Threat Vector
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| Author | Tom Clancy, with Mark Greaney |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Jack Ryan universe |
| Genre | Techno-thriller |
| Publisher | G. P. Putnam's Sons (Hardback Edition), Berkley Books (Paperback Edition) |
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Publication date
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December 4, 2012 |
| Media type | Print (hardback), (Paperback) |
| Pages | 868 pp (hardback edition), 598 pp (Paperback Edition) |
| ISBN | (Hardback Edition), ISBN (Paperback Edition) |
| OCLC | 809411736 |
| Preceded by | Locked On |
| Followed by | Command Authority |
Threat Vector is a political thriller novel by Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney published on December 4, 2012. The novel features the former CIA agent and president Jack Ryan and his son Jack Ryan Jr.
Abridged and unabridged audiobooks were released on CD in 2012 and both are read by Lou Diamond Phillips.
On assignment in Istanbul to take down a group of Libyan ex-intelligence operatives that led to the death of Brian Caruso, Campus paramilitary operatives John Clark, Domingo Chavez, Dominic Caruso, Sam Driscoll, and Jack Ryan Jr. are individually assigned specific individuals to assassinate. While the first four assassinations go off without a hitch, Jack Jr. discovers that the identities of the Campus operatives have been discovered and seeks to destroy the trace by taking his target's computer hard drive and regrouping with the rest of the operatives.
Meanwhile, in China, President Wei Zhen Lin is facing mounting political opposition due to an economic recession and is facing the possibility of being utilized as a political scapegoat by the top echelon of the Central Committee for the country's economic problems. Wei was close to suicide until his inevitable arrest is prevented by General Su Ke Qiang, the leader of the Central Military Commission of China. Su's rescue of Chairman Wei is part of his mission that starts with the retaking and total Chinese control of the South China Sea by military force, forcefully retaking Hong Kong and Macau, and then the retaking of Taiwan. Knowing that a direct incursion into the South China Sea will bring in the military might of the United States, Su also has the help of Dr. Tong Kwok Kwan, the head of China's cyberespionage and cyberwarfare militia, codenamed Ghost Ship and located in Hong Kong.
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