Dead or Alive (novel)

Dead or Alive

Author	Tom Clancy, with Grant Blackwood
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Jack Ryan series
Genre	Techno-thriller
Published	December 7, 2010 Putnam Adult
Media type	Print Hardback
Pages	950 (First Edition)
ISBN	978-0-399-15723-3
Preceded by	The Teeth of the Tiger
Followed by	Locked On

Dead or Alive is a political thriller novel by Tom Clancy and co-authored by Grant Blackwood, featuring Jack Ryan. It was published on December 7, 2010, alongside the unabridged audio book version, read by Lou Diamond Phillips.

It unites characters from Clancy’s fictional world, including Jack Ryan (the former CIA analyst and president), his son Jack Ryan, Jr., the latter's cousins Dominic and Brian Caruso and former clandestine operatives John Clark and Ding Chavez of the novel Rainbow Six. It follows the characters on a mission to capture a Middle Eastern terrorist, Saif Rahman Yasin (known as "The Emir"), a character heavily based on Osama bin Laden, and responsible for the 9/11 attacks in the universe's storyline.^[1]

Summary

When John Clark and Domingo "Ding" Chavez are forcibly retired from both the CIA and Rainbow, they join Jack Ryan, Jr. at "The Campus", a privately run intelligence organization carrying 100 blank presidential pardons (signed by Jack Ryan, Sr. before he left office) for any actions they may choose to take based on the information they collect. John and Ding take the responsibility to train Jack Jr. for field work while they try to crack a plot by a group of Islamic extremists to assemble and initiate a nuclear device in a nuclear waste storage facility in order to poison the water table for the western United States. Meanwhile, Jack Ryan, Sr. decides that he's had enough of the way his successor, President Ed Kealty, is running the country, and subsequently announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

References

↑ "The Independent: "Tom Clancy's 'Dead or Alive' to feature all-star list of Clancy characters"". London. April 8, 2010.

Works by Tom Clancy

Jack Ryan novels	The Hunt for Red October (1984) Patriot Games (1987) The Cardinal of the Kremlin (1988) Clear and Present Danger (1989) The Sum of All Fears (1991) Without Remorse (1993) Debt of Honor (1994) Executive Orders (1996) Rainbow Six (1998) The Bear and the Dragon (2000) Red Rabbit (2002) The Teeth of the Tiger (2003) Dead or Alive (2010) Locked On (2011) Threat Vector (2012) Command Authority (2013)

Other novels	Red Storm Rising (1986) SSN (1996) Against All Enemies (2011) Search and Destroy (2012, publication cancelled)

Non-fiction	Submarine (1993) Armored Cavalry (1994) Fighter Wing (1995) Marine (1996) Into the Storm (1997) Airborne (1997) Carrier (1999) Every Man a Tiger (1999) Special Forces (2001) Shadow Warriors (2002) Battle Ready (2004)

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan fictional universe

Novels	The Hunt for Red October (1984) Patriot Games (1987) The Cardinal of the Kremlin (1988) Clear and Present Danger (1989) The Sum of All Fears (1991) Without Remorse (1993) Debt of Honor (1994) Executive Orders (1996) Rainbow Six (1998) The Bear and the Dragon (2000) Red Rabbit (2002) The Teeth of the Tiger (2003) Dead or Alive (2010) Locked On (2011) Threat Vector (2012) Command Authority (2013) Support and Defend by Mark Greaney (2014) Full Force and Effect by Mark Greaney (2014) Under Fire by Grant Blackwood (2015) Commander in Chief by Mark Greaney (2015) Duty and Honor by Grant Blackwood (2016)

Films	The Hunt for Red October (1990) Patriot Games (1992) Clear and Present Danger (1994) The Sum of All Fears (2002) Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)

Characters	Jack Ryan John Clark Domingo Chavez Robby Jackson Ed Kealty

Video games	The Hunt for Red October (1987) The Hunt for Red October (1990, Amiga) The Hunt for Red October (1991, NES) The Sum of All Fears (2002)

See also	Red October (submarine)

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