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The first real Clancy since "Rainbox Six," two years ago, the new book's title refers, of course, to the Russian emblematic bear and the Chinese dragon, which are locked in mortal conflict by page 773. "The Bear and the Dragon" is a real Tom Clancy techno-thriller, by the way, featuring his superheroes Jack Ryan (now president of the United States) and John Clark (now a grandfather, but still a dangerous field operative), not one of the long string of pale imitations that bear Clancy's name but are not his work. It does not take a degree in rocket-propelled grenade science to figure out that it's the latter, and the latest Tom Clancy novel has lit its initial fuse. Was the car's unfortunate owner, a highly successful pimp, the target of the assassins? - or were they really after Sergey Golovko, the head of the SVR (the former KGB), whose identical Mercedes was nearby? Putnam's Sons, ($28.95) to be published Monday.Ī flashy, chauffeur-driven Mercedes is making its stately way over the pothole-pocked streets of Moscow, when suddenly a rocket-propelled grenade turns its occupants into DNA stir-fry.