by Mike Maden
Part of Jack Ryan Universe, book 24
First published 2017
Jack Ryan Jr. reluctantly boards a plane to Singapore alongside Paul Brown, a nervous forensic accountant who prefers numbers to people. Former Senator Weston Rhodes has hired them through Hendley Associates to examine the financial records of Dalfan Technologies, a local company. Ryan suspects he's being pushed aside from more important Campus intelligence operations. Brown worries about finding decent tea and completing his secret mission: installing CIA cyberwarfare software into Dalfan's secure computer systems. Neither man fully trusts the other. Brown has no knowledge of Ryan's Campus connections, while Ryan remains unaware of Brown's covert assignment. When Brown successfully penetrates the mainframe, he discovers a deeper conspiracy that puts both men in mortal danger. Trained killers hunt them through Singapore as a massive cyclone approaches the island. Ryan and Brown must overcome their mutual suspicion and work together to survive both human predators and natural disaster. Their escape becomes a race to prevent worldwide destruction.
Genres: military-fiction, adventure, contemporary, thriller, action, espionage
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Singapore
Period: 21st-century
496 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Content warnings: violence