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Zusatztext Praise for the Jack Ryan series “Greaney…imbues his prose with the same gusto and sheer conviction that Clancy did.”— Booklist on Tom Clancy Commander in Chief “A page-turner true to the Clancy legacy: informative! insightful and thrilling.”— Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star on Tom Clancy Commander in Chief “A taut storyline with familiar characters facing new challenges.”— Kirkus Reviews on Tom Clancy Full Force and Effect “An A+! a touchdown...Greaney has once again done fans proud! putting forth a thrilling plotline with the ultimate twists and turns! and some good! old-fashioned espionage to keep everyone on their toes...There have always been die-hard Clancy fans! but Mark Greaney! the fantastic writer of The Gray Man series! deserves a huge standing ovation for putting together yet another unforgettable Jack Ryan thriller!”— Suspense Magazine Informationen zum Autor A little more than thirty years ago Tom Clancy was a Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history. Years before! he had been an English major at Baltimore’s Loyola College and had always dreamed of writing a novel. His first effort! The Hunt for Red October ! sold briskly as a result of rave reviews! then catapulted onto the New York Times bestseller list after President Reagan pronounced it “the perfect yarn.” From that day forward! Clancy established himself as an undisputed master at blending exceptional realism and authenticity! intricate plotting! and razor-sharp suspense. He passed away in October 2013. Mark Greaney has a degree in international relations and political science. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Tom Clancy Support and Defend ! Tom Clancy Full Force and Effect ! Tom Clancy Commander in Chief ! and Tom Clancy True Faith and Allegiance . With Tom Clancy he coauthored Locked On ! Threat Vector ! and Command Authority. He has written six books in his own Gray Man series: Gunmetal Gray ! Back Blast ! Dead Eye ! Ballistic ! On Target ! and The Gray Man . In his research for these novels! he traveled to fifteen countries! and trained alongside military and law enforcement in the use of firearms! battlefield medicine! and close-range combat tactics. Klappentext A massive data breach threatens the security of every US intelligence operative. Mary Pat Foley! Director of National Intelligence! turns to the Campus to stop the Romanian hackers. A small mistake in tradecraft makes the breach worse. Now the data is in the hands of the Chinese government. President Jack Ryan is going to have to make tough choices which may put his own flesh on the firing line. 1 The man sitting in the restaurant with his family had a name familiar to most everyone in America with a television or an Internet connection, but virtually no one recognized him by sight—mainly because he went out of his way to keep a low profile. And this was why he found it so damn peculiar that the twitchy man on the sidewalk kept staring at him. Scott Hagen was a commander in the U.S. Navy, which certainly did not make one famous, but he had earned his notoriety as the captain of the guided missile destroyer that, according to many in the media, almost single-handedly won one of the largest sea battles since the Second World War. The naval engagement with the United States and Poland on one side and the Russian Federation on the other had taken place just seven months earlier in the Baltic Sea, and while it had garnered the name Commander Scott Hagen significant recognition at the time, Hagen had conducted no media interviews, and the only image used of him in the press featured him standing proudly in his dress blues with his commander-white officer hat on his he...
