Jack Ryan is dealing with an aggressive challenge from the Chinese government. Pawns are being moved around a global chessboard: an attack on an oil platform in Africa, a terrorist strike on an American destroyer, and a storm-tossed American spy ship that may fall into Chinese hands. It seems that President Zhao is determined to limit Ryan's choices in the upcoming G20 negotiations. But there are hints that there's even more going on behind the scenes. A routine traffic stop in rural Texas leads to a shocking discovery: a link to a Chinese spy who may have intelligence that lays bare an unexpected revelation. John Clark and the members of the Campus are in close pursuit, but can they get the information in time?

Jack Ryan is dealing with an aggresive challenge from the Chinese government. It seems that President Zhao is determined to limit Ryan's choices in the upcoming G20 negotiations. But there are hints that there's even more going on behind the scene. A routine traffic stop in rural Texas leads to a shocking discovery--a link to a Chinese spy who may have intelligence that lays bare an unexpected revelation. John Clark and the members of the Campus are in close pursuit, but can they get the information in time?

Jack Ryan is dealing with an aggresive challenge from the Chinese government. It seems that President Zhao is determined to limit Ryan's choices in the upcoming G20 negotiations. But there are hints that there's even more going on behind the scene. A routine traffic stop in rural Texas leads to a shocking discovery--a link to a Chinese spy who may have intelligence that lays bare an unexpected revelation. John Clark and the members of the Campus are in close pursuit, but can they get the information in time?

Pełniący funkcję prezydenta Stanów Zjednoczonych Jack Ryan musi poradzić sobie z wyzwaniem rzuconym mu przez wrogo nastawiony chiński rząd. Świat staje w obliczu wojny dwóch mocarstw. Zaatakowana zostaje platforma wiertnicza w Afryce, a terroryści dokonują zamachu na pokładzie amerykańskiego niszczyciela. Istnieje też zagrożenie, że statek szpiegowski Stanów Zjednoczonych przejmą siły chińskie. Wydaje się, że premier Zhou dąży do ograniczenia znaczenia Ryana w nadchodzącym szczycie G20. Ale to nie wszystko, członkowie wywiadu amerykańskiego w Teksasie docierają do chińskiego szpiega, który posiada informacje mogące zmienić bieg wypadków.