of when his next book is coming out. Anyone out there have a clue? TC: are you lurking today?

This one is a working title which is aiming for release on the next generation console from Microsoft, Xbox, PC, PS2 and Gamecube.The face of war has changed. Enemy lines blur, and there is no longer a clear opponent. New enemies and new threats require a new type of warfare - a new type of soldier. Enter the Ghosts.In 2013, the U.S. Army will implement the Integrated Warfighter System (IWS), evolving what we know as the modern soldier. IWS combines advanced weapon systems, satellite communication devices and enhanced survivability into one fully integrated combat system. The IWS program has...

We know now that America has been the victim of a large, well-planned, and well-executed terrorist act. The parameters are yet to be fully explored, but that won't stop the usual suspects from pontificating (and, yes, that includes me) on what happened and what needs to be done as a result.

During World War II, Frank Capra made a series of films called "Why We Fight" to rally Americans behind the war effort. Imagine a filmmaker doing that today. Actually, it's impossible to imagine. Hollywood either prefers to stay away from the war on terrorism altogether (the film version of Tom Clancy's "The Sum of All Fears" changed the villains from Islamist extremists to neo-Nazis) or to use it, even in its pre-9/11 form, as a morality play to warn against lost civil liberties (see "The Siege," starring Denzel Washington). The film community — whose exquisite sensibilities are routinely outraged by...

Readers of Tom Clancy are probably familiar with his book, Rainbow Six, which focuses on the work of an elite team of terror fighting commandos, who were formed to respond to terror attacks, especially those involving hostages. The team was formed in the sequel to his book Executive Orders, where the US Capitol building was destroyed by a terrorist acting on his own, and the US was hit by multiple attacks including one involving bioweapons. As Clancy readers will tell you, quite often Clancy’s fictional writings draw striking parallels to reality. We need look no further than the tragedy that...

CHARLIE ROSE: All right. Stay with me. John Edwards has joined us. The senator from North Carolina, a Democrat in the Senate. Senator Edwards, tell me the mood in Washington and the feeling for what they -- senators and congress people -- might want the president to say and to do. I mean is there a sense of what kind of resolution the Congress might be called on by its leadership to pass tomorrow? Sen. JOHN EDWARDS (D-NC): Well, Charlie, I think what happened is the mood in Washington changed over the course of the day. I just dropped my...

A brand name author with many admirers in the military criticized the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, citing it as proof that "good men make mistakes." That same writer said he almost "came to blows" with a leading war supporter, former Pentagon adviser Richard Perle. The author is Tom Clancy. The hawkish master of such million-selling thrillers as "Patriot Games" and "The Hunt for Red October" now finds himself adding to the criticism of the Iraq war, and not only through his own comments. His latest book, "Battle Ready," is a collaboration with another war critic, retired Marine Gen. Anthony C....

We know now that America has been the victim of a large, well-planned, and well-executed terrorist act. The parameters are yet to be fully explored, but that won't stop the usual suspects from pontificating (and, yes, that includes me) on what happened and what needs to be done as a result. A few modest observations: • As I write this we only know the rough outlines of what has taken place. We do not know exactly who the perpetrators were, though we have heard from Vice President Dick Cheney that there is "no question" that Osama bin Laden had a ...

WASHINGTON - Laura Bush says her husband is a poet even if, uh, Americans don't know it. At a gala Friday night kicking off this weekend's third National Book Festival, Mrs. Bush celebrated the written word in an age of visual media, thanking American authors for their "tales of mystery, history and heroism." "A good book is like an unreachable itch; you just can't leave it alone," she said at the Library of Congress, repository of 126 million books, recordings, photographs, maps, manuscripts and more. She revealed that President Bush had penned a poem for her when she got back...

British Prime Minister Tony Blair's recent visit reminded us of Britain's stake in the war against terrorism. For more than three decades, the British have fought a war of their own against the IRA that has cost thousands of lives on both sides of the Irish Sea. More recently, we've learned that English cities have become hotbeds for radical Islam. The would-be "shoe bomber," Richard Reid, is a product of this. With all of this real-world material to draw from, you wouldn't expect a television program about Britain's elite security service to portray a made-up threat to British security. But...

