Act of Defiance
- Published as part of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan; this book was written by Brian Andrews.
- Published as part of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan; this book was written by Jeffrey Wilson.
- Published
- 1 January 2024
- Pages
- 608
- ISBN-13
- 9780593862346
- Type
- novel
About this book
Act of Defiance (2024) is the thirty-eighth Jack Ryan book, co-written by Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson as ghostwriters -- two more names in the rotating slate Penguin Random House has kept cycling through since Clancy's 2013 death. It runs 608 pages.
Key facts about Act of Defiance
Act of Defiance is a novel credited to Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson. Readers have had it since 1 January 2024. It runs to 608 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of Act of Defiance. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780593862346 to find the main one.
Act of Defiance is book 38 of 44 in the Jack Ryan series. The series has 44 published books. However, the series starts with The Hunt for Red October (1984).
Rules of Engagement is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 19 May 2026. Meanwhile, The Coldest War comes next, with an announced date of 24 November 2026.
Additionally, Brian Andrews writes Tier One, Sons of Valor and The Shepherds as separate series. Those series sit on our thriller and military thriller shelves. Meanwhile, Insurgent is the latest published Brian Andrews book on file, from 21 July 2026.
About Brian Andrews
Brian Andrews spent his early career as a U.S. Navy officer and nuclear engineer aboard submarines before turning that technical grounding into fiction. See every Brian Andrews book in order.
Its place in Jack Ryan
Act of Defiance is book 38 in the Jack Ryan series. It follows Command and Control. It is followed by Shadow State. See the full Jack Ryan reading order.
Jack Ryan starts the series as a CIA analyst who stumbles into a Soviet submarine defection and rises, book by book, to national security adviser and eventually President of the United States — one of the most sustained "ordinary competent man in extraordinary circumstances" arcs in thriller fiction. Tom Clancy built his name on techno-thriller density: real weapons systems, real geopolitics, and enough procedural detail about submarines, fighter jets and intelligence tradecraft that the books doubled as…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781408727881
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780593862346