Sum of fears

Author: Wang Yongcheng
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: A nuclear bomb explodes on U.S. soil, the President nearly dies, and the U.S.-Russia nuclear war is on the verge of breaking out. Tom Clancy, the father of military fiction, presents his masterpiece. New York Times bestseller list name. "The plot is clever, and the entertainment value is excellent." "A thrilling story with vivid characters. The heroes in Clancy's works are true heroes with blood and flesh, while the villains are enough to make you despise them." The story begins with the terrorist plot by the former leader of the German Red Army to assassinate the U.S. President. It mainly describes how terrorists in the post-Cold War era meticulously plan to disrupt the new relationship between the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, in order to achieve their goal of overthrowing the world. The book still features Ryan as the protagonist, the hero from The Hunt for Red October, who has now been promoted to Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States. On the other hand, Middle Eastern terrorists discover a nuclear missile lost by Israel. With the help of a group of disgruntled East German scientists, they manufacture a powerful hydrogen bomb. They plan to use it to undermine the newly established reconciliation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, and eventually bring the two superpowers to the brink of nuclear war.