Tom Clancy Target Acquired; A Jack Ryan Jr. Novel
New York: Berkley, 2022. First Printing [Stated]. Mass market paperback. viii, 467, [5] pages. Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American novelist. He is best known for his technically detailed espionage and military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of his novels have been bestsellers and more than 100 million copies of his books have been sold. His name was also used on movie scripts written by ghostwriters, nonfiction books on military subjects occasionally with co-authors, and video games. He was a part-owner of his hometown Major League Baseball team, the Baltimore Orioles of the American League. His literary career began in 1984 when he sold his first military thriller novel The Hunt for Red October for $5,000 published by the small academic Naval Institute Press of Annapolis, Maryland. His works The Hunt for Red October), Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, and The Sum of All Fears have been turned into successful films. Since Clancy's death in 2013, the Jack Ryan series has been continued by his family estate through a series of authors. Don Bentley is the New York Times Bestselling author of the Matt Drake series (Hostile Intent) and two Tom Clancy Jack Ryan, Jr. novels. Don Bentley spent a decade as an Army Apache helicopter pilot, and while deployed in Afghanistan was awarded the Bronze Star and the Air Medal with “V” device for valor. Following his time in the military, Bentley worked as an FBI special agent focusing on foreign intelligence and counterintelligence and was a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team member. More