Part of Jack Ryan Universe, book 41
First published 2025
The USCG Claiborne explodes off the South American coast, taking twenty-two crew members to the bottom. The cutter was clearing shipping lanes for a massive Guyanese oil discovery bound for Louisiana refineries. Jack Ryan Jr arrives in Georgetown to secure Hendley Associates a stake in the new field. But someone murdered an entire Coast Guard crew just to delay the project. Ryan must identify the killers while navigating a web of Russian Wagner Group operatives and Venezuelan drug cartels. Both factions will risk open war with America to control the oil flow. As Ryan digs deeper, allies become enemies and enemies wear friendly faces. The boundaries between friend and foe blur in a deadly game where one wrong move could spark an international conflict. Ryan races against time to expose the truth before the killers target him next.
Genres: military-fiction, adventure, action, mystery-thriller, espionage, political-thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, international-conflict
Setting: Georgetown, Guyana, Louisiana, South America, United States
Period: 21st-century
400 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Content warnings: violence