{"product_id":"9780718179229","title":"Command Authority","description":"\u003cp\u003eCommand Authority sees the return of Tom Clancy's greatest hero, Jack Ryan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDecades ago, when he was a young CIA analyst, President Jack Ryan, Sr. was sent on what was supposed to be a simple support mission to investigate the death of an operative who had been looking into suspicious banking activities at a Swiss bank. Ryan's dogged tenacity uncovered not only financial deceit, but also the existence of a KGB assassin, code-named Zenith. He was never able to find the killer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut in the shadowy world of covert operations, nothing stays hidden forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the present, a new strongman has emerged in the ever-chaotic Russian republic - the enigmatic President Valeri Volodin. His rise to power was meteoric, but shrouded in deception and treachery. The foundations of his personal empire are built on a bloody secret from his past, and he will eliminate anyone who comes close to that truth. For he has set in motion a plot to return Russia to its former glory and might, with the rest of the world once again trembling in fear of the mighty Bear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen an old friend of the Ryans is poisoned by a radioactive agent, the trail leads to Russia. And Jack Ryan, Jr. - aided by his compatriots John Clark and the covert warriors of the secretive Campus - must delve into an international conflict thirty years in the making, and finish what his father started.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith President Ryan fighting a desperate campaign to thwart Russian aggression, and his son fighting a silent war against a ruthless foe, the chances for global conflict grow ever greater - and the possibility of survival may soon be lost for all . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Tom+Clancy\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eTom Clancy\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Mark+Greaney\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eMark Greaney\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Tom Clancy,Mark Greaney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377001513123,"sku":"9780718179229","price":320.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780718179229_9ea2a951-09a5-4d6c-b40d-d58a9cd30df7.jpg?v=1776493369","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9780718179229","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}