A classic bare knuckled Russian-American brawl from start to finish. Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson take the reins of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan in Act of Defiance, and will have you loving every minute of it.
When an American asset is betrayed decades earlier, while Marko Ramius and the famed Russian submarine Red October disappear forever, what is set in motion is the beginning of a story of deception and treachery that affect millions.
President Jack Ryan has a past and in similar fashion Russian submarine captain Konstantine Gorov has plans to change the earth's landscape and start another Cold War, if not World War three. Ryan’s daughter, Navy Lieutenant Katie Ryan is a hot runner advancing not due to her father’s name and title, but due to her cunning drive to be the best at everything she does. When approached with information that a new style Russian sub, the Belgorod, has deployed with some very dangerous equipment on board, Ryan is thrust into the spotlight to prevent the escalating tensions from wreaking havoc.
Katie is forced to interact with disgruntled sailors and amazing mentors while using her intimate knowledge of the not so well known Russian Gorov and his tragic past. Running headlong into the dark depths, where submarines rule the ocean, Ryan must convince everyone that millions of lives hang in the balance and she’s the key to success. Utilizing data from some highly trained American submariners, Ryan and the crews of the USS Indiana and the Washington must stop the death from below.
Andrews and Wilson embrace the tradition and culture surrounding their first Clancy novel piloting Jack Ryan. Plenty of action to keep you glued to the pages, they prime it with intrigue and enough mystery to keep the story rolling. Andrews and Wilson are no strangers to providing action packed sequences with phenomenal characters. Pulling true Jack Ryan from Clancy lore and a refreshing perspective on the war happening below the surface of depths rarely traversed.
If you’re the kind of person who loves the traditional Clancy stories that provide mayhem and genuine mystique, you’re in for a wild ride. If you are a contemporary fan with more action, heart pounding life and death scenarios, you’re also in luck. As a submariner myself, I absolutely loved the undersea warfare that highlighted Russian aggression and the American persistence. Put this one on your to be read list for sure.
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