Tom Clancy Power and Empire
By Marc Cameron
- Release Date: 2017-11-28
- Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Description
As mounting tensions between China and the United States push the world’s two great powers to the brink of war, it falls to President Jack Ryan to identify the lethal chess master behind the scenes in this thriller in Tom Clancy's #1 New York Times bestselling series.
Jack Ryan is dealing with an aggresive challenge from the Chinese government as the G20 Summit approaches. Pawns are being moved around a global chessboard: an attack on an oil platform in Africa, a terrorist strike on an American destroyer and a storm tossed American spy ship that may fall into Chinese hands. It seems that Premier Zhao is determined to limit Ryan's choices in the upcoming negotiations.
But there are hints that there's even more going on. A routine traffic stop in rural Texas leads to a shocking discovery—a link to a Chinese spy who may have intelligence that lays bare an unexpected revelation. John Clark and the members of the Campus are in close pursuit, but can they get the information in time?
Reviews
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4By poolsominationVery well written but the conclusion was very sudden for such a long buildup ThanksHot Stuff!
5By FlyrevAnother winner from this team.Good book
3By abcdefgrrrrInterestingPower and Empire
3By WT WildcatStayed with it, but took breaks to regain perspective. A very violent, malevolent set of plot lines. Featured a lot of amoral, sadistic bad guys, who needed to be foiled.Book was thrilling
4By DarkbladeDemonMarc Cameron did a good job of continuing the Jack Ryan series in the absence of the great Tom Clancy. The story was original, the characters and settings were plentiful, and the action moved along at a breakneck speed. The only thing I would recommend, in terms of improvement, was that the ending came a little too fast in the final ten pages. That’s not to say that the ending wasn’t satisfying, however. I’m still very much looking forward to Cameron’s next Jack Ryan thriller.Power and Empire
5By Cap. TomAnother good one. These guys are writing just like Tom.Lukewarm
3By IcemanTXMediocre at best. Just not the same without Tom....The most boring book I’ve ever read
1By GenaFTook me three months and all my willpower to finish it.Power and Empire
3By azherrfunNot the best effort in this series. Two parallel and seemingly unrelated plot lines that somehow managed to come together in a somewhat abrupt fashion in the end.Best in the series in a while.
5By SmuttyPagerTurnerGuySince 2013 - this is most well written and in a style Tom would have approved of.