I like Tom Clancy overall and I did indeed like this book. It contains the best and the worst elements of his writing. The plot, as always, was intriguing and interesting. I'm usually able to remember the details of Clancy novels years after I've read them, and 'Without Remorse' will be no exception. At the same time though, enough of the conservative ranting and raving! Drugs in the inner city and how they corrupt our innocent youth. A girl victimized into becoming a prostitute, but saved (for a while) by the main character's love. The typical goody-goody theme that people of different backgrounds CAN get along (like Clark and the doctor who runs aground on his island). Maybe it's just me, but I get enough of this 'big-hearted' stuff on TV. So yet again, another good book, but not a great one.