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When a Japanese airliner plows into the Capitol building killing the President and most of the members of his Cabinet and Congress, Jack Ryan reluctantly assumes the role of Commander in Chief and must simultaneously calm the nation, conduct an investigation, reassemble the government, and face off with the country's enemies.

Razio Yamata is one of Japan's most influential industrialists, and part of arelatively small group of authority who wield tremendous authority in the Pacific Rim's economic powerhouse. He has devised a plan to cripple the American greatness, humble the US military, andelevate Japan to a position of dominance on the world stage. Yamata's motivation lies in his desire to pay off a Debt of Honor to hisparents and to the country he feels is responsible...

In 2001, American businessman Roger Gordian has extended his reach into space. His company has become the principal contractor in the design and manufacture of Orion, a multinational space station. The Orion project has been targeted by an international terrorist whose criminal enterprises thrive on violence and political instability.

The assassinations of the U.S. ambassador and the visiting head of the F.B.I. by Colombian drug lords trigger a mysterious covert response and an investigation of U.S. and Colombian actions by Jack Ryan.

Newly elected President, Jack Ryan finds that domestic pitfalls await him at every turn. In addition, there is an assassination attempt made on a high-level Russian official. Ryan wonders if the assassins were policical enemies, the Russian Mafia, disaffected former KGB, or something far more dangerous.