Jack Ryan (Marc Cameron) Books in Order
Part ofMarc Cameron Books in OrderBrowse the Jack Ryan novels by Marc Cameron in order, with quick plot notes and simple guidance on how these books fit into the wider Jack Ryan timeline.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
24 books
The Hunt for Red October
by Tom Clancy
1984
Soviet captain Marko Ramius takes his cutting-edge missile submarine on an unauthorized run toward the United States. CIA analyst Jack Ryan must prove that Ramius intends to defect, not attack, before nervous militaries trigger a wider war.
Patriot Games
by Tom Clancy
1987
While vacationing in London, Jack Ryan thwarts an attack on the Prince and Princess of Wales and wounds an Irish terrorist. His heroism puts him in the crosshairs of a vengeful splinter group that targets his young family back home.
The Cardinal of the Kremlin
by Tom Clancy
1988
Jack Ryan helps protect CARDINAL, the CIA’s highest-placed agent in Moscow, as the KGB closes in. At the same time, rival missile-defense programs in the U.S. and Soviet Union raise the stakes of every move in this Cold War spy game.
Clear and Present Danger
by Tom Clancy
1989
Promoted to acting deputy director of intelligence, Jack Ryan discovers that colleagues are running a secret war against Colombian drug cartels. Cut out of the loop, he races to expose the operation and rescue abandoned special-ops soldiers.
The Sum of All Fears
by Tom Clancy
1991
Terrorists rebuild a lost Israeli nuclear weapon and plan to detonate it at the Super Bowl to trigger war between the U.S. and Russia. Jack Ryan must interpret fragmentary clues and cool panicked leaders before miscalculation becomes catastrophe.
Without Remorse
by Tom Clancy
1993
In 1970, grieving ex–Navy SEAL John Kelly wages a personal war on a Baltimore drug ring while secretly leading a rescue mission for prisoners in Vietnam. The novel shows how a broken widower becomes the CIA’s lethal operative John Clark.
Debt of Honor
by Tom Clancy
1994
A cabal of Japanese industrialists exploits a trade dispute to wage economic and military war on the United States. As National Security Advisor, Jack Ryan must untangle financial attacks, submarine duels, and political intrigue leading to a shocking final strike.
Executive Orders
by Tom Clancy
1996
Suddenly elevated to the presidency, Jack Ryan must rebuild a shattered U.S. government while facing a new Islamic superstate that unleashes bioterror and invades Saudi Arabia. Politics, pandemics, and armored divisions collide in one long crisis.
Rainbow Six
by Tom Clancy
1998
Retired operative John Clark forms Rainbow, a multinational counterterrorist unit based in Europe. Early hostage rescues reveal a deeper eco-terrorist plot involving a weaponized virus and a plan to "reset" humanity at the Olympic Games.
The Bear and the Dragon
by Tom Clancy
2000
New oil and gold fields in Siberia tempt a resource-hungry China into war with Russia. President Jack Ryan draws NATO closer to Moscow, while special forces, tank battles, and a desperate missile-defense gamble decide the conflict’s outcome.
Red Rabbit
by Tom Clancy
2002
Early in his CIA career, Jack Ryan is sent to London and pulled into a defection involving a Soviet communications officer. The defector’s information reveals a plot to assassinate the Pope, forcing Ryan to navigate Cold War duplicity in Rome.
The Teeth of the Tiger
by Tom Clancy
2003
In a post‑9/11 world, Jack Ryan Jr. discovers the Campus, a deniable intelligence outfit created by his father. As he joins cousins Dominic and Brian Caruso, the team tests itself by hunting terrorist financiers with deadly "reconnaissance by fire" missions.
Dead or Alive
by Tom Clancy
2010
After years of tracking a terrorist known as the Emir, the Campus finally sees a chance to bring him down. Jack Ryan Jr., his cousins, and veterans John Clark and Ding Chavez race to stop a devastating attack planned on U.S. soil.
Against All Enemies
by Tom Clancy
2011
Ex–Navy SEAL and CIA operator Max Moore survives a blown operation in Pakistan and uncovers a deeper plot linking Taliban militants with a powerful Mexican drug cartel. To stop attacks on American cities, he must infiltrate cartel circles along the border.
Locked On
by Mark Greaney
2011
A rogue Pakistani general edges toward a nuclear showdown with India while a political rival frames Jack Ryan Sr. for scandal. The Campus and Jack Ryan Jr. chase weapons and secrets across continents to stop a strike that could ignite regional war.
Threat Vector
by Mark Greaney
2012
Chinese hard-liners unleash a wave of cyberattacks and covert operations aimed at pushing the U.S. out of the Pacific. As Jack Ryan Sr. faces a diplomatic crisis, the Campus fights assassins and malware that threaten both national security and its own survival.
