Tom Clancy : power and empire

Summary: It starts with a seemingly isolated tragedy. A Chinese oil tanker explodes in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. As a massive explosion engulfs the CGSL Orion in a burst of white flames, the surviving crew is left at the mercy of a raging storm. The U.S. Coast Guard battles towering seas and gale-force winds in a frantic bid to rescue them. In rural Texas, a routine traffic stop quickly escalates into a desperate gunfight. When a stolen thumb drive is recovered from one of the car's occupants, the Highway Patrol hands it over to the FBI, unaware that the drive is the property of Eddie Feng, a journalist with access to China's political elite -- and the very man Jack Ryan, Jr., and John Clark are tracking. The Feng's drive reveals a payment was made the same day as the Orion attack, proving that there's something much more sinister at play than mere coincidence. 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 chessmaster behind these moves. Even if it means making himself a target.

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