Tom Clancy Act of Defiance: The unmissable gasp-a-page Jack Ryan thriller

When a Russian superweapon is let loose under the waves, it's up to President Jack Ryan to find a countermove in the latest entry in this #1 New York Times bestselling series.

Format: Hardback
Length: 560 pages
Publication date: 21 May 2024
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Tom Clancy is the master of the modern thriller
For Jack Ryan, the greatest threat lurks beneath the waves. Again.

When a Russian superweapon is let loose under the waves, it's up to President Jack Ryan to find a countermove in the latest entry in this #1 New York Times bestselling series.

US intelligence is reporting turmoil in the Russian navy. Their deadliest submarine, the Belgorod, has unexpectedly launched. Who authorised the departure? What mission is it on? And, most disturbing of all, what weapons do the giant doors on the sub's bow hide?

It's been four decades since a similar incident with the Soviet sub, Red October, ended happily, thanks to a young CIA analyst named Jack Ryan.

Now, President Jack Ryan finds himself with fleets of ships, squadrons of jets, and teams of SEALs at his command, but what he doesn't have is insight into the plans of the Belgorod's commander. It falls to a younger generation of Ryans to do the dangerous work that will reveal that information.

But there's always a price to be paid. When the final moments tick away, will Jack Ryan have to choose between the safety of his country and the safety of his child?

Praise for Tom Clancy:

"Constantly taps the current world situation for its imminent dangers and spins them into an engrossing tale." - NEW YORK TIMES

"Exhilarating. No other novelist is giving so full a picture of modern conflict." - SUNDAY TIMES

"A brilliantly constructed thriller that packs a punch." - DAILY MAIL

"Heart-stopping action. . . entertaining and eminently topical." - WASHINGTON POST

"Tom Clancy is the master of the modern thriller."

Weight: 812g
Dimension: 241 x 160 x 45 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781408727881