Synopsis: The Red Rabbit book. Long before he is President, Jack Ryan is a novice CIA analyst thrust into a Cold War plot involving a Soviet defector, a KGB assassination scheme, and a target no one saw coming — Pope John Paul II. Tom Clancy returns to Jack Ryan’s earliest days in this tense Jack Ryan prequel.
Before the world knew him as President, Jack Ryan was simply a young CIA analyst on loan to British intelligence — sharp, idealistic, and about to be handed information that could shake the balance of the Cold War.
When a high-ranking Soviet defector reveals a chilling KGB plot, Ryan finds himself at the center of a race against time: a plan is in motion to assassinate Pope John Paul II, and stopping it means outmaneuvering the very heart of Soviet intelligence.
Set against the real-world backdrop of the 1981 assassination attempt on the Pope, Clancy blends historical fact with his signature technical precision, immersing readers in the tense, procedural world of Cold War espionage — dead drops, defector debriefs, and the quiet, high-stakes calculations of men deciding whether to trust one another with the world’s most dangerous secret.
As a prequel set years before Patriot Games, Red Rabbit gives longtime fans a rare look at Jack Ryan before the power and the politics — still an analyst, still learning just how far he’s willing to go. For readers of Cold War espionage and political thrillers, it’s a chance to watch one of fiction’s most enduring heroes take his very first steps.
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- Title: Red Rabbit
- Author: Tom Clancy
- Series: Jack Ryan, Book 9
- Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
- Publication date: August 5, 2002 (First Edition)
- ISBN-13: 9780399148705 · ISBN-10: 0399148701
- Pages: 618
- Genre: Spy thriller / Historical fiction / Political thriller
- Format: Hardcover
- Condition: Very Good
- Availability: Sold
- Price: KES450
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