The Sum of All Fears

But too many groups have invested
too much blood. Shunned by their erstwhile Soviet sponsors, increasingly
isolated by the realignment of the Mideast, these terrorists have one
more desperate card to play, requiring a degree of ruthlessness never
before seen. With one terrible act, the world is plunged into an instant
nuclear crisis -- and the floundering President is plunged into the
ultimate nightmare. Forces collide. Shots are exchanged. What had seemed
to be an isolated and horrible incident appears to each side as the
incendiary mischief of the other. With the world poised on the brink of
nuclear war, Ryan and his FBI counterpart, Dan Murray, frantically seek a
solution before the chiefs of state lose control of themselves -- and
the world.