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On a break between missions, Jack Ryan Jr is asked by his mother to visit Sarajevo and track down a girl whose life she saved during the war. Finally his life might be quietening down. That´s until he meets Aida - grown from a child into a beautiful and selfless woman. But the region is increasingly unstable and just as Jack lets his guard down, Aida is violently kidnapped by the Serbian mafia.

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A stunning thriller in the internationally bestselling Jack Ryan Jr series

Jack Ryan Jr is in an assassin´s sights . . .

Sent to the Balkans on an analytical mission, Jack Ryan Jr visits Sarajevo to meet Aida, the girl whose eyesight his mother saved in the war twenty-five years ago. He finds a selfless, attractive woman helping refugees in a restless country where a new war is brewing.

Coming to her aid, Jack is soon tangling with the Serbian mafia while dodging assassins from the mysterious Iron Syndicate. Alone and defying recall orders, he believes this is more than local trouble.

Has someone lit the fuse on the next world war?
Is Jack endangering Aida trying to find out?
And what can he alone do to stop it?

PRAISE FOR TOM CLANCY

´Heart-stopping action... entertaining and eminently topical... Clancy still reigns´ Washington Post

´Highly entertaining´ The Wall Street Journal

PRAISE FOR MIKE MADEN

´Maden´s trail of intrigue will captivate you from page one´ Clive Cussler

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Maden, Mike
Mike Maden grew up working in the canneries, feed mills and slaughterhouses of California´s San Joaquin Valley. A lifelong fascination with history and warfare ultimately lead to a Ph.D. in political science focused on conflict and technology in international relations. Like millions of others, he first became a Tom Clancy fan after reading The Hunt for Red October, and began his published fiction career in the same techno-thriller genre, starting with Drone and the sequels, Blue Warrior, Drone Command and Drone Threat. He´s honored to be joining "The Campus" as a writer in Tom Clancy´s Jack Ryan, Jr., series.

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