Tom Clancy flash point
Jack Ryan, Jr., is a man of action, and when he uncovers a terrorist plot to kill innocents he jumps in to thwart the evil plan. However, it turns out this attack was just a piece of a larger, more insidious plot designed to deceive the United States and paint President Jack Ryan into a political corner. Jack Jr. isn't about to let that happen, but his options are almost as narrow as his chances of getting out of this alive.
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- ISBN: 9780593672396
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10 audio discs (11 hr., 34 min.) ; 4 3/4 in. - Edition Unabridged.
- Publisher [United States] : Penguin Random House Audio, 2023.
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Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Scott Brick. |
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Tom Clancy Flash Point
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With the United States the "closest [it's] been to war" in a lifetime, intelligence operative Jack Ryan Jr. faces stiff odds in trying to avert disaster with China. Trouble with China begins brewing (yet again in the Clancy books) with the rendition of a Chinese scientist and the killing of his American brother, a specialist in machine learning. With a sniper attack on the German outpost of The Campus, Ryan's "off-the-books" agency, and the downing of an American plane over the South China Sea, U.S. efforts to recover a Chinese undersea glider capable of detecting a $3 billion American stealth submarine are in jeopardy. Things look especially grim with the capture of crash survivor John Clark, Ryan's boss and a close compadre of his father, President Jack Ryan Sr. With Ryan Sr. still shaken by the abduction of his wife a year ago and Ryan Jr. doubtful of his abilities as a team leader, it's up to intelligence director Mary Pat Foley to calm the waters with her expertise and strong will. One possible outcome is a Chinese attack on Taiwan. In Bentley's third outing in the series, it takes a while to get past cookie cutter stuff: Many pages go by before the reader knows what all the tense language, chase scenes, and international travel are about. But the book's cool, checkerboard efficiency eventually takes hold. And the streaks of vulnerability that run through the Ryans impart a human dimension that most such thrillers lack. Bentley also takes pains to distinguish the novel from fake fiction: "Unlike in the movies, getting struck by a rifle round moving at several thousand feet per second was not insignificant." A well-turned, if predictable, installment in the popular series. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.