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tour service that she owns; he even volunteers in a refugee agency that she also holds. They get into a fling for a few days. On the last night of his stay in Bosnia, Ryan and Aida encounter what Aida says are corrupt Serbian police officers (in fact they are Russian undercover agents searching for the stolen warheads). They manage to incapacitate them, which leads Ryan to believe something is amiss.
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fugitive Samir Kvržić, who wanted to change identities; the Aida that Ryan knew was actually Sabina, his daughter. The Curić family's tour service was kept, but this time it was also used as a conduit to smuggle drugs, guns, and fugitives into the Balkans; when Samir died, his daughter took his place
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in order to disrupt the Unity Referendum, an upcoming national gathering which aims to promote equality among the three rival ethnic groups. At the same time and without Red Wing's knowledge, Brkić also plans to provoke the Russians, who happen to be staging a military exercise nearby, into military
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Ryan informs his boss Gerry Hendley about the incident, who later learns about Iliescu’s connection to the Iron Syndicate from further investigation by Hendley Associates/The Campus head of IT Gavin Biery. He then sends The Campus to Europe in order to try to interrogate Iliescu; however, they find
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missile, killing everyone aboard. Worried about Aida, he goes to her home, where he was abducted by the woman herself. Aida explains that she is part of her uncle Brkić's conspiracy plot and that she had ordered the attack on the civilian jet in order to kill Ryan, who had become a loose end. She
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to track down Aida. Initially failing in his efforts, he prepares for his flight back to the U.S. when Aida herself shows up in his rented apartment. Instantly smitten by her beauty, Ryan postpones his flight for a few more days and spends time with her, exploring most of Bosnia through a popular
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are also informed. He tracks down Aida all the way to a dark tunnel, where he shoots her dead. He then proceeds to a nearby warehouse, where the forty thermobaric missiles are readied for launch. After informing Hendley of his location and engaging in a fistfight with Brkić's men, Ryan narrowly
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hailed it as "fast-moving and exciting" and adds that "this one reads like it came from Clancy himself". In a featured review, thriller novel reviewer The Real Book Spy praised it as "lightning-quick, filled with action, and heavy on surprises". However,
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gave the book a mixed review, stating that it "struggles to give a coherent picture of the politics of ", and that "Only a nostalgic love of these aging characters will induce readers to plow through the formulaic plot to the unsurprising ending."
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The next day, Ryan survives another murder attempt from an Iron Syndicate assassin in his rented apartment. He finally relents to Hendley’s persistent pleas and is about to fly home to the U.S. when he witnesses a plane being shot down by a
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ambassador to Bosnia. Ryan extracts a confession out of him, which was then uploaded to social media, humiliating him; he is later assassinated in an
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ordered by his father. The rest of the rockets are then retrieved by Russian and Bosnian intelligence operatives inside the stadium.
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Tom Clancy's Line of Sight: THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE THRILLING AMAZON PRIME SERIES JACK RYAN (Jack Ryan Jr 12)
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debuted at number three on the Combined Print and E-Book Fiction and Hardcover Fiction categories of
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universe. In the novel, Ryan has to avert a sinister plot by Serb extremists to provoke war between
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After being questioned by the Slovenian police about the incident, Ryan proceeds to
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After finishing his accounting job a week later, Ryan explores the city, especially
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action in the Balkans by arranging a terrorist attack, which would then incite the
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out that Elena was dead from a heart attack, silenced by the Iron Syndicate.
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for the week of July 1, 2018. In addition, it debuted at number four on the
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in Bosnia. Aida, a Bosnian Muslim who escaped from her country during the
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descent, is tasked by his mysterious benefactor Red Wing to orchestrate
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Intelligence-Security Agency (OSA-OBA), Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Ryan then tells his boss of the diabolical plot; his father,
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and released on June 12, 2018. It is his second book in the
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then reveals the impending missile strike, which is on a
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Best Selling Books list for the week of June 21, 2018.
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Line of Sight (Mike Maden novel)

Mike Maden
Scott Brick
Techno-thriller
Realistic fiction
Romantic thriller
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Hardcover
Paperback
ISBN
9780735215924
Point of Contact
Enemy Contact
techno-thriller
Mike Maden
Jack Ryan Jr.
Tom Clancy
NATO
Balkans
the New York Times bestseller list
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Al Qaeda in the Balkans
Chechen
false flag
Croats
Bosniaks
Serbs
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
new world war

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