{"product_id":"opcenter-01-isbn-9780425147368","title":"Op-Center 01","description":"Op-Center is the nation's heart of intelligence                                    and crisis management. Sometimes, it's the                                    only place our government can turn.A little more than thirty years ago \u003cb\u003eTom Clancy\u003c\/b\u003e was a Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history. Years before, he had been an English major at Baltimore’s Loyola College and had always dreamed of writing a novel. His first effort, \u003ci\u003eThe Hunt for Red October\u003c\/i\u003e, sold briskly as a result of rave reviews, then catapulted onto the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list after President Reagan pronounced it “the perfect yarn.” From that day forward, Clancy established himself as an undisputed master at blending exceptional realism and authenticity, intricate plotting, and razor-sharp suspense. He passed away in October 2013.\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTitle Page\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCopyright Page\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eONE - Tuesday, 4:10 P.M., Seoul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWO - Tuesday, 5:30 P.M., Seoul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHREE - Tuesday, 3:50 A.M , Chevy Chase, MD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFOUR - Tuesday, 5:55 P.M., Seoul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFIVE - Tuesday, 6:01 P.M., Seoul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSIX - Tuesday, 4:04 A.M., the White House\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSEVEN - Tuesday, 6:05 P.M., Seoul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEIGHT - Tuesday, 4:08 A.M., Chevy Chase, MD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNINE - Tuesday, 6:10 P.M., Seoul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTEN - Tuesday, 6:13 P.M., Nagato, Japan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eELEVEN - Tuesday, 6:15 P.M., Seoul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWELVE - Tuesday, 5:15 A.M., the White House\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIRTEEN - Tuesday, 5:25 A.M., Quantico Marine Corps Air Station, VA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFOURTEEN - Tuesday, 7.30 P.M., Seoul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFIFTEEN - Tuesday, 5:55 A.M., Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSIXTEEN - Tuesday, 8:00 P.M., the Sea of Japan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSEVENTEEN - Tuesday, 6:02 A.M., Op-Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEIGHTEEN - Tuesday, 6:03 A.M., Andrews Air Force Base\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNINETEEN - Tuesday, 8:19 P.M., Seoul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWENTY - Tuesday, 6:25 A.M., Op-Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWENTY-ONE - Tuesday, 9:00 P.M., Seoul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWENTY-TWO - Tuesday, 7:08 A.M,  Virginia-Kentucky Border\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWENTY-THREE - Tuesday, 7:10 A.M., Op-Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWENTY-FOUR - Tuesday, 9:15 P.M., Seoul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWENTY-FIVE - Tuesday, 7:35 A.M., Op-Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWENTY-SIX - Tuesday, 7:45 A.M., the National Reconnaissance Office\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWENTY-SEVEN - Tuesday, 9:55 P.M., Seoul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWENTY-EIGHT - Tuesday, 7:57 A.M., Op-Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWENTY-NINE - Tuesday, 10:00 P.M., Seoul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIRTY - Tuesday, 8:05 A.M., Op-Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIRTY-ONE - Tuesday, 10:10 P.M., Seoul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIRTY-TWO - Tuesday, 10:15 P.M., Seoul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIRTY-THREE - Tuesday, 10:20 P.M., Kosong, North Korea\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIRTY-FOUR - Tuesday, 8:40 A.M., Op-Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIRTY-FIVE - Tuesday, 8:55 A.M., Op-Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIRTY-SIX - Tuesday, 11:07 P.M., the DMZ\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIRTY-SEVEN - Tuesday, 9:10 A.M., Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIRTY-EIGHT - Tuesday, 11:17 P.M., Sea of Japan, twelve miles from Hungnam,  ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIRTY-NINE - Tuesday, 8:20 A.M., the C-141 over Texas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFORTY - Tuesday, 11:25 P.M., Seoul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFORTY-ONE - Tuesday, 9:30 A.M., the White House\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFORTY-TWO - Tuesday, 11:40 P.M., Seoul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFORTY-THREE - Tuesday, 11:45 P.M., KCIA Headquarters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFORTY-FOUR - Tuesday, 10:00 A.M., Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFORTY-FIVE - Tuesday, 10:05 A.M., Op-Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFORTY-SIX - Wednesday, 12:30 A.M., outside of Seoul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFORTY-SEVEN - Tuesday, 10:50 A.M., Op-Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFORTY-EIGHT - Wednesday, 1:10 A.M., the Diamond Mountains, North Korea\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFORTY-NINE - Wednesday, 1:15, A.M., the DMZ\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFIFTY - Wednesday, 1:20 A.M., Yanguu Village\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFIFTY-ONE - Wednesday, 11:30 A.M., Op-Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFIFTY-TWO - Wednesday, 1:45 A.M., the DMZ\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFIFTY-THREE - Wednesday, 2:00 A.M., Yanguu Village\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFIFTY-FOUR - Tuesday, 12:30 P.M., Op-Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFIFTY-FIVE - Wednesday, 2:35 A.M., the Diamond Mountains\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFIFTY-SIX - Wednesday 2:45 A.M., the DMZ\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFIFTY-SEVEN - Wednesday, 2:55 A.M., Seoul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFIFTY-EIGHT - Tuesday, 1:10 