Evaluate the ending of the book. Considering how the book unfolded, is it an effective ending? Why or why not? Yes this is an effective ending and in considerations the ending helps the book become self-contained and that helps the reader to go on to next book without the lot of for knowledge of the last book which is very helpful if you were trying to read the series in school because Tom Clancy makes all of his books self-contained with a few minor things that the reader would have to remember.

The book ends with Colonel Mikhail Semyonovich Filitov, dying in his sleep and his burial which was very covert now important to the book because this character send secrets to US government and changed policies in Russia for missile defense