{"product_id":"executive-orders-9780425158630","title":"Executive Orders","description":"The President is dead--and the weight, literally, of the world falls on Jack Ryan's shoulders, in Tom Clancy's newest and most extraordinary novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI don't know what to do. Where's the manual, the training course, for this job? Whom do I ask? Where do I go? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDebt of Honor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eended with Tom Clancy's most shocking conclusion ever; a joint session of Congress destroyed, the President dead, most of the Cabinet and the Congress dead, the Supreme Court and the Joint Chiefs likewise. Dazed and confused, the man who only minutes before had been confirmed as the new Vice-President of the United States is told that he is now President. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePresident John Patrick Ryan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd that is where \u003cb\u003eExecutive Orders\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebegins. Ryan had agreed to accept the vice-presidency only as a caretaker for a year, and now, suddenly an incalculable weight has fallen on his shoulders. How do you run a government without a government? Where do you even begin? With stunning force, Ryan's responsibilities crush on him. He must calm an anxious and grieving nation, allay the skepticism of the world's leaders, conduct a swift investigation of the tragedy, and arrange a massive state funeral--all while attempting to reconstitute a Cabinet and a Congress with the greatest possible speed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut that is not all. Many eyes are on him now, and many of them are unfriendly. In Beijing, Tehran, and other world capitals, including Washington D.C., there are those eager to take advantage where they may, some of whom bear a deep animus toward the United States--some of whom, from Ryan's past, harbor intense animosity toward the new President himself. Soon they will begin to move on their opportunities; soon they will present Jack Ryan with a crisis so big even he cannot imagine it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTom Clancy has written remarkable novels before, but nothing comparable to the timeliness and drama of \u003cb\u003eExecutive Orders\u003c\/b\u003e. Filled with the exceptional realism and intricate plotting that are his hallmarks, it attests to the words of the \u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e \"This man can tell a story.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berkley Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780425158630\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.77h x 4.31w x 2.03d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e28465 \/ Executive Orders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tom Clancy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637120200860,"sku":"9780425158630","price":11.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_83f156f7-c5d8-4667-943c-a74ec28b0860.jpg?v=1603843941","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/executive-orders-9780425158630","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}