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Thriller · 2013 · PG-13

Command Authority

by Tom Clancy

The Cold War's darkest secret resurfaces as Russia moves against Ukraine

For14+GenreThrillerLength816 pagesRead time~21.5 hours

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Violence

A lot

Combat operations; espionage violence; deaths in the field

Language

Some

Moderate profanity

Sexual Content

Barely any

Brief sexual content

Substance Use

Barely any

Moderate alcohol use

Emotional Intensity

Some

Russian aggression against Ukraine; Cold War secrets resurfacing

What this book is about

The final Jack Ryan novel co-written by Tom Clancy before his death, with Mark Greaney (2013). President Ryan must respond as Russia begins aggressive moves toward Ukraine while an old Cold War-era KGB plot resurfaces that links to events in the present. Eerily prescient about Russian-Ukrainian tensions given real-world events nearly a decade later.

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Espionage and combat violence

Geopolitical tension

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