Called out of retirement to serve as National Security Advisor to the president, Jack Ryan, with the help of CIA officers John Clark and Domingo Chavez, must prepare the untested president to meet the challenges of a new world order. 1,500,000 first printing.
At the president's request, Jack Ryan returns to national service as the U.S. security adviser. But Ryan's two years as a civilian have left him woefully out-of-touch with the ever-changing world of international relations. As he struggles to learn current approaches to foreign policy, Ryan must contend with a terrorist attack orchestrated by a Japanese businessman whose family was destroyed during World War II.
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres, Fiction + Literature Themes
- Subgenre: Action + Thrillers, Politics, Conflicts + Dualities
- Publisher: Putnam Pub. Group
- Language: English
- Format: hardcover
- Release Date: August 1, 1994
- Date Published: August 1, 1994
- Author: Tom Clancy