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Enemy contact / Mike Maden.

Maden, Mike, (author.).

Summary:

After a mission in Poland where he barely escaped with his life, Jack Ryan Jr. finds his life in danger again while trying to fulfill an old friend's dying wish to be scattered on a Chilean hillside.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780525541691
  • Physical Description: x, 468 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2019.
Subject: Ryan, Jack, Jr. (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Intelligence officers > United States > Fiction.
Kidnapping > Fiction.
Genre: Suspense fiction.

Available copies

  • 24 of 25 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Chetwynd Public Library. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 25 total copies.
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Bridge River Branch AF MAD (Text) 35180200145240 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Burns Lake Public Library AF CLA (Text) 35198000680661 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Castlegar Public Library FIC CLA (Text) 35146002144913 Fiction Volume hold Available -
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35140100052383 Fiction Volume hold Available -
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Elkford Public Library FC CLA (Text) 35170000433706 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
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  • Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2019 July #1
    Since Maden has taken the job of writing the Jack Ryan Jr. novels, originated by Tom Clancy, he has been adding substance to the series. His latest is no exception. A dear friend whom Ryan has not seen in some time asks to see him. Cory is dying of cancer and requests a favor. Ryan agrees to help, and Cory dies a few hours later. The favor involves finding a CIA agent who is leaking vital intelligence to a criminal organization with a bold plan for world domination. The one thing the bad guys didn't count on was Ryan. Drawing effectively on characters and story lines from the Clancy oeuvre, Maden adds top-notch action and excellent pacing to the mix. Fans of black-ops thrillers who may question the idea of continuing a deceased author's stories should make an exception for Maden. Copyright 2019 Booklist Reviews.
  • Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2019 June #2
    The latest in the action-filled series of thrillers based on characters created by the late Tom Clancy (Oath of Office, 2018, etc.) and continued here by Maden. Malign forces are trying to steal America's vital secrets, which it keeps in the highly secure IC Cloud. Naturally, a security breach would be catastrophic. China is the biggest cybersecurity threat by far, and it may have American allies. Sen. Deborah Dixon, who wants President Jack Ryan's job, says in a speech that "the future belongs to America and China," and a Ryan aide speculates that she may be in league with the Chinese. Meanwhile, Jack Ryan Jr. is a financial analyst at Hendley Associates who is sent to Poland to see if there is a connection between China's Belt and Road Initiative and Poland. In Warsaw, he is assigned a Polish assistant, Agent Liliana Pilecki. She's good-looking, of course, and exceptionally brave. There's an unrequited sexual tension between them that reflects especially well on Jack Jr. as a heck of a decent guy. Early on, his cancer-stricken friend, Cory, makes a deathbed request that Jack feels honor-bound to keep. "A man keeps his word," he thi nks, and he goes to heroic lengths to do so. Jack Ryan Jr. is definitely someone you want on your side, and not because he's the president's son. He is the quintessential good guy—tough, smart, honorable, unafraid. Handcuffed with his hands behind his back atop a Peruvian mountain and saying he needs to pee, he asks a captor for help. "If you're nice, you can hold it for me," he wisecracks. "Of course, you'll have to use both hands." Now that's a red-blooded American. Author Maden's style meshes perfectly with the classic Clancy yarns, with global action, struggle, suffering, and formidable foes who get what they deserve. Another well-crafted and enjoyable escape from reality. The Ryans just keep on saving the world. Copyright Kirkus 2019 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved.
  • Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2019 January #1

    When asked by a dying friend to scatter his ashes on a beloved Chilean hillside, Jack Ryan Jr. readily agrees. And he doesn't back down when he's warned by a former U.S. Army Ranger to desist and subsequently knocked about by thugs who break into his room. What's in those hills?

    Copyright 2018 Library Journal.
  • PW Annex Reviews : Publishers Weekly Annex Reviews

    In bestseller Maden's competent but ponderous third Jack Ryan Jr. novel in the Clancy franchise (after 2018's Line of Sight), a hacker known as CHIBI, a name that references an 1,800-year-old Chinese battle, is offering actionable intelligence for free to Iran, China, Russia, and a secret agency called the Iron Syndicate as proof that he has the key to all Western intelligence, now stored in the Intelligence Community Cloud. After the value of the material is proven, CHIBI invites the three countries and the syndicate to bid on the master key. Meanwhile, Jack looks into the possibility that a U.S. senator is working with the Chinese. The case takes Jack to Poland, where he teams with Liliana Pilecki, a member of that country's equivalent of the FBI. As usual, Jack's professional partner becomes his love interest. During their travels around the countryside, Jack and Liliana sample Polish delicacies over Liliana's mini lectures on Polish history. Eventually, Jack's investigation connects with CHIBI, whose identity comes as a shock. Along the way, bad things happen to good people. For less formulaic continuations of the Clancy series, readers should check out the respective works of Mark Greaney and Marc Cameron. Agent: Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, WME. (June)

    Copyright 2019 Publishers Weekly Annex.

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