Command Authority

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Author	Tom Clancy, with Mark Greaney
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Jack Ryan universe
Genre	Political thriller novel
Publisher	Putnam Adult
Publication date	December 3, 2013
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	736 pp (hardback edition)^[1]
ISBN	ISBN 9780399160479
Preceded by	Threat Vector
Followed by	Support and Defend

Command Authority is a political thriller novel by Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney published posthumously on December 3, 2013 by Putnam Adult. This is the ninth novel featuring the former CIA agent and president Jack Ryan and his son Jack Ryan Jr.^[2]

Plot Summary

The Russian Federation has a new president, Valeri Volodin. His ambitions are to usher Russia into a new age reminiscent of the days of the Soviet Union. President Jack Ryan must oppose Volodin and his interventions in Estonia, and with Russian plans on invading Ukraine, Volodin must be stopped. Sergey Golovko, former chairman of SVR, was assassinated by a radioactive agent with links to the Seven Strong Men and a Cold War mystery that Ryan himself was involved in when the Berlin Wall was still standing. To solve this mystery, Ryan and the Campus race to solve a mystery before a new Cold War begins.

References

External links

Amazon.com Command Authority (Jack Ryan) Hardcover

Works by Tom Clancy

Jack Ryan novels	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) The Bear and the Dragon (2000) Red Rabbit (2002) The Teeth of the Tiger (2003) Dead or Alive (2010) Locked On (2011) Threat Vector (2012) Command Authority (2013) Full Force and Effect by Mark Greaney (2014) Under Fire by Grant Blackwood (2015)

Other novels	Red Storm Rising (1986) SSN (1996) Rainbow Six (1998) Against All Enemies (2011) Search and Destroy (2012, publication cancelled) Support and Defend by Mark Greaney (2014)

Non-fiction	Submarine (1993) Armored Cavalry (1994) Fighter Wing (1995) Marine (1996) Into the Storm (1997) Airborne (1997) Carrier (1999) Every Man a Tiger (1999) Special Forces (2001) Shadow Warriors (2002) Battle Ready (2004)

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan fictional universe

Novels	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 (1998) The Bear and the Dragon (2000) Red Rabbit (2002) The Teeth of the Tiger (2003) Dead or Alive (2010) Locked On (2011) Threat Vector (2012) Command Authority (2013) Full Force and Effect by Mark Greaney (2014) Under Fire by Grant Blackwood (2015)

Films	The Hunt for Red October (1990) Patriot Games (1992) Clear and Present Danger (1994) The Sum of All Fears (2002) Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)

Characters	Jack Ryan John Clark Domingo Chavez Robby Jackson Ed Kealty

Video games	The Hunt for Red October (1987) The Hunt for Red October (1990, Amiga) The Hunt for Red October (1990, NES) The Sum of All Fears (2002)

See also	Red October (submarine)