Even though he’s onforced leave from the clandestine intelligence group known as TheCampus, Jack Ryan, Jr., still finds himself caught in the crosshairsafter an attempt on his life is thwarted when he turns the tables on hiswould-be dispatcher. Convinced that the attack is linked to his recentcovert actions with the convalescing Iranian national Ysabel Kashini,Jack sets out to find out who wants him dead, and why.Using cluesfound on the now dead assassin, Jack pursues the investigation,following a growing trail of corpses to the European Union’s premierprivate security firm, Rostock Security Group, and its founder, JürgenRostock—a former general in the German Special Forces Command. Rostockis world-renowned as a philanthropist and human rights advocate. ButJack knows him from a Campus mission revolving around a company linkedto RSG—a mission that has put him on Rostock’s lethal radar.Withoutany Campus resources, Jack launches his own shadow campaign to uncoverthe truth about Rostock and a long-running false-flag war of terror thathas claimed thousands of lives. Yet all of that bloodshed is but aprecursor to a coming catastrophic event that will solidify Rostock’splace among the global powers. An event that Jack must stop at any cost.