Jack Ryan offers only moved back into the Oval Office when he’s faced with a new international threat. An aborted coup in the People’s Republic of China has left Chief executive Wei Zhen Lin with no choice but to buy into the expansionist plans of General Su Ke Quiang. They have announced the South China Ocean a protectorate and so are planning an invasion of Taiwan. The Ryan administration is set to thwart China’s ambitions, but the stakes are dangerously high as a new breed of powerful Chinese anti-ship missiles endanger the US Navy’s plans to safeguard the island. On the other hand, Chinese cyber warfare professionals have released a devastating attack on American infrastructure. It’s a new combat area, but it’s just as fatal as any that has eliminated before. Jack port Ryan, Jr. and his co-workers on the Campus could be simply the wild card that his dad needs to stack the deck. There’s just one problem: someone is aware of the off-the-books cleverness company and threatens to blow their cover sky high.