Rainbow Six - John Clark, Bk 2 Author:Tom Clancy Rainbow is a newly formed anti-terrorism organization headquartered in Hereford, England, the same location as the British Secret Service base. This multi-national team consists of highly-skilled military and intelligence officers who are able to quickly mobilize when called upon for assistance. Rainbow is a "black operation" that stay... more »s in the shadows and only responds to a terrorist situation at the request of a country's government. The organization is led by former CIA agent John Clark, code name Rainbow Six. John Brightling, the wealthy CEO of an American pharmaceutical company, Horizon Corporation, has secretly hired a former Soviet KGB agent, Dmitriy Popov, as a consultant. Popov's role is to instigate a new wave of terror incidents across Europe. Popov will accomplish this by offering large payouts to contacts from the old terror network with whom he dealt in the past. Brightling does not provide Popov with the underlying reason for this operation. Popov does his job and stirs some old terrorists into action in several incidents across Europe, all dangerous situations involving hostages. Rainbow is called in and is able to take down the terrorists without harm to the hostages. Upon reviewing tapes of the incidents, Popov spots specific similarities convincing him that the "police" responding in the incidents are in fact actually a sophisticated para-military operation and not local law enforcement. At the same time, Rainbow suspects that there is a super terrorist behind the scenes stirring up the old terrorist network. Each side endeavors to discover the other, unwittingly working toward one another.« less