P.M., Op-Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFIFTY-NINE - Wednesday, 3:30 A.M., Sariwon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSIXTY - Wednesday, 3:45 A.M., KCIA Headquarters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSIXTY-ONE - Tuesday, 2:00 P.M., Op-Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSIXTY-TWO - Tuesday, 8:40 A.M., East of Midway Island\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSIXTY-THREE - Wednesday, 5:20 A.M., the DMZ\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSIXTY-FOUR - Tuesday, 4:00 P.M., Op-Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSIXTY-FIVE - Wednesday, 6:30 A.M., the DMZ\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSIXTY-SIX - Wednesday, 7:00 A.M. the Diamond Mountains\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSIXTY-SEVEN - Wednesday, 7:10 A.M., Osaka\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSIXTY-EIGHT - Wednesday, 7:20 A.M. , the DMZ\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSIXTY-NINE - Tuesday, 5:30 P.M., Op-Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSEVENTY - Wednesday, 7:35 A.M., the DMZ\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSEVENTY-ONE - Wednesday, 7:48 A.M., the Diamond Mountains\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSEVENTY-TWO - Wednesday, 7:50 A.M., the DMZ\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSEVENTY-THREE - Wednesday, 7:53 A.M., Seoul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSEVENTY-FOUR - Wednesday, 7:59 A.M., the Diamond Mountains\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSEVENTY-FIVE - Wednesday, 8:00 A.M., North Korean DMZ\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSEVENTY-SIX - Wednesday, 8:02 A.M., the road to Yangyang\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSEVENTY-SEVEN - Wednesday, 6:05 P.M., Op-Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSEVENTY-EIGHT - Wednesday, 8:10 A.M., Seoul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSEVENTY-NINE - Wednesday, 6:17 A.M., Or-Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEIGHTY - Wednesday, 9:00 A.M., the Diamond Mountains\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEIGHTY-ONE - Wednesday, 7:20 P.M., Op-Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEIGHTY-TWO - Wednesday, 9:24 A.M., the Diamond Mountains\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEIGHTY-THREE - Wednesday, 7:35 P.M., Op-Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEIGHTY-FOUR - Wednesday, 9:36 A.M., the Diamond Mountains\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEIGHTY-FIVE - Wednesday, 9:37 A.M., The Diamond Mountains\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEIGHTY-SIX - Wednesday, 9:50 A.M., The Diamond Mountains\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEIGHTY-SEVEN - Wednesday, 10:30 A.M., Seoul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEIGHTY-EIGHT - Wednesday, 9:00 P.M., Op-Center\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther titles by Steve Pieczenik\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE BESTSELLING NOVELS OF TOM CLANCY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRED RABBIT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy returns to Jack Ryan’s early days—in an extraordinary novel of global political drama . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A wild, satisfying ride.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE BEAR AND THE DRAGON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA clash of world powers. President Jack Ryan’s trial by fire . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Heart-stopping action . . . Clancy still reigns.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRAINBOW SIX\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Clark is used to doing the CIA’s dirty work. Now he’s taking on the world . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Action-packed.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEXECUTIVE ORDERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA devastating terrorist act leaves Jack Ryan as president of the United States ...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Undoubtedly Clancy’s best yet.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDEBT OF HONOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt begins with the murder of an American woman in the back streets of Tokyo. It ends in war . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A shocker.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe smash bestseller that launched Clancy’s career—the incredible search for a Soviet defector and the nuclear submarine he commands . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Breathlessly exciting.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRED STORM RISING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ultimate scenario for World War III—the final battle for global control . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The ultimate war game . . . brilliant.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePATRIOT GAMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCIA analyst Jack Ryan stops an assassination—and incurs the wrath of Irish terrorists . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A high pitch of excitement.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE CARDINAL OF THE KREMLIN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe superpowers race for the ultimate Star Wars missile defense system . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCardinal\u003c\/i\u003e excites, illuminates . . . a real page-turner.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe killing of three U.S. officials in Colombia ignites the American government’s explosive, and top secret, response . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A crackling good yarn.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE SUM OF ALL FEARS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe disappearance of an Israeli nuclear weapon threatens the balance of power in the Middle East—and around the world ...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Clancy at his best . . . not to be missed.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWITHOUT REMORSE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Clancy epic fans have been waiting for. His code name is Mr. Clark. And his work for the CIA is brilliant, coldblooded, and efficient . . . but who is he really?