As President of the United States, Jack Ryan has faced many challenges, but none have been as personal as this and never has he been this helpless in the face of evil in the latest entry in Tom Clancy's #1 New York Times bestselling series.Father Pat West, S.J. was a buddy of the young Jack Ryan when they were both undergraduates at Loyola University. Father West left a comfortable job in the philosophy department at Georgetown to work with the poor in Indonesia. Now he's been arrested and accused of blasphemy against Islam.President Ryan is desperate to rescue his old friend, but he can't move officially against the Indonesians. Instead he relies on the Campus team to find out who is framing the priest.There's one other twist to the story. President Ryan discovers a voicemail on his private cell phone from the priest warning about a coming attack against America…
with General Fred Franks, Jr. (Ret.), and Tony Koltz
with General Chuck Horner (Ret.) and Tony Koltz
with General Carl Stiner (Ret.) and Tony Koltz
with General Tony Zinni (Ret.) and Tony Koltz
Jack Ryan: President of the United States
Mary Pat Foley: director of national intelligence
Arnold “Arnie” van Damm: President Ryan’s chief of staff
Scott Adler: secretary of state
Gerry Hendley: director of The Campus and Hendley Associates
John Clark: director of operations
Domingo “Ding” Chavez: assistant director of operations
Jack Ryan, Jr.: operations officer/senior analyst
Dominic “Dom” Caruso: operations officer
Adara Sherman: operations officer
Bartosz “Midas” Jankowski: operations officer
Gavin Biery: director of information technology
Dr. Caroline “Cathy” Ryan: First Lady of the United States
Dr. Dan Berryhill: former medical school classmate of Dr. Ryan
Peter Li: retired admiral, United States Navy
Michelle Chadwick: United States senator
Gunawan “Gugun” Gumelar: president of Indonesia
Geoff Noonan: gaming software engineer
Suparman: owner, Suparman Games
Zhao Chengzhi: president of China
David Huang: Chinese operative
General Song Biming: PRC military officer
General Bai: PRC military officer
Major Chang: Bai’s aide
Wu Chao: PLA major/operative Central Military Commission
Kang: Chinese assassin
Tsai Zhan: Communist Party minder
A man does what he must — in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures — and that is the basis of all human morality.
