Patriot Games

Key Takeaways

Kyle, in 2024 in Books: I was at Pioneer Book, one of my favorite bookstore, and there was some insane sale. “Buy 7+ books —> get 18% OFF. Buy 24+ books —> get 47% OFF.” My first thought was “who in God’s name is buying 7 or 24 books at once? But then I realized that I could be that person. So I went looking for 24 books to buy. And one series caught my eye: Tom Clancy’s Ryanverse. I remembered watching some of the Harrison Ford movies when I was a kid and I had enjoyed parts of the Jim Halpert version of the stories, so I thought I ought to see what the fuss is all about and read the books and I enjoyed it.

Connections

• Terrorism · IRA — the thematic centre of the novel: Jack Ryan thwarts an IRA terrorist attack, then becomes the target of reprisal.