TOM CLANCYS UNDER FIRE PB – GRANT BLACKWOOD

Tom Clancy s Under Fire is the latest breakneck Jack Ryan Jr. adventure novel from one of Clancy s most successful collaborators: Grant Blackwood. *** On a routine intelligence gathering mission in Tehran Jack Ryan, Jr. has lunch with his oldest friend, Seth Gregory, an engineer overseeing a transcontinental railway project. As they part, Seth slips Jack a key, along with a perplexing message. The next day Jack is summoned to an apartment where two men claim Seth has disappeared, gone to ground with funds for a vital intelligence operation. Jack s oldest friend has turned, they insist, leaving Jack with a warning: If you hear from Seth Gregory, call us immediately, and do not get involved. But they don t know Jack. He won t abandon a friend in need. Joined by Seth s primary agent Ysabel, an enigmatic Iranian woman who is his only clue to Seth s whereabouts, Jack s pursuit of the truth leads him across Iran, through the war-torn Caucasus, and finally deep into territory coveted by the increasingly aggressive Russian Federation. Jack soon finds himself lost in a maze of intrigue, lies, and betrayal where no one is who they seem to be – not even Seth. It seems Seth has a secret of his own. A secret that is driving him to the brink of treachery. Racing against the clock, Jack must unravel the mystery: Who is friend and who is foe? Before it s over, Jack Ryan, Jr., may have to choose between his loyalty to his friend and his loyalty to his country.