I read that one. I was a little disappointed, it seems like it’s been written solely to get adapted into a movie since Jack Ryan is a lot younger. It was a decent read, but would have been much better off as the first book, not the most recent. You have a good idea how a lot of things are going to end up, anyway.

I think you have got ”The Bear and The Dragon” mixed up with ”Red Rabbit”.

”Red Rabbit” is set between ”Patriot Games” and ”The Hunt for Red October” according to http://www.clancyfaq.com/ryanverse.htm and is about a plot to assassinate the Pope, John Paul II.

”The Bear and The Dragon” is set after ”Rainbow Six” and is about Russia and China.

I’m currently re-reading Clancy’s ”Without Remorse” which tells us the John Clark story. Excellent revenge thriller, 10/10 🙂