John Clark (Tom Clancy character) Deadline announced that Stefano Sollima is in talks to direct the film adaptation of "Without Remorse". John Clark (Tom Clancy character) John T. Clark (real name John Terrence Kelly) is a fictional character created by Tom Clancy. Clark is Clancy’s second most famous character after Jack Ryan, and has been featured in many of his Ryanverse novels. Although he first appeared in "The Cardinal of the Kremlin" (1987), his origin story was detailed in "Without Remorse" (1993). Clark has been described by his creator as "Ryan’s dark side" and "more inclined to take physical action than Jack is." A former
William Patrick (author) William Patrick (author) William Patrick is an editor, book doctor, and ghost-writer, and the co-author of "Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection". He has also written two well-regarded suspense novels. He began his career at Little, Brown, then moved to Harvard University Press, where he acquired and edited works by the likes of Edward O. Wilson and Jane Goodall. While working at Harvard he wrote "Spirals" (Houghton), a novel set in Cambridge during the early days of cloning and recombinant DNA research. His next work of fiction was "Blood Winter" (Viking), a thriller about germ warfare which