Tom Clancy's Clear and Present Danger True First Edition First Printing CollectibleClear and Present Danger First Edition First Printing. "The Great Clancy Thriller Machine rumbles on, engines on full. This time out, the best selling ace swivels his big guns away from his usual Russian targets (glasnost fallout?) and toward a nearly homegrown menace: the cocaine lords of Colombia and their deadly white powder. So complex, so intricately researched and detailed is Clancy's newest battle plan that his main heroCIA agent Jack Ryan,