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The Campus has been discovered. And whoever knows they exist knows they can be destroyed. Meanwhile, President Jack Ryan has been swept back into the Oval Office - and his wisdom and courage are needed more desperately than ever. Internal political and economic strife has pushed the leadership of China to the edge of disaster. And those who wish to consolidate their power are using the opportunity to strike at long-desired Taiwan, as well as the Americans who have protected the tiny nation.

There's a new strong man in Russia but his rise to power is based on a dark secret hidden decades in the past. The solution to that mystery lies with a most unexpected source, President Jack Ryan.

Privately training with special forces, he’s honing his combat skills to continue his work within the Campus, hunting down and eliminating terrorists wherever he can--even as Jack Ryan Sr. campaigns to become President of the United States again. But what neither father nor son knows is that the political and personal have just become equally dangerous. A devout enemy of Jack Sr. launches a privately-funded vendetta to discredit him and connect him to a mysterious killing in his longtime ally John Clark’s past. All they have to do is catch him.

When Russian President Valeri Volodin's ambitions are foiled in Dagestan, he faces a difficult choice. The oligarchs who support him expect a constant flow of graft, but with energy prices cratering, the Russian economy sputters to a virtual halt. Unable to grow the Russian market at home, his hold on power relies on expansion abroad—a plan that has been thwarted by the United States in the past. But this time Volodin has determined that an indirect approach is the best.

A North Korean ICBM crashes into the Sea of Japan. A veteran CIA officer is murdered in Ho Chi Minh City, and a package of forged documents goes missing. The pieces are there, but assembling the puzzle will cost Jack Ryan, Jr., and his fellow Campus agents precious time. Time they don't have.

It begins with a family dinner in Princeton, New Jersey. After months at sea, US Navy Commander Scott Hagan, captain of the USS James Greer, is on leave when he is attacked by an armed man in a crowded restaurant. Hagan is shot, but he manages to fight off the attacker. Though severely wounded, the gunman reveals he is a Russian whose brother was killed when his submarine was destroyed by Commander Hagan's ship. Hagan demands to know how the would-be assassin knew his exact location, but the man dies before he says more.

Privately training with special forces, he’s honing his combat skills to continue his work within the Campus, hunting down and eliminating terrorists wherever he can--even as Jack Ryan Sr. campaigns to become President of the United States again. But what neither father nor son knows is that the political and personal have just become equally dangerous. A devout enemy of Jack Sr. launches a privately-funded vendetta to discredit him and connect him to a mysterious killing in his longtime ally John Clark’s past. All they have to do is catch him.

Bei einem Anschlag in Washington D.C. werden mehrere russische Abgeordnete getötet. Ryan Drake, Chef einer CIA-Eingreiftruppe, traut seinen Augen kaum. Hat sich die ehemalige Agentin Anya, die er vor Jahren aus einem russischen Gefängnis befreit hat, einer terroristischen Vereinigung angeschlossen? Die Suche nach Antworten führt Drake bis nach Moskau.

Jack Ryan has only just moved back into the Oval Office when he is faced with a new international threat. An aborted coup in the People's Republic of China has left President Wei Zhen Lin with no choice but to agree with the expansionist policies of General Su Ke Quiang. They have declared the South China Sea a protectorate and are planning an invasion of Taiwan. The Ryan administration is determined to thwart China’s ambitions, but the stakes are dangerously high as a new breed of powerful Chinese anti-ship missiles endanger the US Navy's plans to protect the island.

Nathaniel and Suzie Bathhurst were kind and simple people in the last season of their lives. They ran a flower shop and enjoyed their friends and simple times. That is, until the world of war took their son away. Now, the two of them have to decide to play out a gamble to save their only child, knowing it could cost them everything.

When an Olympic medalist is the subject of an attempted assassination, former SAS trooper Jeff Bradley knows his past is once again casting a shadow over his new life. A note left by the assassin confirms his suspicions: Bradley made an enemy back in Kosovo, and the man is out for revenge. But Jeff knows the killer is not working alone: higher up the ranks sits Avni Leka, a terrorist warlord who will stop at nothing to achieve his bloody goal.

