![]() The day I got the call from Tom Colgan, the series editor, telling me I got the gig was one of the greatest days in my writing life because I’d been a fan of Tom Clancy since I read The Hunt for Red October in grad school, one of my all-time favorite novels. How has your experience been stepping into the enormous shoes left behind by Tom Clancy and taking up the mantle from Mark and Grant? Since Tom Clancy’s death in October 2013, the Jack Ryan and Jack Ryan, Jr., series has been continued by some incredibly talented co-authors and collaborators: Mark Greaney, Grant Blackwood, Marc Cameron, and you (with last summer’s Tom Clancy Point of Contact). What follows is a conversation with the author Mike Maden where he discusses his inspirations for the new novel. If Jack can’t navigate the world of secret service agencies, special operators and local mafias to save Aida, Sarajevo will prove the be the fuse that lights the next world war. Jack finds himself deeply drawn to both her and her country, but soon finds himself in the crosshairs of the seething ethnic tensions and ancient blood feuds of the Balkans, the region of Europe where empires go to die. Aida Curic is a self-possessed beauty with a big heart and an even bigger secret who runs a controversial refugee agency near Sarajevo. The helpless child has grown into a remarkable woman. ![]() has agreed to track down the young woman and deliver a letter from his mother. Cathy Ryan restored the eyesight of a young Bosnian girl who had been injured during an attack in the Bosnian War. ![]() finds that the scars of war can last a lifetime in the latest entry in Tom Clancy’s #1 New York Times bestselling series. ![]() In the new Tom Clancy novel Line of Sight, Jack Ryan Jr. ![]()
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