#COMMANDER IN CHIEF SERIES#
It is flying in bad weather without its transponder on, and through a series of unfortunate circumstances it collides with a commercial airline mid-air, killing all on both planes. Ryan arrives on the scene and fights them off, but Ysabel is grievously injured and is hospitalized.Ī Russian spy plane flies over Sweden conducting routine surveillance on Swedish radar capabilities and military communications. She arrives at Ryan’s apartment when Ryan is not there, and a group of men attack her. What she doesn’t realize is that back in Rome, someone working with or for the Russians planted a tracking device in her purse and followed her to Luxembourg. In Luxembourg, Ysabel arrives to reconnect with Jack Ryan, Jr. President Ryan makes the observation that all of these events are having an effect on energy prices and are benefiting Russia. They are reviewing recent assassinations and other world events. has a meeting with his national security staff. He discovers that Limonov has been meeting with him. is conducting surveillance on an attorney in Luxembourg named Guy Frieden. Domingo Chavez and Dominic Caruso are assigned the mission and head over. As a result, Volodin begins making public statements about Russia needing to protect its interests in the region, and Russia’s military movements in the area increase.ĭirector of National Intelligence Mary Pat Foley visits The Campus and requests that they send a team to Lithuania with an assignment: pose as internet technicians and travel along the Belarusian border, taking hundreds of pictures with a special camera at specific locations. While one such train is making the crossing from Russia to Kaliningrad, it is attacked in Lithuania by a group that are adorned with the insignia of the Polish People’s Lancers. Russia routinely moves military men and materiel to and from Kaliningrad via rail that crosses Lithuania.
Kaliningrad Oblast is a Russian province on the Baltic Sea. Nonetheless, Ryan decides he needs to close up his operation in Rome and move on to Luxembourg, where it seems his investigation was leading to anyway. The man seemed to only be interested in Ryan because he was recognized as the son of the US President. He confronts the man at his apartment building and finds out that his name is Salvatore, a paparazzo. One day while heading to his apartment, he realizes he is being followed by someone. He is taking the opportunity to spend time with Ysabel Kashani, a woman he met on a recent mission. is in Rome, doing some investigation into Russia’s money networks. While in port, an eco-terror group detonate a bomb, destroying the ship. Now the country is experiencing economic relief, while the profits of Russia’s natural gas concerns have suffered. Prior to its inception, Lithuania relied largely on Russia for natural gas. It is a state-of-the-art vessel for transporting natural gas. Meanwhile, he is also working with a financial expert, Andrei Limonov, to move some of his vast wealth around the world in case his plan doesn’t work and he needs to escape the influence of the Siloviki.Ī ship named Independence is docked at Klaipeda, Lithuania. He reveals his plan to bring more prosperity to Russia via armed conflict in the region of the Baltic Sea. In a meeting with President Valeri Volodin, they express concerns that things are not going so well with the country, meaning that they are not making as much money from their state-owned investments as they used to. They are former intelligence and military officers that now essentially run the government. In Russia there is a group of men known as the Siloviki. and the rest of his Campus team find themselves in the middle of action with a vital clue to the Russian's intentions.
This isn't the first time that the dictator has threatened world peace, but this time he's playing a very nuanced game moving chess pieces around the board while isolating Ryan from the rest of the international community.įortunately, Jack Ryan, Jr. In the Ryanverse novel series, it is preceded by Under Fire and is followed by Duty and Honor.Ībandoned by other international leaders, Jack Ryan alone counters the threat posed by Russian president Valeri Volodin. Commander in Chief is a Jack Ryan, Sr./ The Campus novel, written by Mark Greaney.