COMMAND AUTHORITY

In the present, a new strongman has emerged in the ever-сhaotic Russian republic - the enigmatic President Valeri Volodin. He has set a plot in motion - a plot to return Russia to its former glory. But the foundations of his personal empire are built on a bloody secret from his past. And none who now of it have lived to tell. When a family friend of Ryan's is poisoned by a radioactive live agent, the trail leads to Russia. And Jack Ryan, Jr. - I aided by his compatriot John Clark and the covert warriors of the secretive Campus - must delve into an international conflict thirty years in the making, and finish what his father started. With President Ryan fighting the political battle of his life, and his son fighting a silent war against a ruthless foe, global conflict becomes imminent - and the possibility of survival may soon be lost for all...