Tom Clancy re-write

Novelist Tom Clancy, known for his military thrillers such as “The Hunt of Red October,” has died at age 66.  

Clancy died at a Baltimore hospital Tuesday, his publisher said. The cause of death was not disclosed.

Clancy was an insurance agent in Maryland when he published his breakout novel “The Hunt of Red October”.

"The military is celebrated are heroes, Washington Post writer Paul Fahri says, that's the animating theme in almost all of Tom Clancy's books"