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Tom Clancy's Power Play (Martin H Greenberg) Books in Order

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Browse Tom Clancy's Power Play by Martin H Greenberg in order, with Roger Gordian summaries, series background, and advice on where to start.

Last updated: July 14, 2026

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Tom Clancy's Power Play (Martin H Greenberg) books in publication order

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1

Politika

by Martin H Greenberg

1997

In turbulent post‑Soviet Russia, famine and unrest threaten a coup just as a terrorist strike hits the United States. Roger Gordian and his firm UpLink are dragged into the chaos, using their technology and crisis team to uncover who benefits from the bloodshed.

2

ruthless.com

by Martin H Greenberg

1998

When Roger Gordian refuses to sell a powerful encryption program, a rival mounts a hostile takeover that hides something far uglier than corporate ambition. UpLink’s security chief Pete Nimec must fight boardroom plots and hired killers to keep the company alive.

3

Shadow Watch

by Martin H Greenberg

1999

UpLink is leading construction of a multinational space station when a shuttle is sabotaged and guerrilla attacks hit key facilities. As nations trade accusations, Gordian’s team races to find who is targeting the project before orbital disaster sparks wider conflict.

4

Bio-Strike

by Martin H Greenberg

2000

A genetically engineered superbug is loose, and Roger Gordian becomes a direct target in Harlan DeVane's escalating war on UpLink. The thriller turns biological sabotage into a personal crisis, pushing the series into open vendetta.

5

Cold War

by Martin H Greenberg

2001

A new frontier in the Power Plays saga pits UpLink against a shadowy foe using advanced science and remote facilities to stage attacks. As crises erupt in extreme environments, Gordian’s team confronts an enemy willing to gamble with global stability.

6

Cutting Edge

by Martin H Greenberg

2002

Building a pan‑African fiber‑optic network is Roger Gordian’s most ambitious project yet, but a ruthless enemy sees it as the perfect tool for blackmail and espionage. When Gordian’s daughter is kidnapped, the fight over information dominance becomes painfully personal.

7

Zero Hour

by Martin H Greenberg

2003

A Pakistan‑based terror group plans to use a high‑energy weapon to unleash a toxic cloud over New York City. UpLink operatives work against the clock, from gemstones in Asia to laboratories in the West, to keep the city from suffocating.

8

Wild Card

by Martin H Greenberg

2004

Sent to an exclusive Caribbean resort that doubles as a joint UpLink–oil project hub, Pete Nimec expects a working vacation. Instead he uncovers a scheme to funnel resources to hostile regimes, forcing a showdown far from any official battlefield.

Tom Clancy's Power Play (Martin H Greenberg) books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Politika"

    Politika

    by Martin H Greenberg

    1997Tom Clancy's Power Play, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "ruthless.com"

    ruthless.com

    by Martin H Greenberg

    1998Tom Clancy's Power Play, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Shadow Watch"

    Shadow Watch

    by Martin H Greenberg

    1999Tom Clancy's Power Play, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Bio-Strike"

    Bio-Strike

    by Martin H Greenberg

    2000Tom Clancy's Power Play, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Cold War"

    Cold War

    by Martin H Greenberg

    2001Tom Clancy's Power Play, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Cutting Edge"

    Cutting Edge

    by Martin H Greenberg

    2002Tom Clancy's Power Play, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Zero Hour"

    Zero Hour

    by Martin H Greenberg

    2003Tom Clancy's Power Play, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Wild Card"

    Wild Card

    by Martin H Greenberg

    2004Tom Clancy's Power Play, Book 8

Series background & context

This branch of the Clancy world shifts the action away from Jack Ryan and into the orbit of Roger Gordian, the head of UpLink, a technology company whose projects keep landing in the middle of geopolitical emergencies. The result is a techno-thriller series with one foot in the boardroom and the other in the field.

That mix gives the books their identity.

Gordian is not a spy chief or career soldier. He is a corporate leader whose satellites, software, security teams, and research projects are valuable enough to attract terrorists, criminals, corrupt officials, and rival powers. Around him, recurring figures such as security specialist Pete Nimec help turn business crises into full-on action plots.

The early books show the formula clearly. Politika drops UpLink into chaos in post-Soviet Russia. ruthless.com uses encryption technology and a hostile takeover to build a corporate thriller with national-security stakes. Shadow Watch moves the danger into orbit with sabotage around a space station project. Bio-Strike and later volumes widen the threats again, using engineered disease, communications systems, or advanced weapons to keep pressure on the company.

Because UpLink is a private actor, the rules are always a little unstable.

The team has money, reach, and technical expertise, but not the clean authority of a government agency. That creates a useful tension. They can step into places states cannot move quickly, yet they are also exposed to law, markets, public opinion, and their own commercial interests. The books get a lot of mileage out of that overlap between business strategy and covert-style crisis response.

Tonally, expect straightforward page-turning suspense. These novels are less interested in literary flourish than in momentum, logistics, and the clash between cutting-edge systems and human bad intentions. If you want the Clancy flavor but are curious about a more corporate, self-contained corner of that universe, this is the place to start.

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