num_pages: 875
description: The President dead, most of the Cabinet and the Congress dead, the Supreme Court and Joint Chiefs likewise. Dazed and confused, the man who only minutes before had been confirmed as the new Vice-President of the United States is told that he is now President. President John Patrick Ryan. And that is where Executive Orders begins. Ryan had agreed to accept the vice-presidency only as caretaker for a year, and now suddenly, an incalculable weight has fallen on his shoulders. How do you run a government without a government? Where do you even begin? With stunning force, Ryan's responsibilities crush in on him. He must calm an anxious and grieving nation, allay the skepticism of the world's leaders, conduct a swift investigation of the tragedy, and arrange a massive state funeral - all while attempting to reconstitute a Cabinet and a Congress with the greatest possible speed. But that is not all. Many eyes are on him now, and many of them are unfriendly. In Beijing, Tehran, and other world capitals, including Washington, D.C., there are those eager to take advantage where they may, some of whom bear a deep animus toward the United States - some of whom, from Ryan's past, harbor intense animosity toward the new President himself. Soon they will begin to move on their opportunities; soon they will present Jack Ryan with a crisis so great even he cannot imagine it.
language: English
title: Executive Orders
titlecomplete: Executive Orders (Jack Ryan Universe, #9)
characters: Dave James, Carol Zimmer, Scott Adler, Ed Foley, Mr. Alahad, Andrea Price, Zhang Han San, Marion Diggs, Aref Raman, Bert Vasco, Daryaei, Don Russell, Cliff Rutledge, Pat O'Day, Pat Martin, Arnie van Damm, Callie Weston, Gus Lorenz, Marcella Hilton, Mary Pat Foley, Ernie Brown & Pete Holbrook, Ed Kealty, Col. Hank Goodman, Jack Ryan Sr*, Col. Pierre Alexandre, Gen. John Pickett, President Grushavoy, John Clark*, Ellen Sumter, Dr. Moudi, Mogataru Koga, Robby Jackson, John Plumber, Tony Bretano, Tom Donner, Ben Goodley, Captain Sato, Michael Brennan, Liz Elliott, Gennady Bondarenko, MOVIE STAR, Ali Badrayn, Sister Jean Baptiste, Ali Bin Sheik, Bob Holtzman, Ding Chavez, Mordecai Azir, Gwendolyn Merritt, George Winston, Roy Altman, Sergey Golovko, Ralph Forster, Cathy Ryan, Tony Caruso
genres: Politics, Espionage, Military Fiction, War, Suspense, Thriller, Mystery, Action, Fiction, Adventure
ratings_count: 49408
places: Baltimore, Maryland, Tehran, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Illinois, Atlanta, Georgia
series: Jack Ryan Universe (Publication Order), Jack Ryan Universe, Jack Ryan
publisher: Putnam