Patriot Games

Patriot Games by Tom Clancy exudes the same extraordinary authenticity and realism that set apart the author's two prior best-selling books, Red Storm Rising and Hunt for Red October. Patriot Games places us at the forefront of a different kind of war: the global fight against terrorism.

It's autumn. A terrorist incident occurs in front of historian, former Marine, and CIA analyst Jack Ryan while he is on holiday in London with his wife and little daughter, years before the defection of a Soviet submarine would bring him spiraling into conflict with the Soviets. He lunges forward instinctively to tear it apart and is shot. He doesn't find out who he has saved—the Prince and Princess of Wales and their newborn son—or who he has made enemies—the Ulster Liberation Army, an extreme left-wing arm of the IRA—until he awakens in the hospital.

Through his impetuous deed, he has won the admiration of a country as well as the animosity of the most dangerous individuals in the country—those who do not harbor hatred. And Jack Ryan and his family will be the focus of that hatred in the next days, weeks, and months.