Pieczenik, Created by, Tom Clancy, Author Berkley Publishing Group $7.99 (492p) ISBN 978-0-425-15601-8 With recent headlines about feuding Kurdish groups in Iraq, this latest techno-thriller by ...

In Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan books, the CIA superstar ends up as president. The newly announced film should follow suit and make him commander-in-chief.

Debuting what she calls the “second chapter” of settling Tom ... his books turned into commercially successful films, including “Patriot Games,” “Clear and Present Danger,” and “The Sum of All Fears.” ...