cover image Clear and Present Danger

Clear and Present Danger

Tom Clancy. Berkley, $8.99 (704pp) ISBN 978-0-425-12212-9

When a U.S. president decides that drug smuggling has become a ``clear and present danger'' to national security, the response is a complex and covert military campaign against the ``Colombian Cartel.'' ``The dean of techno-thrillers demonstrates once again his mastery of the genre,'' stated PW . (Aug.)