The stakes are sky-high when a minor misstatement from President Jack Ryan threatens the safety of Taiwan in this #1 New York Times bestselling series. Every word a president utters is weighed and examined, but none more so than when he is talking about Taiwan. That's why it's shocking that President Jack Ryan seems to imply that the US has no appetite for a war to protect Taiwan from the communist Chinese on the mainland. President Ryan is determined to protect the independence of the island nation, but he is determined that one slip of the tongue should not cost thousands of young soldiers, sailors and Marines their lives. Jack Ryan returns in a blockbuster new novel of action, thrills and intrigue in the world created by master storytelling Tom Clancy. __________ 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.