Dead or Alive

Tom Clancy, Grant Blackwood

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Dead or Alive

Dead or Alive

Tom Clancy, Grant Blackwood

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INSPIRATION FOR THE THRILLING AMAZON PRIME SERIES JACK RYAN . . .

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.

Praise for Tom Clancy:

'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

About the Author

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--the first of the phenomenally successful Jack Ryan novels--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.

Grant Blackwood, a U.S. Navy veteran, spent three years aboard a guided missile frigate as operations specialist and pilot rescue swimmer. He is coauthor, with Clive Cussler, of the New York Times bestsellers Spartan Gold and Lost Empire. He is also the author of the Briggs Tanner series--The End of Enemies, The Wall of Night, and An Echo of War. He lives in Colorado.

Critical Reviews

Praise for Dead or Alive

"Heart-stopping action...entertaining and eminently topical."--The Washington Post

"The best characters from all of Clancy's previous novels are on the case....For fans of the genre, Dead or Alive is likely to provide a long weekend's pleasure."--Los Angeles Times

"Clancy is back at the top of his game...In-depth research, continuous suspense, and scores of fascinating characters."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

More Praise for Tom Clancy

"He constantly taps the current world situation for its imminent dangers and spins them into an engrossing tale."--The New York Times Book Review

"A brilliant describer of events."--The Washington Post

"No one can equal his talent for making military electronics and engineering intelligible and exciting...He remains the best!"--Houston Chronicle

Publishing Information

Publisher: Berkley Books
Pub date: 2012-10-02
Length: 704 pages

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