A newly belligerent Chinese government leaves US President Jack Ryan with only a few desperate options in this continuation of the #1 New York Times bestselling Tom Clancy series.
Jack Ryan is dealing with an aggresive challenge from the Chinese government as the G20 Summit approaches. Pawns are being moved around a global chessboard: an attack on an oil platform in Africa, a terrorist strike on an American destroyer and a storm tossed American spy ship that may fall into Chinese hands. It seems that Premier Zhao is determined to limit Ryan’s choices in the upcoming negotiations.
But there are hints that there’s even more going on behind the scene. A routine traffic stop in rural Texas leads to a shocking discovery--a link to a Chinese spy who may have intelligence that lays bare an unexpected revelation. John Clark and the members of the Campus are in close pursuit, but can they get the information in time?
在《紐約時報》排名第一的暢銷書《湯姆克蘭西》系列的續集中，新好戰的中國政府讓美國總統傑克·瑞恩只留下了幾個絕望的選擇。
隨著20國集團峰會的臨近，傑克·瑞恩正在應對中國政府的積極挑戰。對峙的棋子正在圍繞一個全球棋盤移動：對非洲石油平台的攻擊，對美國驅逐艦的恐怖襲擊，以及可能落入中國人手中被風暴摧殘的美國間諜船。趙總理似乎決心限制瑞恩在即將到來的談判中的選擇。
但有跡象顯示，現實背後還有更多事情要發生。德克薩斯州農村地區的一次例行交通臨檢導致了一個令人震驚的發現：與一位中國間諜有關聯，他可能擁有情報要揭露料想不到的真相。約翰·克拉克和校園成員都在緊追不捨，但他們能及時獲得信息嗎？
（譯者/徐琍沂&劉世明）