Command Authority
by Mark Greaney
2013
A resurgent Russia uses covert funds and deniable forces to pressure its neighbors, echoing a long-buried KGB scheme Jack Ryan once faced as a CIA officer. Now president, he relies on Jack Jr. and the Campus to expose the network before tanks roll.
Power and Empire
by Marc Cameron
2017
President Jack Ryan faces a shadow campaign to spark war between the United States and China, while The Campus chases a Chinese agent using terror strikes and human trafficking to topple a moderate leader and trigger a violent coup.
Oath of Office
by Marc Cameron
2018
Deadly protests in Iran hide a covert scheme to steal anti-ballistic missiles and detonate them in space, wiping out satellites. As a vicious flu and floods batter the U.S., President Jack Ryan and The Campus race to stop a manufactured Persian Spring.
Code of Honor
by Marc Cameron
2019
When Jesuit priest and former CIA officer Pat West is jailed in Indonesia on trumped-up charges, President Jack Ryan quietly unleashes The Campus to dig into his arrest and a stolen AI program that could let China cripple U.S. defenses.
Shadow of the Dragon
by Marc Cameron
2020
A Chinese scientist who designed a silent submarine drive disappears with his Uyghur assistant, just as a damaged ballistic-missile sub surfaces under Arctic ice. President Ryan hunts a mole inside the CIA while The Campus tracks the fugitives across China and Mongolia.
Chain of Command
by Marc Cameron
2021
As President Ryan pushes a hard-fought bill to rein in drug companies, an Indian billionaire unleashes ransomware attacks, deep-fake videos, and a mercenary group that kidnaps the First Lady, forcing The Campus into a global hunt to unravel his scheme.
Red Winter
by Marc Cameron
2022
In 1985, young CIA analyst Jack Ryan goes behind the Berlin Wall to assess a potential East German defector, even as another spy steals fragments of a crashed stealth jet in Nevada, putting Ryan between rival agencies, the Stasi, and the KGB.
Command and Control
by Marc Cameron
2023
A coup in Panama erupts just as President Jack Ryan visits the country, stranding him behind enemy lines while conspirators move on the Canal. As streets explode in violence, The Campus races to expose the shadow group orchestrating the uprising.
Series background & context
Marc Cameron’s Jack Ryan novels drop his own experience in law enforcement and protective work into Tom Clancy’s long-running Ryanverse. He steps into the timeline after Jack Ryan has already become president, adding new near-future crises while keeping the familiar mix of Oval Office pressure, off-the-books operations from The Campus, and a tight-knit supporting cast led by John Clark and Ding Chavez.
Power and Empire sets the template. A secret cabal inside the Chinese government engineers ship explosions, terror attacks, and provocations around the world, hoping to frame their own president as dangerously weak and force Jack Ryan to overreact. While Ryan weighs limited, uncertain intelligence in Washington, The Campus uncovers links to human trafficking and a high-level plot to trigger a coup in Beijing.
From there the modern arc keeps widening. In Oath of Office, protests in Iran dubbed the Persian Spring mask a scheme to steal anti-ballistic missiles and detonate them in orbit, shredding satellites and blinding whole nations. Code of Honor brings things painfully close to home when Ryan’s old friend, Jesuit priest and former CIA officer Pat West, is imprisoned in Indonesia, even as Chinese cyberwarriors weaponize an advanced AI program called Calliope.
Shadow of the Dragon follows a vanished Chinese propulsion expert and his Uyghur assistant, a crippled ballistic-missile submarine under Arctic ice, and the hunt for a mole buried deep inside the CIA. In Chain of Command, an Indian pharmaceutical tycoon tries to stop Ryan’s drug-pricing reforms by flooding the U.S. with ransomware attacks and hiring a covert group of mercenaries to kidnap the First Lady.
Cameron also reaches back into the Cold War with Red Winter, set in 1985 between Jack Ryan’s early adventures. Here Ryan is still a CIA analyst, sent behind the Berlin Wall to investigate a possible East German defector, while American and Soviet services race to control the wreckage of a crashed stealth aircraft in the Nevada desert. It reads like a classic spy novel, complete with double agents, informers, and grim East-bloc prisons.
Command and Control, his final Ryan novel, returns to the present day with a coup in Panama that explodes during one of President Ryan’s visits. As rival factions fight over the Canal and a shadowy group known as the Camarilla surfaces, The Campus scrambles to keep Ryan alive and prevent a regional crisis from spiraling out of control.
Taken together, Cameron’s installments deliver big-canvas techno-thrillers with modern worries—cyberattacks, pandemics, disinformation, and fragile alliances—told through characters that long-time Clancy readers already know. You can dip into any one as a standalone, but reading his Jack Ryan books in publication order lets you watch those threats, and the Ryans themselves, evolve over time.
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