Patriot Games by Tom Clancy

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Author: Tom Clancy
• Title: Patriot Games (A Jack Ryan Novel)
• Publisher: ‎ G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover w/ Deckle Edge – 499 pages
• ISBN-10: 0399132414
• ISBN-13: 978-0399132414
• Item Weight: ‎ 2.10 pounds
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher
• Book Condition: Used – Good (Used book that is in clean condition without any missing pages and spine is intact. Minimal discoloration to the page edges.) Good condition is defined as a copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages and cover are intact and the cover shows minor shelf wear, but otherwise, is in good condition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Synopsis:

Tom Clancy reveals Jack Ryan’s origins in this electrifying #1 New York Times bestselling thriller that pits the former Marine turned family man against a vicious group of international terrorists.

As an American in London on vacation with his family, Jack Ryan never imagined his quick thinking would prevent an assassination attempt on Britain’s royal family and earn him the gratitude of an entire nation—and the scorn of an ultra-left-wing faction of the IRA. Irish terrorist Sean Miller and his followers in the Ulster Liberation Army intend to make sure Ryan pays for his interference in blood. But he’s not the only one they’re after…

With the lives of his pregnant wife and young daughter in mortal danger, Ryan accepts a role as a CIA analyst in order to find Miller and shut down the ULA. Going head to head with a ruthless terrorist is a fool’s errand, but Jack Ryan is the kind of man who will do whatever it takes to protect his family.

About the Author:

A little more than thirty years ago Tom Clancy was a Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history. Years before, he had been an English major at Baltimore’s Loyola College and had always dreamed of writing a novel.

His first effort, The Hunt for Red October—the first of the phenomenally successful Jack Ryan novels—sold briskly as a result of rave reviews, then catapulted onto the New York Times bestseller list after President Reagan pronounced it “the perfect yarn.”

From that day forward, Clancy established himself as an undisputed master at blending exceptional realism and authenticity, intricate plotting, and razor-sharp suspense. He passed away in October 2013.