Description
The Cardinal of the Kremlin is a novel by Tom Clancy. It is the fourth international bestseller and was reissued with a new cover. The novel tells the story of Jack Ryan, a CIA agent, and Colonel Mikhail Filitov, a Soviet agent, as they work to prevent the Soviets from building a massive laser-defence system.
Jack Ryan risks all in the Soviet Union as the superpowers clash over Star Wars in Tom Clancy's acclaimed fourth international No 1 bestseller - now reissued with a new cover. The superpower arms negotiations appear to be making progress. But a US spy satellite reveals that the Soviets are building a massive laser-defence system controlled from an other-worldly array of pillars and domes in the Soviet hills at Dushanbe near the border of war-torn Afghanistan. The Americans need more information. The man to give it is Colonel Mikhail Filitov of the Soviet Union, codename Cardinal, America's highest-placed agent in the Kremlin. But Filitov's cover is about to be betrayed to the KGB, and CIA adviser Jack Ryan must rescue Filitov and bring him to safety...
Review:
From the reviews of The Cardinal of the Kremlin: 'The best of the Jack Ryan series!' New York Times 'The USSR scenes are as good as anything in Gorky Park. Tom Clancy has written a great spy novel.' Bob Woodward, Washington Post
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