Author Tom Clancy has loads of interesting things to say in a new interview with Newsweek, including America’s "suicidal openness to strangers” and the government's neutering of the CIA. The sections on the news media are also provacative: Q. So you advocate a press that does act as a check, even though you were just complaining about too many checks and balances in government. A. Unfortunately, in the last 20 years, the press has kind of put its own spin on things, and that’s not what you guys are paid to do. Q. You’ve said that you’re proud to be...

Aug. 12 — Tom Clancy’s fans believe his political plots are visionary. Long before the threat of a dirty bomb taunted the public imagination, the best-selling author had written “The Sum of All Fears,” about Palestinian radicals who detonate a nuclear explosive at the Super Bowl. Even more eerily prescient was his 1994 novel “Debt of Honor,” in which a suicidal pilot crashes a jumbo jet into the Capitol. CLANCY’S NEW NOVEL—released this week—seems just as tuned in to the current zeitgeist. “The Teeth of the Tiger” is premised upon an argument for pre-emptive action by a super-secret spy group—set...

<p>Was best-selling author Tom Clancy pressured to drop his franchise character from his newest thriller because of ageism?</p> <p>And is he writing his own books?</p> <p>The answer to the first question, according to sources, is "yes." Jack Ryan is not the star of "The Teeth of the Tiger," which will be published next week by Putnam. Instead, the hero with the Teeth is John Ryan, Jack's dashing — and much younger — son, Jack Jr.</p>

Book DescriptionA man named Mohammed sits in a café in Vienna, about to propose a deal to a Colombian. Mohammed has a strong network of agents and sympathizers throughout Europe and the Middle East, and the Colombian has an equally strong drug network throughout America. What if they were to form an alliance, to combine all their assets and connections? The potential for profits would be enormous-and the potential for destruction unimaginable. In the Brave New World of terrorism-where anybody with a spare AK-47, a knowledge of kitchen chemistry, or simply the will to die can become a player-the...

There has been plenty of commentary on the “Video Game” syndrome with today’s youth. Granted, without the proper guidance from the guardian, with games, and other areas of upbringing, one could easily get deranged to the point of Columbine. If however, there is a proper guidance path laid forth, some games could be an educational tool. If, you’re an adult player, there is definitely something to gain from some games…may I introduce Ghost Recon, Manufactured by UBI Soft. Over the years, we have imagined what a revolution would be like in today’s times. We have read the commentary of US...

Tom Clancy was on Kudlow and Cramer tonight pushing his new book. I didn't see the beginning of the interview; did they ask about the changes to "Sum of All Fears" in making the movie?I wondered, will I buy the new book, or boycott it in response to his allowing Hollywood to make PC dictated changes in bringing his book "Sum of All Fears" to the screen? I haven't seen "Sum..", but the changes I'm aware of are changing the villians from Arabs to (?), changing the camouflage for the bomb from a commercial video recorder owned by a TV...

Tom Clancy was on Kudlow and Cramer tonight pushing his new book. I didn't see the beginning of the interview; did they ask about the changes to "Sum of All Fears" in making the movie?I wondered, will I buy the new book, or boycott it in response to his allowing Hollywood to make PC dictated changes in bringing his book "Sum of All Fears" to the screen? I haven't seen "Sum..", but the changes I'm aware of are changing the villians from Arabs to (?), changing the camouflage for the bomb from a commercial video recorder owned by a TV...

As an avid moviegoer, I love nothing better than a good political thriller. Still, I am boycotting the newest Tom Clancy movie "The Sum of All Fears." While the Ben Affleck-Morgan Freeman vehicle might be a great summertime blockbuster, I refuse to see it because of a large, ugly plot change: The book's villains were Palestinian terrorists who gain access to a nuclear device, and the movie moguls magically transformed the villains into "neo-Fascists." As a good American, I have a burning hatred of "neo-Fascists" just as much as the next guy, but the whitewashing of the book greatly angers...

Book NewsClancy goes prequel route for latest RYAN book Shortcuts dramatic corner he painted Ryan into by making him president Dateline: Thursday, May 2, 2002 By: CHRISTOPHER ALLAN SMITH By: News Editor Source: Putnam Publishing The release date has been set for Tom Clancy’s latest in the JACK RYAN series. Having written himself into a bit of a dramatic corner by making his hero the President of the United States in the last two books, is going the prequel route with RED RABBIT. RABBIT tells the story of an attempt by Yuri Andropov’s attempt to assassinate Pope John Paul...