Debt of Honor

Each novel by Tom Clancy has been “a jaw-tightener and a nail-biter of the primary order, ” because the San Diego Union described With out Regret. However Debt of Honor surpasses all of them, with Jack Ryan going through his best problem – towards a peril that will grow to be all too actual. Looking back, it could appear an odd solution to begin a struggle. . . . The top of historical past. The brand new world order. Nice phrases, however as Jack Ryan is about to find, historical past isn’t useless but – and solely the character of the menace is new. On the Pacific island of Saipan, a rich Japanese businessman regards his new-bought land with satisfaction. Within the Indian Ocean off Sri Lanka, a overseas navy begins a collection of extremely uncommon workout routines. On the headquarters of America’s main stock-clearing company, an engineer brings a personalized laptop program on-line for the primary time, and smiles at his personal personal joke. Three seemingly unrelated incidents, however all simply the primary hyperlinks in a series of occasions that can stun the world. Known as out of retirement to function the brand new President’s Nationwide Safety Advisor, Jack Ryan shortly realizes that the issues of peace are absolutely as complicated as these of struggle. Enemies have grow to be buddies, buddies enemies, and even the type of battle has modified. What he can’t understand, nonetheless, is simply how shut the following battle is. And when a type of new enemies readies a strike not solely at America’s territory, however on the coronary heart of her financial system, it’s Ryan, with the assistance of CIA officers John Clark and Domingo Chavez, who should put together an untested President to fulfill the problem, if Ryan can solely work out how. For there’s a debt of honor to be paid – and the value might be terrifyingly excessive. . . .