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Highly entertaining.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOVELS BY TOM CLANCY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hunt for Red October\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed Storm Rising\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatriot Games\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatriot Games\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cardinal of the Kremlin\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eClear and Present Danger\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sum of All Fears\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWithout Remorse\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDebt of Honor\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eExecutive Orders\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRainbow Six\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bear and the Dragon\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed Rabbit\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Teeth of the Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSSN: Strategies of Submarine Warfare\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNONFICTION \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSubmarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArmored Cav: A Guided Tour of are Armored Cavalry Regiment\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFighter Wing: A Guided Tour of are Air Force Combat Wing\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarine: A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAirborne: A Guided Tour of are Airborne Task Force\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarrier: A Guided Tour of are Aircraft Carrier\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpecial Forces: A Guided Tour of U.S. Army Special Forces\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInto the Storm: A Study in Command\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e(written with General Fred Franks, Jr., Ret.)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvery Man a Tiger (written with General Charles Horner, Ret.)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShadow Warriors: Inside the Special Forces\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e(written with General Carl Stiner, Ret., and Tony Koltz)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCREATED BY TOM CLANCY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSplinter\u003c\/i\u003e Cell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCREATED BY TOM CLANCY AND STEVE PIECZENIK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom \u003ci\u003eClancy’s Op-Center\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTom \u003ci\u003eClancy’s Op-Center:\u003c\/i\u003e Mirror Image \u003cbr\u003eTom \u003ci\u003eClancy’s Op-Center:\u003c\/i\u003e Games of State \u003cbr\u003eTom \u003ci\u003eClancy’s Op-Center:\u003c\/i\u003e Acts of War \u003cbr\u003eTom \u003ci\u003eClancy’s Op-Center: Balance\u003c\/i\u003e of Power \u003cbr\u003eTom \u003ci\u003eClancy’s Op-Center:\u003c\/i\u003e State of Siege \u003cbr\u003eTom \u003ci\u003eClancy’s Op-Center:\u003c\/i\u003e Divide and \u003ci\u003eConquer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy’s Op-Center: Line of Control\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy’s Op-Center: Mission of Honor\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy’s Op-Center: Sea of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy’s Op-Center: Call to Treason\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy’s Op-Center: War of Eagles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy’s Net Force\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy’s Net Force: Hidden Agendas\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy’s Net Force: Night Moves\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy’s Net Force: Breaking Point\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy’s Net Force: Point of Impact\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy’s Net Force: CyberNation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy’s Net Force: State of War\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy’s Net Force: Changing of the Guard\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy’s Net Force: Springboard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCREATED BY TOM CLANCY AND MARTIN GREENBERG\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy’s Power Plays: Politika\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy’s Power Plays: ruthless.com\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy’s Power Plays: Shadow Watch\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy’s Power Plays: Bio-Strike\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy’s Power Plays: Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy’s Power Plays: Cutting Edge\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy’s Power Plays: Zero Hour\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy’s Power Plays: Wild Card\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTOM CLANCY’S OP-CENTER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Berkley Book \/ published by arrangement with \u003cbr\u003eJack Ryan Limited Partnership and S\u0026amp;R Literary, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRINTING HISTORY \u003cbr\u003eBerkley edition \/ February 1995\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCopyright © 1995 by Jack Ryan Limited Partnership and S\u0026amp;R Literary, Inc. OP-CENTER™ is a trademark of Jack Ryan Limited Partnership and S\u0026amp;R\u003cp\u003eLiterary, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book via the Internet or via any other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions, and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor information address: The Berkley Publishing Group, \u003cbr\u003ea division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., \u003cbr\u003e375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeISBN : 978-1-101-00360-2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBERKLEY® \u003cbr\u003eBerkley Books are published by The Berkley Publishing Group, \u003cbr\u003ea division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., \u003cbr\u003e375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014. \u003cbr\u003eBERKLEY and the “B” design \u003cbr\u003eare trademarks belonging to Penguin Group (USA) Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe would like to thank Jeff Rovin for his creative ideas and his invaluable contribution to the preparation of the manuscript. We would also like to acknowledge the assistance of Martin H. Greenberg, Larry Segriff, Robert Youdelman, Esq., and the wonderful people at The Putnam Berkley Group, including Phyllis Grann, David Shanks, and Elizabeth Beier. As always, we would like to thank Robert Gottlieb of The William Morris Agency, our agent and friend, without whom this book would never have been conceived. But most importantly, it is for you, our readers, to determine how successful our collective endeavor has been.