The Cardinal of the Kremlin

The Cardinal of the Kremlin was the fourth novel written by Tom Clancy, the fifth in the Jack Ryan Universe (chronological order). This book takes place in the 1980’s while Ronald Reagan was President, both the United States and Soviet Union are individually working on their own Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) programs and the Soviet Union is in the middle of a war in Afghanistan. A high ranking Soviet official that has been acting as an agent for the CIA, code name Cardinal, for 30 years is discovered and can jeopardize the nuclear arms reduction talks going on between the United States and the Soviet Union. Jack Ryan is part of the diplomatic team sent to Moscow for the talks. He is also working on trying to get Cardinal out of the Soviet Union without anything being leaked about Cardinal’s spying against the Soviet Union.

This book has action throughout the entire story. There are times that it does seem to go slow. There are characters outside of the ones introduced in the previous books in the series that the reader will get to love or hate. Overall the book is thoroughly enjoyable.

This book can be purchased in various formats from the following sites:

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World of Sleuths Rating: ****

(Four out of five stars)