Thats what happens to most succesful authors. They kill themselves on research and they tax their writing ability on the first few books, then they relax. Once they're famous authors they got it made already. However, in Clancy's case, I dont think the quality nosedived too bad, at least not as bad as other authors.
Damn it, I was hoping they were about done with the Ryan movies, I want to see Rainbow Six as a movie. I heard somewhere that there is talk of finishing up the Ryan movies, then going to Clark movies, and possibly starting with Without Remorse. That'd be a pretty dark film though, I think Rainbow Six would be much better.
