Front flap:
"Clancy, the man who virtually invented this genre, reigns supreme in the crowded thriller field."
- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
#1 New York Times bestselling author and master of the modern thriller Tom Clancy delivers an electrifying story of intrigue, power, and one family with two generations of heroes....
Decades ago, when he was a young CIA analyst, President Jack Ryan, Sr., was sent on what was supposed to be a simple support mission to investigate the death of an operative who was looking into the suspicious activities at a Swiss bank. Ryan's dogged efforts uncovered not only financial deceit - but also the existence of a KGB assassin code-named Zenith. Still, he was never able to find the killer.
Yet in the shadowy world of covert operations, nothing stays hidden forever.
In the present, a new strongman has emerged in the ever-chaotic Russian republic - the enigmatic President Valeri Volodin. His rise to power was meteoric, but shrouded in deception and treachery. The foundations of his personal empire are built on a bloody secret from his past, and he will eliminate anyone who comes close to that truth. For he has set in motion a plot to return Russia to its former might and glory, with the rest of the world once again trembling in fear of the mighty Bear.
When an old friend of the Ryans is poisoned radioactive agent, the trail leads to Russia. And Jack Ryan, Jr. - aided by his compatriots John Clark and the covert warriors of the secretive Campus - must delve into an international conflict thirty years in the making, and finish what his father started.
With President Ryan fighting a desperate campaign to thwart Russian aggression, and his son fighting a silent war against a ruthless foe, the chances for global conflict grow greater - and the possibility of survival may soon be lost for all....
Back flap:
Thirty years ago TOM CLANCY was a Maryland innsurance broker with a passion for naval history. Years before, he had been an English major at Baltimore's Loyola College and had always dreamed of writing a novel. His first effort, The Hunt for Red October, sold briskly as a result of rave reviews, then catapulted onto the New York Times bestseller list after President Reagan pronounced it "the perfect yarn." From that day forward, Clancy established himself as an undisputed master at blending exceptional realism and authenticity, intricate plotting, and razor-sharp suspense. He passed away in October 2013.
MARK GREANEY has a degree in international relations and political science. He is the author of the Gray Man novels, the most recent of which is Dead Eye. In his research for those novels, he has traveled to a dozen countries and trained alongside military and law enforcement in the use of firearms, battlefield medicine, and close-range combat tactics.