Shadow State
- Published as part of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan; this book was written by M.P. Woodward.
- Published
- 1 January 2024
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN-13
- 9780593717943
- Type
- novel
About this book
Shadow State (2024) picks up the series after Act of Defiance, written by M.P. Woodward as Jack Ryan ghostwriter, part of the continuation era's parallel storylines sustained by several different writers under one shared brand. It runs 384 pages.
Key facts about Shadow State
Shadow State is a novel credited to M.P. Woodward. It has been out since 1 January 2024. The book has 384 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780593717943 to find the main one.
Shadow State is book 39 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, M.P. Woodward writes The Handler and The Fourth Option as separate series. Those series sit on our thriller and espionage thriller shelves. Meanwhile, The Fourth Option is the latest published M.P. Woodward book on file, from 12 May 2026.
About M.P. Woodward
M.P. Woodward is an American thriller writer who spent years as a U.S. Navy intelligence officer with Indo-Pacific Command, writing wargame scenarios and working alongside Special Forces, the CIA, and the NSA across deployments in the Persian Gulf and the Far East, before a second career in television and streaming that included executive roles at Amazon Prime Video. See every M.P. Woodward book in order.
Its place in Jack Ryan
Shadow State is book 39 in the Jack Ryan series. It follows Act of Defiance. It is followed by Defense Protocol. 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 9780593717943