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Tom Clancy's Support And Defend
Of all the books Mark Greaney has compiled about Tom Clancy's creations, this title stands apart as one of the real classics that is written with a plot based on America's political secrets. Dominic Caruso, Tom Clancy's stupendous hero, has once again been depicted as a top notch operator in FBI's secret intelligence agency. Mentally scarred by a terrorist attack, Dominic now has a tremendously important responsibility of saving country's most crucial secrets from a fugitive who has run away with a critical element that is related to national security. Being the best co-author of Tom Clancy, Mark has pulled off another top class act in Support and Defend. About Mark Greaney Mark Greaney is a New York Times bestselling author. Along with several blockbuster novels such as The Gray Man, On Target, and Dead Eye, he has co-authored several books with Tom Clancy. He is quite diligent in collecting facts and figures for his stories, and has traveled to more than 15 countries for the purpose.
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Command Authority
Decades ago, when he was a young CIA analyst, President Jack Ryan, Sr. was sent on what was supposed to be a simple support mission to investigate the death of an operative who had been looking into suspicious banking activities at a Swiss bank. Ryan's dogged tenacity uncovered not only financial deceit, but also the existence of a KGB assassin, code-named Zenith. He was never able to find the killer. But in the shadowy world of covert operations, nothing stays hidden forever. In the present, a new strongman has emerged in the ever-chaotic Russian republic - the enigmatic President Valeri Volodin. His rise to power was meteoric, but shrouded in deception and treachery. The foundations of his personal empire are built on a bloody secret from his past, and he will eliminate anyone who comes close to that truth. For he has set in motion a plot to return Russia to its former glory and might, with the rest of the world once again trembling in fear of the mighty Bear. When an old friend of the Ryans is poisoned by a radioactive agent, the trail leads to Russia. And Jack Ryan, Jr. - aided by his compatriots John Clark and the covert warriors of the secretive Campus - must delve into an international conflict thirty years in the making, and finish what his father started. With President Ryan fighting a desperate campaign to thwart Russian aggression, and his son fighting a silent war against a ruthless foe, the chances for global conflict grow ever greater - and the possibility of survival may soon be lost for all . . .
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Threat Vector
Jack Ryan moves back into the Oval Office and is immediately faced with an international threat. Chinese President Wei Zhen Lin has been forced to agree with the expansionist policies of his General, and they have declared the South China Sea a protectorate and planned an invasion of Taiwan. The stakes are dangerously high as the Ryan administration attempts to thwart Chinese ambitions, facing missiles and cyber attack. Jack Ryan, Jr. may just be the wild card that his father needs. One problem: someone knows about the intelligence agency, and may be about to blow their cover sky high.