Dead Or Alive

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Jack Ryan Jr. returns in Dead or Alive" the gripping new thriller from Tom Clancy. The world's number one terrorist is about to unleash a holy war. Only one agency one man can stop him... The Campus was secretly created by President Jack Ryan to covertly eliminate terrorists. Now it faces its greatest threat: a sadistic killer known as the Emir. Mastermind of countless horrific attacks the Emir has eluded capture by every law enforcement agency in the world. & he is about to unleash a monumental strike at the heart of America. But on the Emir's trail is intelligence expert Jack Ryan Jr. Following in his legendary father's footsteps he & his allies at the Campus are on a manhunt that will take them across the globe into the shadowy arenas of political gamesmanship in a race to prevent the fall of the West. " Dead or Alive" is the nerve-shredding second thriller in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Jr. series. " The Teeth of the Tiger" was the first. Praise for Tom Clancy: " Heart-stopping action.. .entertaining & eminently topical". (" Washington Post"). " Classic Clancy.. .well-constructed tension & realistic action". (" Short List"). " Exhilarating. No other novelist is giving so full a picture of modern conflict". (" Sunday Times"). Thirty years ago Tom Clancy was a Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history. His first novel " The Hunt for Red October" catapulted on to " The New York Times" bestseller list after President Reagan pronounced it 'the perfect yarn'. Since then Clancy has established himself as an undisputed master at blending exceptional realism & authenticity intricate plotting & razor-sharp suspense. Grant Blackwood a US Navy veteran spent three years aboard a guided-missile frigate as operations specialist & pilot rescue swimmer. He is the author of the " Briggs Tanner" series: " The End of Enemies" " The Wall of Night" & " An Echo of War". He lives in Colorado."