Jack Ryan · Book 5
The Sum of All Fears
- Published
- 14 August 1991
- Pages
- 914
- ISBN-13
- 9780761539551
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Sum of All Fears (1991) is the fifth Jack Ryan novel and, at 914 pages, one of Clancy's longest -- consistent with the series' habit of packing in real weapons systems and geopolitical detail as Ryan's profile within the CIA and Washington keeps rising.
Its place in Jack Ryan
The Sum of All Fears is book 5 in the Jack Ryan series. It follows Clear and Present Danger. It is followed by Without Remorse. 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 9785553887674
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780761539551