An all-new novella in the New York Times bestselling Net Force series, created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik and written by Jerome Preisler. In Munich, a renowned computer scientist dies. Then, his daughter vanishes. Both under mysterious circumstances. Kali Alcazar, a master hacker, wants to know why. As she delves deeper into the suspicious events, she spots something in the sky—a rare, advanced drone—and realises she’s a target herself. A group of mercenary assassins has been assembled with just one to stop Kali from exposing a dark, world-changing secret. Stop her at any cost. They’re not the only ones who are hunting Kali. CIA manhunter Mike Carmody and his elite special ops team are hot on her trail. Their task—bring her to Washington as an internationally wanted cyber-criminal. But that simple mission suddenly becomes a lot more dangerous than they bargained for. In this thrilling novella, the lines blur between hunter and hunted in a battle for tech dominance whose explosive outcome ultimately may be decide the future of international security.
Author
Tom Clancy was an English major at Baltimore’s Loyola College. As a Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history, his dream of writing a novel came true with his first effort, The Hunt for Red October (1984). He wrote more than a dozen novels, which have a blend of realism and authenticity, intricate plotting, and razor-sharp suspense. Ten of the novels, including The Teeth of the Tiger (Berkley, 2004), feature the character Jack Ryan, former stock broker and CIA employee. Clancy’s non-fiction works include a series of guided tours of America’s warfighting assets, Submarine, Armored Cav, Fighter Wing, Marine, and Airborne. He lived in Maryland. The following are the books and approximate time frame in the Jack Ryan Universe Without Remorse 1969-73 Patriot Games 1981-82 Red Rabbit 1982 The Hunt for Red October 1984 The Cardinal of the Kremlin 1986 Clear and Present Danger 1988 The Sum of All Fears 1990-91 Debt of Honor 1995-96 Executive Orders 1996 Rainbow Six 1999-2000 The Bear and the Dragon 2002 The Teeth of the Tiger 2006 Dead or Alive 2007 Locked On 2007 Threat Vector 2009 Command Authority 2013 Support and Defend 2014 Full Force and Effect 2014
