The Cardinal of the Kremlin
By (Author) Tom Clancy
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
28th December 1989
2nd February 1998
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery fiction
813.54
Paperback
624
Width 111mm, Height 178mm, Spine 37mm
330g
Jack Ryan risks all in the Soviet Union as the superpowers clash over Star Wars in Tom Clancys acclaimed fourth international No 1 bestseller now reissued with a new cover.
The superpower arms negotiations appear to be making progress. But a US spy satellite reveals that the Soviets are building a massive laser-defence system controlled from an other-worldly array of pillars and domes in the Soviet hills at Dushanbe near the border of war-torn Afghanistan.
The Americans need more information. The man to give it is Colonel Mikhail Filitov of the Soviet Union, codename Cardinal, Americas highest-placed agent in the Kremlin. But Filitovs cover is about to be betrayed to the KGB, and CIA adviser Jack Ryan must rescue Filitov and bring him to safety
From the reviews of The Cardinal of the Kremlin:
The best of the Jack Ryan series!
New York Times
The USSR scenes are as good as anything in Gorky Park. Tom Clancy has written a great spy novel.
Bob Woodward, Washington Post
Since the publication of The Hunt for Red October, Tom Clancy has established an unrivalled position as the world's leading thriller writer, with a string of million-selling novels and three major Hollywood films to his name. He is also the author of SSN and the non-fiction books Submarine, Armoured Warfare, Fighter Wing and Marine, and the co-creator of the Op-Centre series.