Download or read book Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell written by David Michaels and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-12-07 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to the growing use of sophisticated digital encryption to conceal potential threats to the United States, the National Security Agency has ushered forth the new dawn of intelligence-gathering techniques. The top-secret initiative is dubbed Third Echelon. Its existence denied by the U.S. government, Third Echelon deploys a lone field operative. He is sharp, nearly invisible, and deadly. And he has the right to spy, steal, destroy, and assassinate to protect American freedoms. His name is Sam Fisher. He is a Splinter Cell®.