this one is a 29 volume book, longest book Iâve read,
even though englandâs volumes are smaller, itâs a big one, LOL, hope I like
it,,
The President is dead--and the weight, literally, of the world falls on Jack
Ryan's shoulders, in Tom Clancy's newest and most extraordinary novel.I don't
know what to do. Where's the manual, the training course, for this job? Whom do
I ask? Where do I go?Debt of Honor ended with Tom Clancy's most shocking
conclusion ever; a joint session of Congress destroyed, the President dead,
most of the Cabinet and the Congress dead, the Supreme Court and the Joint
Chiefs likewise. Dazed and confused, the man who only minutes before had been
confirmed as the new Vice-President of the United States is told that he is now
President.President John Patrick Ryan.And that is where Executive Orders
begins. Ryan had agreed to accept the vice-presidency only as a caretaker for a
year, and now, suddenly an incalculable weight has fallen on his shoulders. How
do you run a government without a government? Where do you even begin? With
stunning force, Ryan's responsibilities crush on him. He must calm an anxious
and grieving nation, allay the skepticism of the world's leaders, conduct a
swift investigation of the tragedy, and arrange a massive state funeral--all
while attempting to reconstitute a Cabinet and a Congress with the greatest
possible speed.But that is not all. Many eyes are on him now, and many of them
are unfriendly. In Beijing, Tehran, and other world capitals, including
Washington D.C., there are those eager to take advantage where they may, some
of whom bear a deep animus toward the United States--some of whom, from Ryan's
past, harbor intense animosity toward the new President himself. Soon they will
begin to move on their opportunities; soon they will present Jack Ryan with a
crisis so big even he cannot imagine it.Tom Clancy has written remarkable
novels before, but nothing comparable to the timeliness and drama of Executive
Orders. Filled with the exceptional realism and intricate plotting that are his
hallmarks, it attests to the words of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "This man
can tell a story."tell a story."
The Curmudgeon has spoken!
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