Book The Bear and The Dragon by Tom Clancy (Book 8 of 25 Jack Ryan) Hardcover with Dust Jacket FIRST EDITION 2000 Author: Tom Clancy Series: Book 8 of 25 Jack Ryan Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Format: Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. Release Date: 2000 Dimensions: 9.25 x 6.25 x 2.25 in Weight: 3 lbs 3 oz No. of Pages: 1028 Pages Reading Age: 18 Years Up Printed: USA ISBN: 978-0399145636 Condition: Pre-Owned in Very Good Condition. Some minor wear to Dust Jacket. The flap of the back Dust Jacket is sticking to the inside back cover, and has left a vertical line from top to bottom of Interior Back Cover of staining. The exterior book itself and the interior of book are in Excellent Condition and structurally sound. Please see photographs for details as they are considered part of the description. SYNOPSIS: Newly elected in his own right, Jack Ryan has found that being President has gotten no easier: domestic pitfalls await him at every turn; there's a revolution in Liberia; the Asian economy is going down the tubes; and now, in Moscow, someone may have tried to take out the chairman of the SVR--the former KGB--with a rocket-propelled grenade. Things are unstable enough in Russia without high-level assassination, but even more disturbing may be the identities of the potential assassins. Were they political enemies, the Russian Mafia, or disaffected former KGB? Or, Ryan wonders, is something far more dangerous at work here? Ryan is right. For even while he dispatches his most trusted eyes and ears, including black ops specialist John Clark, to find out the truth of the matter, forces in China are moving ahead with a plan of truly audacious proportions. If they succeed, the world as we know it will never look the same. If they fail...the consequences will be unspeakable. **Smoke Free Home**