Summary
A New York Times Bestselling Author -- Bestselling author and master of the techno-thriller Tom Clancy returns with his all-star team in Command Authority. There's a new strong man in Russia, but his rise to power is based on a dark secret hidden decades in the past. And the clue to the mystery lies with a most unexpected source: President Jack Ryan.
Published Reviews
Publisher's Weekly Review:
"In the entertaining final Jack Ryan novel from bestseller Clancy (1947-2013), Russian president Valeri Volodin has imperialistic ambitions similar to those of a certain real-life Russian president. Failure to annex Estonia thanks to unexpected NATO resistance only redirects Russian attention to the Crimea and other lands currently outside NATO's formal umbrella. Meanwhile, President Ryan's son, Jack Ryan Jr., investigates what appears to be an unrelated case involving Russian gangsters exploiting a corrupt system to steal a vast fortune. In fact, the opportunistic appropriation links the ambitions of a once-obscure KGB officer decades ago to the events unfolding in the Crimean region and to the early career of President Ryan himself. Although the military conflict is an important part of the plot, this is a classic spy novel. Fans of extended combat sequences should look elsewhere, as the focus is on high stakes espionage and assassinations carried out in rented rooms and dark alleys, not well-lit battlefields. (Dec.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved."
Additional Information
| Series |
A Jack Ryan novel
Features Jack Ryan, Sr., a CIA Deputy Director of Central Intelligence who eventually serves two terms as President of the United States
#1 - The Hunt for Red October
#2 - Patriot games
#3 - The Cardinal of the Kremlin
#4 - Clear and present danger
#5 - The Sum of all fears
#6 - Debt of honor
#7 - Executive orders
#8 - Red rabbit
#9 - Command authority
#10 - Full force and effect
#11 - Commander in chief
#12 - True faith and allegiance
#13 - Power and empire
#14 - Oath of office
#15 - Code of honor
#16 - Shadow of the dragon
#17 - Chain of command
#18 - Red winter
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| Subjects |
Ryan, Jack,
-- Sr. (Fictitious character)
-- Fiction.
Ryan, Jack,
-- Jr. (Fictitious character)
-- Fiction.
Clark, John (Fictitious character)
-- Fiction.
Intelligence officers
-- United States
-- Fiction.
Assassins
-- Soviet Union
-- Fiction.
Large type books.
Russia (Federation)
-- Politics and government
-- 1991-
-- Fiction.
Political fiction.
Suspense fiction.
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| Publisher |
Detroit :Thorndike Press,2013
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| Edition |
Large print edition. |
| Contributors |
Greaney, Mark,
author.
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| Language |
English
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| Notes |
"Thorndike Press large print basic"--Title page verso.
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| Description |
783 pages (large print) : maps ; 25 cm.
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| ISBN |
9781410464972
1410464970
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| Other |
Classic View |