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Rainbow Six
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Rainbow Six (1998) (edit title/settings)

by Tom Clancy (Author) (edit contributors)

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Ex-Navy SEAL John Clark is the newly named head of Rainbow, an international task force dedicated to combating terrorism. In a trial by fire, he must stop a terrorist group of men and women so extreme that their success could literally mean the end of life on earth as we know it.

Summary edit see section history

Follows John Clark on a counter terrorist mission. Extremely long book and very good.

Characters/People edit see section history

  • John Clark: Ex-Navy SEAL, the newly named head of Rainbow
  • Domingo Chavez: Nickname: Ding/Dingo. Team-2 leader. Son-in-law to John Clark (married to daughter, Patsy).
  • Dimitriy Arkadeyevich Popov: AKA: Alexander Popov. Former KGB spook. Works for American businessman.
  • Tim Noonan: Rainbow 6 Team-2 tech wizard
  • Bill Henriksen: Former FBI swat. News terrorist expert. Owns international training company.
  • Daniel Malloy: Rainbow 6 helicopter pilot. Marine Lt. Colonel.
  • Bill Tawney: Chief Intel Officer for Rainbow 6
  • Carol Brightling: Doctor on White House staff (environmentalist)
  • Eddie Price: British SAS. Rainbow 6 Team-2.
  • Homer Johnston: Rainbow 6 Team-2. Green beret. Long rifleman. 6'0" 160 lbs. Friendly rival with Feldwebel Dieter Weber.
  • George Tomlinson: Rainbow 6 Team-2. Shooter. Delta Force.
  • Dr. Paul Bellow: Psychologist that works for Bill Tawney. Went to Temple University. Man of principle.
  • Ostermann: Rich stock broker. Works from home (mansion) in Vienna, Austria.
  • Patsy: John Clark's daughter. Married to Domingo Chavez. Is pregnant.
  • Dr. Killgore: Head of bad guy research experiment along with Dr. Barbara Archer.
  • Mike Pierce: Rainbow 6 Team-2. Shooter. Delta Force.
  • Mary Bannister: See spoilers for this character.
  • John Brightling: Ex-husband of Carol Brightling. Has successful DNA testing company (Horizon Corp.)
  • Sandy: John Clark's wife
  • Alistair Stanley: British spec ops. Old friend of John Clark.
  • Alice Forgate: Secretary for Rainbow 6
  • Helen Montgomery: Secretary for Rainbow 6
  • Peter Covington: Rainbow 6 Team-1 (Team Leader)
  • David Peled: Rainbow 6. Electronics surveillance systems. Israeli.
  • Julio Vega: Aka: Oso. Rainbow 6 Team-2. Friend of Domingo Chavez. Ex-ranger.
  • Katherine Moony: Team 2 secretary
  • Louis Loiselle: Rainbow 6 Team-2. French spec ops (all around; no specialty)
  • Feldwebel Dieter Weber: Rainbow 6 Team-2. GerMan GSG-9. Long rifleman. 6'3". Friendly rival with Homer Johnston.
  • Steve Lincoln: Rainbow 6 Team-2. British SAS. Shooter.
  • Paddy Connolly: Rainbow 6 Team-2. British SAS. Shooter.
  • Scotty Mctyler: Rainbow 6 Team-2. British SAS. Shooter.q
  • Hank Patterson: Rainbow 6 Team-2. Delta Force. Shooter.
  • Dr. Barbara Archer: Head of bad guy research experiment along with Dr. Kilgore.
  • Dan Murray: FBI Director
  • Foster: Guy out in the woods. Former geologist for big oil.
  • Miguel Chin: Rainbow 6 Team-1. Master Chief's Machinist's Mate ( former SEAL)
  • Sam Houston: Rainbow 6 Team-1. Long rifleman.
  • Dave Woods: Rainbow 6 shooting instructor
  • Ed Foley: CIA Director
  • Steve Berg: Bad guy doctor.
  • Maggie: Bad guy doctor.
  • Kevin Mayflower: President of the Sierra club.
  • Gus Werner: Assistant Director - FBI. Formerly head of FBI Hostage Rescue team and then Atlanta field division. Now in charge of new Terrorist Division. Bill Hdnriksen used to work for him in FBI.
  • Ivan Petrovich Kirilenko: Old (KGB) colleague of Alexander Popov working in London at the Russian embassy. Known as the "rezident," meaning the lead spy for the Embassy.
  • Cyril Holt: British Intelligence. Friend/colleague/counterpart with Bill Tawney.
  • Skip Bannister: Father of Mary Bannister
  • Chuck Ussery: Assistant Special Agent in charge of Gary, Indiana, FBI field office. Serious black man; 44 years old. Seventeen year FBI veteran, but new to Indiana field office. Was a Chicago cop prior.
  • Patrick D. O'Connor: Supervisory Special Agent at Gary, Indiana, FBI field office (squad supervisor). Thirty-eight, red haired, fair skinned, and very fit.
  • Sean Grady: PIRA contact for Alexander Popov
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First Sentence edit see section history

THE VC-208 FLIGHT WAS SOMEWHAT LACKING IN amenities-the food consisted of sandwiches and an undistinguished wine-but the seats were comfortable and the ride smooth enough that everyone slept until the wheels and flaps came down at RAF Northholt, a military airfield just west of London.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 2 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels in 1998. (authoritative list)

Preceded by The Street Lawyer, and followed by Bag of Bones.

This is book 10 of 14 in Jack Ryan. (universe)

Preceded by Executive Orders, and followed by The Bear and the Dragon.

This book is in John Clark. (standard series)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Tom Clancy (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: G. P. PUTMAN'S SONS
Country: USA
Publication Date: July 31, 1998
ISBN: 0399143904
Page Count: 752

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