RIP Tom Clancy. ubisoft

It comes as a shock to all of us,  Tributes have been pouring in from friends, fellow authors and fans of the American novelist Tom Clancy . Dead at 66, Twitter has been flooded with mourners and well-wishers. Fellow writer Jackie Collins wrote: “RIP Tom Clancy. A great storyteller” He wrote a series of detailed military thrillers, set around the time of the Cold War, many of which were turned into successful films. Actors Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck have all played his most famous character Jack Ryan. Clancy later co-founded computer games developer Red Storm Entertainment and a number of popular titles continue to bear his name including the Splinter Cell and Rainbow Six series. Ubisoft, which later bought Red Storm, paid tribute to the author. A statement on ...