Dead or Alive (Jack Ryan Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (772 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1441888063 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 341 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Uppermost in the sights of The Campus is the deadly Emir (read Osama bin Laden), who has set in motion a new round of attacks. After stumbling with The Teeth of the Tiger (2003), bestseller Clancy is back at the top of his game, aided by Blackwood (An Echo of War), with this update on the Jack Ryan story, both father and son. is furious at current President Edward Kealty, whose liberal administration is stripping the CIA and other intelligence agencies of funding and manpower. Jack Sr. In-depth research, continuous suspense, and scores of fascinating characters prove again why
Jack Ryan, the former president of the United States, is out of office, but not out of the loop about his brainchild, the “Campus” a highly effective, counter-terrorism organization that operates outside the Washington hierarchy. A reclusive figure and mastermind of vicious terrorist acts, the Emir has eluded capture by the world’s law enforcement agencies. But what Ryan doesn’t know is that his son, Jack Ryan, Jr., has joined his cousins, Brian and Dominic Caruso, at the shadowy Campus. While a highly effective analyst, young Ryan hungers for the action of a field agent. The mission: to bring the Emir in dead or alive.. The Campus has now turned their sights on the Emir, the number one terrorist threat to western civilization. But now with the help of ex-CIA agent John Clark and protégé Marine Colonel Ding Chavez the Campus is in on the hunt
Starting with The Hunt for Red October, all thirteen of his previous books have hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. He lives in Maryland where he is a co-owner of the Baltimore Orioles. Tom Clancy is America’s, and the world’s, favorite international thriller author. His books, The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and
A Great classic Novel from Clancy Joseph Harris This is my first time reading a book that was really written by Clancy. But I have read other books with his name on the cover all of which were based on his video game franchise Splinter cell. In short I have been a fan since 2005 when I played Pandora Tomorrow and Chaos Theory along with . Very slow paced story H Pratt If you take out all the extra dry explanations this book would shave been so much better. The story is excellent but as reader I wanted to skip all the unnecessary fill that made it drag along I'm glad I finished itGreenery does much better with his books on the campus and Jack Ryan Jr.. Long read This was too long, which is like most of his books. I had trouble following at times. There seemed to be to much description. Over all it was a good read.