"Allah!"With that shrill cry, three Muslim terrorists blow up a key Soviet oil complex, creating a critical oil shortage that threatens the stability of the USSR. To offer the effects of this disaster, members of the Politburo and the KGB devise a brilliant plan of diplomatic trickery - a sequence of events designed to pit the NATO allies against each other - a distraction calculated to enable the Soviets to seize all the oil in the Persian Gulf. But as this spellbinding story of international intrigue and global politics nears its climax, the Soviets are faced with another prospect, one they hadn't planned on: a full-scale conflict in which nobody can win.
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