Der Absturz des Black-Hawk-Helikopters in Afghanistan ist schon schlimm genug. Doch an Bord befand sich ein hochrangiger Geheimnisträger der CIA. Wenn die Informationen in seinem Besitz an die Öffentlichkeit gelangen, würde das die ISAF-Allianz zerschlagen und Afghanistan dem Chaos preisgeben. Ryan Drake wird angeheuert, den Mann aufzuspüren und die Informationen sicherzustellen. Ein Routineeinsatz.

Unbekannte hacken sich in amerikanische Militärdrohnen und greifen mit ihnen zivile Ziele im Irak an. Ryan Drake, Chef einer geheimen Eingreiftruppe der CIA, hat nur 48 Stunden, um die Agentin Maras aus einem sibirischen Hochsicherheitsgefängnis zu befreien, die dort wegen einer Intrige der CIA eingekerkert ist. Nicht gerade die verlässlichste Unterstützung. Allerdings ist es Drake nur mit ihr möglich, an die Terroristen heranzukommen.

When Andrew Sumner meets beautiful, edgy Charlie, he is certain his run of bad luck has finally come to an end. But as the two of them embark on an intense affair, Andrew wonders if his grasp on reality is slipping. Items go missing in his apartment. Somebody appears to be following him. And as misfortune and tragedy strike his friends and loved ones, Andrew is forced to confront the frightening truth.…

Eine nordkoreanische Interkontinentalrakete stürzt ins Japanische Meer. In Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt wird ein CIA-Offizier ermordet, und ein Paket mit gefälschten Dokumenten verschwindet. Die Puzzleteile liegen offen da, sie zusammenzusetzen beansprucht aber kostbare Zeit. Zeit, die Jack Ryan junior und seine Agentenkollegen vom Campus nicht haben. Alle Spuren führen nach Nordkorea, wo ein junger, unerfahrener Diktator ein großes Nuklearprogramm umsetzen will.

Eine schwimmende Erdgasanlage vor der litauischen Küste explodiert nach einem Bombenanschlag. Ein venezolanischer Staatsanwalt wird gemeuchelt. Bei einem Handstreich gegen einen russischen Truppenzug gibt es Dutzende Tote. Eine anarchische Welt ist die beste Tarnung, den eigentlichen Plan mit scheinbar zusammenhanglosen Übergriffen zu verschleiern. Nur ein Mann erkennt das perfide Muster hinter all den perfiden Terroranschlägen rund um die Welt. Kann US-Präsident Jack Ryan den skrupellosen Drahtzieher zur Strecke bringen?

Peace was always an elusive thing for Detective Carter Boyce, even before his wife died. Since then, living has become even harder. Now, investigating what looks like a murder suicide, Carter begins piecing back together a life he didn’t even know was broken. He stumbles back into his childhood neighborhood, where Old Man Kopchek is still missing a leg, but none of his acerbic wit. The old man begins teaching him the magic of savoring the mundane and the seemingly unimportant.

When a US Navy ship is cut from its pier and drifts into San Diego Harbor with a cryptic note left behind, NCIS Special Agent Matt Bertram is called upon to launch an investigation. Soon after, more and escalating acts of sabotage continue, each with notes indicating the same person is at work.

When two sailors are murdered trying to sell classified materials to the Soviet Union, the Naval Investigative Service determines there might be a massive leak of intelligence from one navy ship. They determine the only way to investigate the possible hemorrhage of information is to place someone into the radio shack of the flagship of the Seventh Fleet Commander, the USS Oklahoma City.

Americans have been told the war in Southeast Asia is over. Seaman Matthew Bertram, expecting a Navy enlistment of travel and adventure discovers that the war is not yet over. When he finds himself on charges for diving into Subic Bay to save his Chief’s dentures, he discovers that the life of Navy adventure will take a sudden and catastrophic turn as he takes on a mission that will change his life forever.