Audio Book Description:
In the early 1980`s long beforehe was President or head of the CIA, even before a submarine named Red October crossedthe Atlantic, Jack Ryan was anhistorian, teacher and recent ex-marine temporarily living in England. A series of deadly encounters with an IRA splinter group had brought him to theattention of the CIA`s deputy Director Vice admiral James Greer-and when Greer asked him to come aboard Jack was quick to accept. The opportunity wasirrisistable. Then Jack forgot about teh rest of his work, beceause on his first day, an extraordaniary document crosseed hisdesk. The new Pope had just delivered a private ultimatum to Warsaw: If the government persisted in its repression, he would feel compelled toresign teh papavy and return toPoland. That was going to have consequences. In Moscow, another man was contemplatingthose very same consequences. YuriyAndropoc, the chairman of the KGB, did not like what this meant for him or his nation. All it took was one man to causeeverything he had worked for to crumble.And all it took was one man to stop him.The Pope was very powerful-but he was also mortal. And so it begins, an almostunthinkable plot-a plan to bring downnot just leaders, but nations. Ryan willfind himself in the middle of a chain reaction, a hight stakes game meant to shake the world... and in which a noviceCIA analyst just might be out of his depth...
