Support and Defend
 First edition cover | |
| Author | Mark Greaney |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Scott Brick |
| Language | English |
| Genre | |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
Publication date | July 22, 2014 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback), Audio, eBook |
| Pages | 512 |
| ISBN | 9780425279229 |
Support and Defend (stylized as Tom Clancy Support and Defend, Tom Clancy: Support and Defend, or Tom Clancy’s Support and Defend in the United Kingdom[1]) is a thriller novel, written by Mark Greaney and published on July 22, 2014. The book is a spinoff from the Tom Clancy universe and features FBI agent and The Campus operative Dominic “Dom” Caruso, who is President Jack Ryan’s nephew. It is the first novel in the franchise written after Clancy’s death during the previous year, as well as Greaney’s first solo contribution to the overall series.
In the novel, Caruso must stop a seemingly rogue National Security Agency (NSA) staffer who had run off with top secret documents and is being pursued by Russians and various terrorist groups. It debuted at number three in the New York Times bestseller list.[2]
Plot summary
After a terrorist attack on a former Israeli commando, Dominic Caruso, the nephew of President Jack Ryan is on a mission to find the man who is responsible for the death of a friend. The trail leads him to White House Staffer, Ethan Ross. Ross has enough information to destroy the U.S.'s intelligence effort. Declared FBI most wanted he flees with operatives of Venezuela's General Counterintelligence Office. Caruso is on the trail, but Iranian Quds Force assassins, Hezbollah terrorists and the Russians are not far behind. This hunt takes him from the Georgetown neighborhood to an island in Panama to the snowy Alps in Europe.
References
- ^ "Tom Clancy's Support and Defend". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Hardcover Fiction Books - Best Sellers - August 10, 2014 - The New York Times". Retrieved 2 July 2018.
