Patriot Games
Readers rate it 3.9 (338 on Hardcover)
1 pages · Released May 1, 1992 · Berkley
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Patriot Games parent’s guide: what’s inside
LGBTQ+ themes
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Positive messages
Positive role models
Educational value
A note for parents
Patriot Games is an adult espionage thriller with sustained tension, combat sequences, and terrorist plots that make it unsuitable for most young readers. While it rewards heroism and duty, the frequent depictions of violence, sustained threat, and mature themes are better suited to mid-to-older teenagers with reading maturity for adult fiction. The Jack Ryan character models competence and moral clarity, but the overall tone is dark and intense.
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From the publisher
Patriot Games is a thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and published in July 1987. Without Remorse, released six years later, is an indirect prequel, and it is chronologically the first book featuring Jack Ryan, the main character in most of Clancy's novels. The novel focuses on Ryan being the target of Irish terrori... Patriot Games is a thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and published in July 1987. Without Remorse, released six years later, is an indirect prequel, and it is chronologically the first book featuring Jack Ryan, the main character in most of Clancy's novels. The novel focuses on Ryan being the target of Irish terrorist group Ulster Liberation Army for thwarting their kidnapping attempt on the Prince and Princess of Wales in London.
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- Fiction
- Jack Ryan (Fictitious character)
- Sr. Ryan, Jack (Fictitious character)
- Large type books
- Fiction, thrillers, espionage
- Ryan, jack (fictitious character), fiction
- Plot driven
- #digitally-own
- Crime Mystery & Thriller
- Calibre Import
- Not Diverse Characters
- Strong Character Development
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ISBN 9780425134351 · Berkley