Even though he’s on forced leave from the clandestine intelligence group known as The Campus, Jack Ryan, Jr., still finds himself caught in the crosshairs after an attempt on his life is thwarted when he turns the tables on his would-be dispatcher. Convinced that the attack is linked to his recent covert actions with the convalescing Iranian national Ysabel Kashini, Jack sets out to find out who wants him dead, and why.
Using clues found on the now dead assassin, Jack pursues the investigation, following a growing trail of corpses to the European Union’s premier private security firm, Rostock Security Group, and its founder, Jürgen Rostock—a former general in the German Special Forces Command. Rostock is world-renowned as a philanthropist and human rights advocate. But Jack knows him from a Campus mission revolving around a company linked to RSG—a mission that has put him on Rostock’s lethal radar.
Without any Campus resources, Jack launches his own shadow campaign to uncover the truth about Rostock and a long-running false-flag war of terror that has claimed thousands of lives. Yet all of that bloodshed is but a precursor to a coming catastrophic event that will solidify Rostock’s place among the global powers. An event that Jack must stop at any cost.
Nueva entrega de Ryan, ya centrada en Jack Jr. Ryan Senior sigue de presidente pero el autor considera prudente no mencionarlo en toda la novela. En esta ocasión ocurren pocas cosas. La novela tiene dos protagonistas y aunque se mueven mucho por Europa queda casi como novela intimista frente a las demás. A Jack se lo intentan apiolar en la primera escena y, sospechando que su yonqui atracador no es tal, Jack empieza a investigar y tirar del hilo. Entretenida, fácil de leer, y poco más.
