Rainbow Six - Tom Clancy Reviews

Tom Clancy Rainbow Six is a novel based on the successful computer game series of the same name. The plot is skilfully-crafted and highly readable but will take sometime to finish as it is 897 pages long. The story is about an Elite Multinational Task force called Rainbow based in Hereford and they deal with International ...  Read the complete review

I have never read any of Tom Clancy’s books, and on first sight, this book looked a little daunting. This is a huge book (nearly 900 pages) and promised to be very accurate, which makes you believe that the author may go on about gun specs, etc that would probably send my head whirling. My dad gave me his copy to read, and told me that it ...  Read the complete review

Rainbow Six was my first attempt at reading a novel and I decided that I wanted to read after I played the game. The game follows the story of you being in charge of a crack counter-terrorist team. The game is a lot like the book and I have to say how much I enjoyed the game. So this made me have to read it. So for my birthday I got ...  Read the complete review

Tom Clancy Rainbow Six Rainbow Six was my first attempt at reading a novel and I decided that I wanted to read after I played the game. The game follows the story of you being in charge of a crack counter-terrorist team. The game is a lot like the book and I have to say how much I enjoyed the game. So this made me have to read it. ...  Read the complete review

If you haven’t read any Clancy yet, this is not a good book to start with as its in the middle of a long on going story that has spun off from the earlier John Ryan movie stuff. So you might not pick up the important history of the main characters. General John Clark is one of those characters drawn from the Ryan books and is now ...  Read the complete review

Anyone who has read a Tom Clancy novel should know what to expect - a blend of espionage, politics, technology and military hardware. In Rainbow Six, the story focusses on John Clark, the CIA operative played by Willem Defoe in the Clear and Present Danger movie, and his sidekick, the headstrong Ding Chavez. Unlike many of Clancy's novels, ...  Read the complete review

It starts off like all of the Clancy novels I have read, with a plane hijacking of ex-CIA agent John Clark and his new son-in law and his partner Domingo Chavez. Clark is the leader of a new black counter-terrorism outfit code named RAINBOW. Chavez leads one of the two teams located at the SAS base in Hereford, England. Clancy weaves a great plot ...  Read the complete review

This is the fist Tom Clancy book i have read and since reading it I have started to collect all the Jack Ryan thrillers. The main reason I bought this was because I own the game and a story about an elite anti-terror team appealed to me and upon picking it up found it contains an intricate plot the game only touches upon. This plot involves an all ...  Read the complete review

Rainbow 6 by Tom Clancy Rainbow 6 by Clancy is one of his finest works yet. Clancy weaves a tale of international terrorism that totally envelops the reader. Rainbow is an international anti terrorist team setup to counter terrorist threats throughout the world. The idea being that if there were members of different ...  Read the complete review

Rainbow Six is a must for any fan of military/spy/adventure type novels. In typical style Clancy finds another level this time using his peripheral characters from the Jack Ryan novels: Clark and Chavez. In a bid to combat terrorism they set up an international team headed up by Clark based at SAS HQ in Hereford. The story follows the ...  Read the complete review

I read this book and several others while lying on the beach on the Maldives. It was only this book however that held my interrest for 8 hours a day for a few days. The characters Like John Clarke, Ding and many others are detailed to a level where you actually felt as though you were standing next to them. The plot is not another crap ...  Read the complete review

If you can suspend belief and enjoy a thrilling read Rainbow Six will keep you turning the pages long into the night. I won't be giving away any of the plot but would advise you read it now. Its subject matter is topical. You never know it may just happen! The paperback is a whopping 897 pages long and is packed to bursting ...  Read the complete review