Publisher's Synopsis
The world trembles on the brink of a second Korean War. And Jack Ryan, Jr. is the one man who can prevent it. When the Supreme Leader of North Korea is catastrophically injured, his incapacitation triggers a dead man's switch, activating an army of sleeper agents in South Korea and precipitating a struggle for succession. Jack is in Seoul to interview a potential addition to the private intelligence organization The Campus. But his benign trip takes a deadly turn when a wave of violence perpetrated by North Korean operatives grips South Korea's capital. A mysterious voice from North Korea offers Jack a way to stop the peninsula's rush to war - but her price may be more than he can afford to pay...
