by Tom Clancy
Part of Jack Ryan
First published 2026
The White House receives devastating news when the Secretary of Commerce dies in a plane crash in Turkey. President Jack Ryan refuses to accept the incident as mere misfortune. He has lost a trusted friend, and the Secretary was conducting secret business beyond his public economic conference appearance. The CIA had arranged the flight to cover the extraction of a valuable asset from the Middle East. Lt. Commander Katie Ryan joins investigators searching for the truth behind the tragedy. Their probe uncovers a disturbing fact that transforms the entire investigation. The aircraft carried sixteen passengers at takeoff, but recovery teams find only fifteen bodies. Someone survived the crash and disappeared. The missing person becomes the key to unraveling a complex web of deceit. President Ryan discovers he faces an enemy without scruples who harbors worldwide aspirations. The search for answers pulls his team into increasingly dangerous territory where nothing appears as it seems.
Genres: fiction, american-fiction, adventure, adult, adult-fiction, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, gritty, high-stakes, intricate, suspenseful
Tropes: high-stakes-conspiracy, missing-person-mystery, mystery-investigation
Setting: White House, Turkey, Middle East, CIA
Period: 21st-century
438 pages · Kindle Edition · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Content warnings: death, violence