Used. Mass Market Paperback. Long before he was Commander-in-Chief, a fresh-faced Jack Ryan traded dusty archives for international intrigue when he signed on as a rookie CIA analyst. Tom Clancy’s tense geopolitical thriller tracks our brilliant historian as he races to substantiate a chilling Soviet plot to assassinate Pope John Paul II. It’s a masterclass in Cold War cat-and-mouse that pits a novice American academic against the highest tiers of the Kremlin. Grab a copy before the weight of Western civilization gets too heavy to carry.