Politika

Its place in Tom Clancy's Power Plays

Politika is book 1 in the Tom Clancy's Power Plays series. It is followed by ruthless.com. See the full Tom Clancy's Power Plays reading order.

Power Plays swaps the government agencies of Clancy's other franchises for the private sector: Roger Gordian is the founder and CEO of UpLink International, a Silicon Valley satellite-and-telecommunications giant whose reach into the developing world makes him a de facto player in geopolitics whether he wants to be or not. When UpLink's people, technology or interests come under threat -- corporate sabotage, bioweapons, an African warlord, a cyberattack targeting the world's financial infrastructure -- Gordian…