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Dead or Alive
INSPIRATION FOR THE THRILLING AMAZON PRIME SERIES JACK RYAN
Series: Jack Ryan Jr
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The Campus was secretly created by President Jack Ryan to covertly eliminate terrorists. Now it faces its greatest threat: a sadistic killer known as the Emir. Mastermind of countless horrific attacks, the Emir has eluded capture by every law enforcement agency in the world. And he is about to unleash a monumental strike at the heart of America.
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Jack Ryan Jr. returns in Dead or Alive, the gripping thriller from Tom Clancy.
The world's number one terrorist is about to unleash a holy war. Only one agency, one man, can stop him...
The Campus was secretly created by President Jack Ryan to covertly eliminate terrorists. Now it faces its greatest threat—a sadistic killer known as the Emir. Mastermind of countless horrific attacks, the Emir has eluded capture by every law enforcement agency in the world. And he is about to unleash a monumental strike at the heart of America.
But on the Emir's trail is intelligence expert Jack Ryan Jr. Following in his legendary father's footsteps, he and his allies at the Campus are on a manhunt that will take them across the globe, into the shadowy arenas of political gamesmanship, in a race to prevent the fall of the West.
Dead or Alive is the nerve-shredding second thriller in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Jr. series. The Teeth of the Tiger was the first.
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'Heart-stopping action... entertaining and eminently topical' - Washington Post
'Classic Clancy... well-constructed tension and realistic action' - Short List
'Exhilarating. No other novelist is giving so full a picture of modern conflict' - Sunday Times
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Book Details
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ISBN: 9780241951866
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 September 2011
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 42.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 505g
Pages: 736
About the Author
Tom Clancy (Author) Thirty years ago Tom Clancy was a Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history. But he had always dreamed of writing a novel, and his first effort, The Hunt for Red October, catapulted on to the New York Times bestseller list. 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. Grant Blackwood (Author) Grant Blackwood is the author of the Briggs Tanner books and the co-author along with Clive Cussler of Lost Empire, Spartan Gold and The Kingdom. He has also co-written Dead or Alive with Tom Clancy, and now writes novels in the Tom Clancy series alongside Mark Greaney. Blackwood is a U.S. Navy veteran who lives in Colorado. %%%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 on to 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. Grant Blackwood is the author of the Briggs Tanner books and the co-author along with Clive Cussler of Lost Empire and Spartan Gold. Blackwood is a U.S. Navy veteran who lives in Colorado.
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