by Tom Clancy
Part of Jack Ryan, book 7
First published 1994
When a wealthy Japanese businessman buys land on the Pacific island of Saipan and a foreign navy conducts strange exercises off Sri Lanka, former CIA analyst Jack Ryan is called out of retirement to serve as the new President's National Security Advisor. Ryan quickly realizes the old rules of war and peace no longer apply as friends become enemies and the nature of conflict shifts. As one of those new enemies readies a devastating strike at the heart of America's economy, Ryan must prepare the untested President to respond - if he can uncover the chilling plan in time.
Genres: military-fiction, adventure, suspense, action, espionage, political-thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water
Setting: United States, Saipan, Sri Lanka
Period: 20th-century
766 pages · Hardcover · Putnam