Patriot Games

by Tom Clancy · first published 1987

Patriot Games is a thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and published on July 2, 1987. A prequel to The Hunt for Red October (1984), it is chronologically the first book featuring Jack Ryan, the main character in Clancy's Ryanverse. The novel focuses on Ryan being the target of an Irish terrorist group after he foils their kidnapping attempt on the Prince and Princess of Wales in London. It debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list.

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Genre:

Science Fiction, Crime fiction, Techno-thriller

Original language:

American English

Reader rating:

★ 3.6 / 5 (25 on Open Library)

Year page:

1987