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The Cardinal of the Kremlin

by Tom Clancy

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The Cardinal of the Kremlin is a spy thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on May 20, 1988. A direct sequel to The Hunt for Red October (1984), it features CIA analyst Jack Ryan as he must extract CARDINAL, the agency's highest placed asset in the Soviet military, who is being pursued by the KGB. The novel also features the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), a conceptual missile-defense system developed by the United States during that time, and its Soviet counterpart.

Category
Mystery
Priority
Recommended
Author works
5
Language
eng
Subjects
American Suspense fictionFictionIntelligence serviceJack Ryan (Fictional character)Jack Ryan (Fictitious character)John Clark (Fictitious character)Open Library Staff PicksSpiesSpy storiesUnited States

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