description: Tom Clancy's Patriot Games is filled with the exceptional realism and authenticity that distinguished the author's two previous bestsellers, Hunt for Red October and Red Storm Rising. Patriot Games puts us on the cutting edge of another type of war -- the international battle of terrorism.Years before the defection of a Soviet submarine will send him hurtling into confrontation with the Soviets in Red October, Jack Ryan, historian, ex-marine, and CIA analyst, is vacationing in London when the Ulster Liberation Army makes a terrorist attack on the Prince and Princess of Wales. By instinctively diving forward to break up the attack, he gains both the gratitude of a nation and the hatred of its most dangerous men. Jack Ryan must summon all of the skills and knowledge at his command to battle back against his nemesis.Patriot Games is a major new film from Paramount starring Harrison Ford.Two Casettes.
language: English
title: Patriot Games
titlecomplete: Patriot Games (Jack Ryan, #1)
characters: Jack Ryan Sr*
genres: Adventure, Spy Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Espionage, Action, Fiction, Military Fiction, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 203642
places: Annapolis, Maryland, London, England
series: Jack Ryan Universe, Jack Ryan Universe (Publication Order), Jack Ryan
publisher: Random House Audio