Charged with spotting terrorist threats, the top-secret "Campus" has its hands full when Middle East thugs and Colombian drug lords join forces. New Campus recruits include Jack Ryan Jr., son of master spy John Patrick Ryan, now President.

Being President doesn't make things any easier, Jack Ryan finds out, especially when trouble's brewing in Moscow and China. Blending the exceptional realism and authenticity that are his hallmarks with intricate plotting, razor-sharp suspense, and a remarkable cast of characters, this is Clancy at his best - and there is none better.

For years, ex–Navy SEAL Maxwell Moore has worked across the Middle East and behind the scenes for the Special Activities Division of the CIA, making connections, extracting valuable intelligence, and facing off against America’s enemies at every turn. And then...news of a potentially devastating coalition: What if two of the greatest threats to the security of the United States were to form an unholy alliance?

Dominic Caruso, Neffe von Präsident Jack Ryan, ist Agent bei der Geheimorganisation Campus, die gänzlich inoffiziell operiert, vorbei selbst an CIA und NSA. Der plötzliche Mordanschlag auf seinen israelischen Freund und dessen Familie deutet auf eine undichte Stelle bei den Geheimdiensten hin. Die Suche nach Hintermännern führt ihn zu Ethan Ross, einem Mitarbeiter im Weißen Haus mit Zugang zu hochsensiblen Daten.

Court Gentry is known as The Gray Man—a legend in the covert realm, moving silently from job to job, accomplishing the impossible, and then fading away. And he always hits his target. But there are forces more lethal than Gentry in the world. And in their eyes, Gentry has just outlived his usefulness. Now, he is going to prove that for him, there's no gray area between killing for a living-and killing to stay alive.