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Ryanverse
The Ryanverse refers to the fictional universe created by author Tom Clancy centering on the character Jack Ryan (character), Jack Ryan. It also features other characters such as John Clark (Ryanverse character), John Clark and Domingo "Ding" Chavez. The Ryanverse has since expanded to include The Campus, an off-the-books intelligence agency where Clark, Chavez, and Ryan's son Jack Junior are involved. Novels By publication date Books in the order in which they were written: #''The Hunt for Red October'' (1984) #''Patriot Games'' (1987) #''The Cardinal of the Kremlin'' (1988) #''Clear and Present Danger'' (1989) #''The Sum of All Fears'' (1991) #''Without Remorse'' (1993) #''Debt of Honor'' (1994) #''Executive Orders'' (1996) #''Rainbow Six (novel), Rainbow Six'' (1998) #''The Bear and the Dragon'' (2000) #''Red Rabbit'' (2002) #''The Teeth of the Tiger'' (2003) #''Dead or Alive (novel), Dead or Alive'' (2010, with Grant Blackwood) #''Against All Enemies (novel), Against All Enem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Ryan (TV Series)
''Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan'' (also known simply as ''Jack Ryan'') is an American political action thriller television series based on characters from the fictional Ryanverse created by author Tom Clancy. Featuring modern-day interpretations of the original characters, it stars John Krasinski as CIA analyst Jack Ryan. The series was created by Carlton Cuse and Graham Roland. Cuse, Roland, and Krasinski serve as executive producers, alongside Michael Bay, Morten Tyldum, and Brad Fuller, among others. The series premiered on August 31, 2018, on Amazon Prime Video. Ahead of the third season, Amazon renewed the series for a fourth season and in May 2022, it was confirmed the series would end after its fourth season, which premiered on June 29, 2023, and concluded on July 14. A spin-off starring Michael Peña as Ding Chavez and a sequel film are in development. The film was announced to be in production on February 19, 2025. Premise The first season follows the titular CIA ana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clark (Ryanverse Character)
John T. Clark (real name John Terence Kelly, at times codenamed Rainbow Six) is a fictional character created by Tom Clancy. He has been featured in many of his Ryanverse novels. Although he first appeared in ''The Cardinal of the Kremlin'' (1988), his origin story was detailed in '' Without Remorse'' (1993). Clark has been described by his creator as "Ryan's dark side" and "more inclined to take physical action than Jack is." A former Navy SEAL, he became an operations officer for the CIA, and at one point served as Ryan's driver and bodyguard. During Ryan's first term as President, Clark served as director of a multinational counterterrorism unit codenamed Rainbow, which was composed of elite soldiers from countries comprising the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). After retiring from CIA and Rainbow, Clark then worked for The Campus, an off-the-books intelligence organization created by President Ryan, later acquiring a position as director of operations. In film, Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Ryan (character)
John Patrick Ryan Sr. (Hon.), nicknamed Jack, is a fictional character created by author Tom Clancy and featured in his novels, which have consistently topped the New York Times bestseller list, ''New York Times'' bestseller list. Since Clancy's death in 2013, a series of authors have continued writing novels for the Ryanverse franchise with approval from the Clancy family estate. The son of a Baltimore police detective and a nurse, Ryan is a former United States Marine Corps, U.S. Marine lieutenant and stockbroker who becomes a civilian history professor at the United States Naval Academy (USNA). Ryan works with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) initially as a MITRE contractor before becoming an analyst and occasional field officer, eventually leading it as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Deputy Director. After retiring from the CIA, Ryan later served as National Security Advisor (United States), National Security Advisor and Vice President of the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Or Alive (novel)
''Dead or Alive'' is a techno-thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and co-written with Grant Blackwood, and released on December 7, 2010. It is Clancy's first novel in seven years after '' The Teeth of the Tiger'' (2003), and follows the hunt by The Campus for "the Emir", a Middle Eastern terrorist based on Osama bin Laden. It unites several characters from the Ryanverse, including former president Jack Ryan, his son Jack Ryan Jr., his nephews Dominic and Brian Caruso, and Rainbow Six veterans John Clark and Domingo Chavez. The book debuted at number one on the ''New York Times'' bestseller list. Plot summary Most wanted terrorist Saif Rahman Yasin, known as the Emir, secretly enters the United States by private plane. Having altered his physical appearance and living in the state of Nevada, he coordinates his massive operation as leader of terrorist organization Umayyad Revolutionary Council (URC), codenamed Lotus. It aims to weaken the current presidential administration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainbow Six (novel)
''Rainbow Six'' is a techno-thriller novel written by Tom Clancy and released on August 3, 1998. It is the second book to primarily focus on John Clark, one of the recurring characters in the '' Ryanverse'', after '' Without Remorse'' (1993); it also features his son-in-law, Domingo "Ding" Chavez. ''Rainbow Six'' follows "Rainbow", a secret international counterterrorist organization headed by Clark (codenamed "Rainbow Six"), and the complex apocalyptic conspiracy they unravel after handling multiple seemingly random terrorist attacks. The novel debuted at number one on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the action scenes and suspense but criticized the writing of some characters and its unrealistic plot. It also received some backlash from the environmental movement for its negative depiction of radical environmentalism. The novel's sequel, '' The Bear and the Dragon'', was released in 2000. ''Rainbow Six'' was ada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Without Remorse
''Without Remorse'' is a thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and published on August 11, 1993. Set during the Vietnam War, it serves as an origin story of John Clark, one of the recurring characters in the '' Ryanverse''. ''Without Remorse'' introduces Clark as former Navy SEAL John Kelly and explains how he changed his name. G.P. Putnam's Sons paid $14 million for the North American rights, a record for a single book. The book debuted at number one on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. Plot In 1970, former Navy SEAL John Kelly, who recently lost his pregnant wife, Patricia, in a car accident, picks up a hitchhiker named Pam on his way to his home on Battery Island in the Chesapeake Bay. They quickly become lovers, and over time Kelly discovers her full name, Pamela Madden, and that she is a runaway who became a drug mule and prostitute; she has recently escaped from her drug-dealer/pimp Henry Tucker. Kelly, along with the help of doctors Sam and Sarah Rosen, helps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Clancy
Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American novelist. He is best known for his technically detailed espionage and military science, military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of his novels have been bestsellers and more than 100 million copies of his books have been sold. His name was also used on screenplays written by ghostwriters, nonfiction books on military subjects occasionally with co-authors, and video games. He was a part-owner of his hometown Major League Baseball team, the Baltimore Orioles, and vice-chairman of their community activities and public affairs committees. Originally an insurance agent, Clancy launched his literary career in 1984 when he sold his first military thriller novel ''The Hunt for Red October'' for $5,000 published by the small academic Naval Institute Press of Annapolis, Maryland. ''The Hunt for Red October'', ''Patriot Games'' (1987), ''Clear and Present Danger'' (1989), and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cardinal Of The Kremlin
''The Cardinal of the Kremlin'' is an espionage thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on May 20, 1988. A direct sequel to ''The Hunt for Red October'' (1984), it features CIA analyst Jack Ryan as he extracts CARDINAL, the agency's highest placed agent in the Soviet government who is being pursued by the KGB, as well as the Soviet intelligence agency's director. The novel also features the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), a conceptual missile-defense system developed by the United States during that time, and its Russian counterpart. The book debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list. Plot For thirty years, Colonel Mikhail Semyonovich "Misha" Filitov, a personal aide to the Soviet Minister of Defense and war hero, has been passing military, technical, and political intelligence to the CIA as their highest agent-in-place, codenamed CARDINAL. His latest mission concerns a Soviet anti-ballistic missile research project codenamed "Bright Star", base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Blackwood
Grant Blackwood (born June 7, 1964) is an American thriller writer and ghostwriter from Austin, Minnesota. He wrote the Briggs Tanner series. He co-authored with Clive Cussler ''Spartan Gold'' which reached number 10 on the ''New York Times'' Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers list. Blackwood spent three years as an Operations Specialist and pilot rescue swimmer aboard a guided missile frigate and is a veteran of the United States Navy. Novels Briggs Tanner series * ''The End of Enemies'' (2001) * ''The Wall of Night'' (2002) * ''An Echo of War'' (2003) Fargo Adventures series (co-authored with Clive Cussler) * '' Spartan Gold'' (2009) * ''Lost Empire'' (2010) * '' The Kingdom'' (2011) Jack Ryan, Jr. Series * ''Dead or Alive'' (2010) co-authored with Tom Clancy * '' Tom Clancy: Under Fire'' (2015) * '' Tom Clancy: Duty and Honor'' (2016) Splinter Cell series (writing as "David Michaels") * '' Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Checkmate'' (2006) * '' Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Fallout' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Teeth Of The Tiger
''The Teeth of the Tiger'' is a thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on August 11, 2003. Set in a post-9/11 world, it is the first book to feature The Campus, a covert intelligence agency created by President Jack Ryan before the end of his term as chief executive. While he does not appear in the book, his son Jack Ryan Jr., as well as his nephews Dominic and Brian Caruso, are featured as The Campus operatives. The book debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list, and would become Clancy's last solely written novel before a seven-year break from writing fiction. Plot In Rome, a Mossad station chief is assassinated. The murder piques the interest of the Campus, an off-the-books intelligence agency created by former United States president Jack Ryan before the end of his presidential term. Situated in a high-rise office building that has direct line-of-sight between the main headquarters for the CIA and the NSA, the organization was created to "ide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Rabbit
''Red Rabbit'' is a spy thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on August 5, 2002. The plot occurs a few months after the events of ''Patriot Games'' (1987), and incorporates the 1981 assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. Main character Jack Ryan, now an analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency, takes part in the extraction of a Soviet defector who knows of a KGB plot to kill the pontiff. The book debuted at number one on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. Plot summary In 1982, Pope John Paul II privately issues a letter to the communist Polish government, stating that he will resign from the papacy and return to his hometown unless they cease their repression of counterrevolutionary movements in Poland, particularly the Solidarity trade union. Called the Warsaw Letter, it is later forwarded to Moscow, enraging Committee for State Security (KGB) director Yuri Andropov. He decides to plan the Pope's assassination, which he believes will reinvigorate c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bear And The Dragon
''The Bear and the Dragon'' is a techno-thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on August 21, 2000. A direct sequel to ''Executive Orders'' (1996), President Jack Ryan (character), Jack Ryan deals with a war between Russia and China, referred respectively in the title as the Russian Bear and the Chinese Dragon. At over 1,028 pages, it is Clancy's second longest novel, ''Executive Orders'' being the longest. The book debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list, ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. Plot summary In Moscow, Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia), SVR director Sergey Golovko survives an attack on his way to work, when a car identical to the armored white Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes that he was in was shot with an RPG-7, killing the occupants (one of them a former KGB agent turned pimp) inside. Investigation of the incident by Russian police and later intelligence officers points to involvement from Chinese intelligence, and that Golovko was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |