Rainbow Six

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Rainbow Six is a novel by Tom Clancy shown in the episode "Orientation". This book was written in 1998.

The book revolves around John Clark, a man who conducts missions under the sanction of President Ryan. Clark battles a group of terrorists so extreme that they threaten life as we know it.

Contents 1 In Lost 2 Similarities and shared themes 3 Trivia 4 See also

In Lost

• A copy of the book is found on the shelf in the Swan hatch, shown very briefly.

Similarities and shared themes

• Sickness
  • The villains in the book are a secret conspiracy planning on spreading a plague to wipe out humanity. In the Lost Experience it has been revealed that the Hanso Foundation is also planning on spreading a disease to wipe out a large percentage of humanity.

Trivia

• One of the numerous computer games based on the Rainbow Six book is entitled "Lockdown".
• The publish date of this book (1998) was long after the time that the Swan was supposedly built (before 1980, the date of the Swan orientation film). This is likely due to prop error (background filler material used, not meant to be analyzed), given the extremely brief appearance of the book, though fans have used this to support hatch restocking theories. It is just as likely that someone who arrived since then brought it with them.
• In the video game, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas, which is loosely based on the series, one of the character's names is Michael Walter.
• The Tom Clancy video games are produced by Ubisoft, makers of Lost: Via Domus.

See also

• Appearance of Literary Works

Books (Theories about books) v • t • e
Literary References	After All These Years • Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret • The Bible • A Brief History of Time • The Brothers Karamazov • Carrie • Catch-22 • Dirty Work • The Epic of Gilgamesh • Evil Under the Sun • Hindsight • Lancelot • Laughter in the Dark • Lord of the Flies • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge • The Odyssey • The Mysterious Island • Of Mice and Men • Our Mutual Friend • Rainbow Six • The Shape of Things to Come • Stranger in a Strange Land • The Third Policeman • To Kill a Mockingbird • The Turn of the Screw • VALIS • Watership Down • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz • A Wrinkle in Time • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Spin-Off Novels	Bad Twin • Endangered Species • Secret Identity • Signs of Life • The Valenzetti Equation
Confirmed Influence	The Illuminatus! Trilogy • The Stand • Watchmen
Reference	Finding Lost: The Unofficial Guide • Finding Lost-Season Three: The Unofficial Guide • Getting Lost: Survival, Baggage, and Starting Over in J. J. Abrams' Lost • Lost's Buried Treasures • The Lost Chronicles: The Official Companion Book • Unlocking the Meaning of Lost: An Unauthorized Guide • Living Lost • Lost and Philosophy: The Island Has Its Reasons