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After a mission goes wrong Jack Ryan heads to Barcelona for some required R&R. In a restaurant he bumps into old friend Renee Moore - but they have barely time to talk before a bomb blows the place apart.

Dying in Jack's arms, Renee gasps a final word: 'Sammler'. Unsure who or what this is but not a believer in coincidences, he decides to investigate both Renee's reasons for being in Spain and the bombing itself.

Soon, Jack is on the trail of a secretive organisation intent on bringing the world's great powers to the brink of war . . .

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Praise for Tom Clancy:

'Constantly taps the current world situation for its imminent dangers and spins them into an engrossing tale' New York Times

'Heart-stopping action . . . entertaining and eminently topical' Washington Post

'A virtuoso display of page-turning talent' Sunday Express

'There's hardly another thriller writer alive who can fuel an adrenaline surge the way Clancy can' Daily Mail