Tom Clancy's Commander-in-Chief: INSPIRATION FOR THE THRILLING AMAZON PRIME SERIES JACK RYAN - Hardcover

Greaney, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718181883 ISBN 13: 9780718181888

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 2015

Synopsis

A floating natural gas facility in Lithuania is blown up. A Venezuelan prosecutor is assassinated. A devastating attack on a Russian troop train kills dozens. A chaotic world is the best camouflage for a series of seemingly unrelated attacks.

Only one man recognizes an ominous pattern in the reports of terror from around the globe. U.S. President Jack Ryan sees a guiding hand in the worldwide chaos.

Faced with collapsing energy prices the Russian economy depends on expansion abroad. But it's a strategy that has been, in the past, thwarted by the United States. And so now it seems the Russian Leader, fearful of losing his grip on power, is pursuing his ambitions more indirectly.

While Jack Ryan's intelligence agencies race to uncover the truth behind the attacks, the President struggles to unite a fractious and distrustful coalition of Western nations against the schemes of the Russian dictator.

With five thousand Russian troops poised to invade a NATO nation, can Jack Ryan move swiftly enough to stop Volodin's grand plan of global conflict and conquest? Or will he succeed in changing the balance of world power forever?

About this title

About the Author

Mark Greaney is the co-author of three Number One Sunday Times bestellers with Tom Clancy: Locked On, Threat Vector and Command Authority. In his research for these novels, Greaney travelled to seven countries and trained alongside military and law enforcement in the use of firearms, battlefield medicine and close-range combat tactics. He now writes for the Tom Clancy series of novels alongside Grant Blackwood. He lives in Memphis, Tennessee.

From the Back Cover

President Ryan looked up from the photos. 'I used to know subs inside and out. I could still give you specs on Kilos and Ladas and Typhoons, or at least the specs that haven't changed since I was in that world, but to tell you the truth, all I can see here is a distant conning tower on rough seas. It's big, but not shockingly so. I'm guessing it's one of the new Boreis or Severodvinsks, otherwise you two wouldn't be sitting here looking at me like that.'

Chief of Naval Operations Hazelton said, 'It took us a couple of days to ID it, but the Office of Naval Intelligence is convinced it is the Knyaz Oleg. It's a boomer, a brand-new Borei; it's so new we had no idea it was taking part in fleet ops. From the track of the sightings, it's definitely heading out into the Atlantic. There's not much for it to do there in the middle of the ocean, so it is a reasonable assumption that it's making a crossing.'

Ryan flexed his jaw. "It's coming here, then."

From the Inside Flap

A floating natural gas facility in Lithuania is blown up. A Venezuelan prosecutor is assassinated. A devastating attack on a Russian troop train kills dozens. A chaotic world is the best camouflage for a series of seemingly unrelated attacks.

Only one man recognizes an ominous pattern in the reports of terror from around the globe. U.S. President Jack Ryan sees a guiding hand in the worldwide chaos.

Faced with collapsing energy prices the Russian economy depends on expansion abroad. But it's a strategy that has been, in the past, thwarted by the United States. And so now it seems the Russian Leader, fearful of losing his grip on power, is pursuing his ambitions more indirectly.

While Jack Ryan's intelligence agencies race to uncover the truth behind the attacks, the President struggles to unite a fractious and distrustful coalition of Western nations against the schemes of the Russian dictator.

With five thousand Russian troops poised to invade a NATO nation, can Jack Ryan move swiftly enough to stop Volodin's grand plan of global conflict and conquest? Or will he succeed in changing the balance of world power forever?

Edition details

• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0718181883
• ISBN 13: 9780718181888
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 736