Mohammed sits in a caféin Vienna, to propose joining his network of agents and sympathizers inEurope and Middle East with a Colombian's drug network in America forterrorism, profits and destruction. Off book U.S. top secret agency TheCampus for President John Patrick Ryan has the best of the best.DominicCaruso is a rookie FBI agent, barely a year out of Quantico, whosedecisive actions resolve a particularly brutal kidnap/murder case. Hisbrother Brian is a Marine captain just back from his first combat actionin Afghanistan, and already a man to watch. Their cousin is Jack Ryan,Jr.Jack was raised on intrigue. As his father moved through theranks of the CIA and then into the White House, Jack received a lifecourse in the world and the way it operates from agents, statesmen,analysts, Secret Service men, and black ops specialists such as JohnClark and Ding Chavez. But nothing has prepared him for real worlddanger.