Jack Ryan, Jr.´s race to stop an international criminal conspiracy is intertwined with the fate of an old friend in this blistering entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. The CIA´s deepest secrets are being given away for a larger agenda that will undermine the entire Western intelligence community. Director of National Intelligence Mary Pat Foley wants it stopped but doesn´t know who, how or why. Jack Ryan, Jr., is dispatched to Poland on a different mission. The clues are thin, and the sketchy trail dead ends in a harrowing fight from which he barely escapes with his life. If that´s not bad enough, Jack gets more tragic news. An old friend, who´s dying from cancer, has one final request for Jack. It seems simple enough, but before it´s done, Jack will find himself alone, his life hanging by a thread. If he survives, he´ll be one step closer to finding the shadowy figure behind the CIA leak and its true purpose, but in the process, he´ll challenge the world´s most dangerous criminal syndicate with devastating consequences.