![]() Anyway Jack eventually stumbles on the big picture at about the same time as his Dad does, and in a fast moving climax to the book everything comes to a head. Meanwhile a bunch of ships are being sunk and Jack Sr gets on the case (never really explained why they are being sunk by the way). ![]() So off Jack goes, obviously doesn’t call in any support but hooks up with his IT genius friend Gavin to look into things. Jack decides to investigate and find out why she dies and if she was the actual target. Jack Jr is on holiday in Barcelona when he bumps into an old friend, when she is killed in a bomb blast. The Jack senior stuff actually works quite well in terms of the character established over the books and there is a reasonable attempt to make this a Clancy style techno-thriller. Far too much time is spent on Spanish history and a bit of a travelogue. Jack Jr is part of an elite team who ALL conveniently go on holiday and he gets into trouble but obviously doesn’t call it in. It repeats the failings of previous books…nobody comments on Jack Ryan having the same name as the President. This is like when you buy a copy product in the supermarket and blame yourself when it isn’t that good. Jack has never backed down from a challenge, but some prey may be too big for one man. Along the way, he discovers that his old friend had secrets of her own-and some of them may have gotten her killed. This mysterious sequence of events sends the young Campus operative on an unrelenting search to find out the reason behind Renee's death. When the police show up they are initially suspicious of Jack until they are called off by a member of the Spanish Intelligence Service. As she dies in his arms, she utters one word, "Sammler." A desperate Jack plunges back into the ruins to save his friend, but it's too late. After making plans to meet later, Jack leaves only to miss the opportunity to ever speak to Renee again as the café is destroyed minutes later by a suicide bomber. A first, Renee Moore seems surprised to see Jack, but then she just seems irritated and distracted. is surprised to run into an old friend at a small café. While on vacation in Barcelona, Jack Ryan, Jr. ![]() Jack Ryan, Jr is out to avenge the murder of an old friend, but the vein of evil he's tapped into may run too deep for him to handle in the latest electric entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.
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