ALSO BY TOM CLANCY
FICTION
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Red Storm Rising
Patriot Games
The Cardinal of the Kremlin
Clear and Present Danger
The Sum of All Fears
Without Remorse
Debt of Honor
Executive Orders
Rainbow Six
The Bear and the Dragon
Red Rabbit
The Teeth of the Tiger
Dead or Alive (with Grant Blackwood)
Against All Enemies (with Peter Telep)
Locked On (with Mark Greaney)
Threat Vector (with Mark Greaney)
Command Authority (with Mark Greaney)
Tom Clancy Support and Defend (by Mark Greaney)
Tom Clancy Full Force and Effect (by Mark Greaney)
Tom Clancy Under Fire (by Grant Blackwood)
Tom Clancy Commander in Chief (by Mark Greaney)
Tom Clancy Duty and Honor (by Grant Blackwood)
Tom Clancy True Faith and Allegiance (by Mark Greaney)
Tom Clancy Point of Contact (by Mike Maden)
Tom Clancy Power and Empire (by Marc Cameron)
Tom Clancy Line of Sight (by Mike Maden)
Tom Clancy Oath of Office (by Marc Cameron)
Tom Clancy Enemy Contact (by Mike Maden)
Tom Clancy Code of Honor (by Marc Cameron)
NONFICTION
Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship
Armored Cav: A Guided Tour of an Armored Cavalry Regiment
Fighter Wing: A Guided Tour of an Air Force Combat Wing
Marine: A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit
Airborne: A Guided Tour of an Airborne Task Force
Carrier: A Guided Tour of an Aircraft Carrier
Into the Storm: A Study in Command
with General Fred Franks, Jr. (Ret.), and Tony Koltz
Every Man a Tiger: The Gulf War Air Campaign
with General Chuck Horner (Ret.) and Tony Koltz
Shadow Warriors: Inside the Special Forces
with General Carl Stiner (Ret.) and Tony Koltz
Battle Ready with General Tony Zinni (Ret.) and Tony Koltz
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Names: Maden, Mike, author.
Title: Tom Clancy firing point / Mike Maden.
Other titles: Firing point
Description: New York: G. P. Putnams Sons, 2020. | Series: Jack Ryan Jr.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020013908 (print) | LCCN 2020013909 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593188064 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593188088 (ebook)
Subjects: GSAFD: Spy stories. | Suspense fiction.
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CONTENTS
Cover
Also by Tom Clancy
Title Page
Copyright
Epigraph
Principal Characters
Prologue
October 18
Chapter 1
October 24
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
October 25
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
October 26
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
October 27
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
October 28
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
October 29
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
October 30
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Days Later
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Epilogue
About the Authors
In valor, there is hope.
TACITUS
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
JACK RYAN: President of the United States
MARY PAT FOLEY: Director of national intelligence
ARNOLD ARNIE VAN DAMM: President Ryans chief of staff
SCOTT ADLER: Secretary of state
ADMIRAL JOHN TALBOT: Chief of naval operations
DICK DELLINGER: U.S. Consulate (Barcelona, Spain), Public Diplomacy Section
THE CAMPUS
JACK RYAN, JR.: Operations officer/senior analyst
GAVIN BIERY: Director of information technology
GERRY HENDLEY: Director of The Campus and Hendley Associates
JOHN CLARK: Director of operations
DOMINGO DING CHAVEZ: Assistant director of operations
DOMINIC DOM CARUSO: Operations officer
ADARA SHERMAN: Operations officer
BARTOSZ MIDAS JANKOWSKI: Operations officer
OTHER CHARACTERS
UNITED STATES
BUCK LOGAN: President, White Mountain Logistics + Security
KATE PARSONS: Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist
SPAIN
LAIA BROSSA: Centro Nacional de Inteligencia (CNI) agent
GASPAR PEA: CNI supervisor
PROLOGUE
POHANG, SOUTH KOREA
Alive, not dead.
That was the order. Jack got it. Rijk van Deldenif that was his real namewas the only link between the Iron Syndicate and the nameless merc outfit the syndicate hired for their dirtiest hits. The merc outfit was their real target. Find van Delden, find the outfit.
Simple as that.
But van Delden had been hard as hell to find. Impossible, actually. Until a lead, finally, that led them here tonight. Their one and maybe only chance to grab him.
Alive, not dead meant keeping the big Dutchman alive so they could find and eliminate his murderous organization.
The only problem with that was van Delden was one of his outfits heavy hitters. The six-foot-six killer possessed serious combative and tactical skills. The giant Dutchman had put more men in the ground than a gravediggers shovel.
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