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTuesday, 4:10 P.M., Seoul\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGregory Donald took a sip of scotch and looked across the crowded bar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Do you ever find yourself thinking back, Kim? I don’t mean to this morning or last week, but—way back?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKim Hwan, Deputy Director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, used a red stirring straw to poke at the slice of lemon floating in his Diet Coke. “To me, Greg, this morning is way back. Especially on days like these. What I wouldn’t give to be on a fishing boat with my uncle Pak in Yangyang.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald laughed. “Is he still as feisty as he used to be?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Feistier. Remember how he used to have two fishing boats? Well, he got rid of one. Said he couldn’t stand having a partner. But sometimes I’d rather be fighting fish and storms than bureaucrats. You remember what it was like.” From the corner of his eye, Hwan watched as two men sitting beside him paid their tab and left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald nodded. “I remember. That’s why I got out.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHwan leaned closer, looked around. His eyes narrowed, and his clean-cut features took on a conspiratorial edge. “I didn’t want to say anything while the \u003ci\u003eSeoul\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003ci\u003ePress\u003c\/i\u003e editors were sitting here, but do you realize they’ve actually grounded my helicopters for today?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald’s brow arched with surprise. “Are they crazy?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Worse. Reckless. The press monkeys said choppers crisscrossing overhead would make too much noise and ruin the sound bites. So if anything happens, there’s no aerial recon.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald finished his scotch, then reached into the side pocket of his tweed jacket. “It’s upsetting, but it’s like everywhere else, Kim. The marketers have taken over from the talent. It’s that way in intelligence work, government, even at the Friendship Society. No one just jumps in the pool anymore. Everything’s got to be studied and evaluated until your initiative is colder than Custer.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHwan shook his head slowly. “I was disappointed when you quit to join the dip corps, but you were smart. Forget about improving the way the agency does business: I spend most of my time fighting just to maintain the status quo.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“But no one does it better.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHwan smiled. “Because I love the agency, right?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald nodded. He had withdrawn his Block meerschaum pipe and a packet of Balkan Sobranie tobacco. “Tell me—\u003ci\u003eare\u003c\/i\u003e you expecting any trouble today?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“We’ve had warnings from the usual list of radicals, revolutionaries, and lunatics, but we know who and where they are and are watching them. They’re like the kooks who call in to Howard Stern show after show. Same cant, different day. But they’re mostly talk.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald’s brow arched again as he tapped in a pinch of tobacco. “You get Howard Stern?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHwan finished his soda. “No. I heard bootleg tapes  when we cracked a pirate ring last week. Come on, Greg, you know this country. The government thinks Oprah is too risque most of the time.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald laughed, and as Hwan turned and said something to the bartender, his blue eyes once again moved slowly across the dark room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere were a few South Koreans, but as it always was in the bars around the government building, it was mostly international press: Heather Jackson from CBS, Barry Berk from \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times,\u003c\/i\u003e Gil Vanderwald from \u003ci\u003eThe Pacific Spectator,\u003c\/i\u003e and others whom he didn’t care to think about or talk to. Which was why he’d come here early and tucked himself in a far, dark corner of the bar, and why his wife Soonji hadn’t joined them. Like Donald, she felt the press had never given him a fair shake—not when he was Ambassador to Korea twenty years ago, and not when he became the adviser on Korean affairs for Op-Center just three months before. Unlike her husband, though, Soonji got angry about negative press. Gregory had long ago learned to lose himself in his vintage meerschaum, a comforting reminder that, like a puff of pipe smoke, a headline is just for the moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bartender came and went and Hwan turned from the bar, his dark eyes on Donald, his right forearm lying flat and stiff on the counter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“So what did you mean by your question?” Hwan asked. “About thinking back?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald put in the last of the tobacco. “Do you remember a fellow named Yunghil Oh?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Vaguely,” Hwan said. “He used to teach at the agency.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“He was one of the founding fathers of the psychology division,” Donald said. “A fascinating old gentleman  from Taegu. When I first came here in 1952, Oh was just leaving. Being booted out, really. The KCIA was trying hard to establish itself as a U.S.-style, state-of-the-art intelligence group and, when he wasn’t lecturing on psychological warfare, Oh was busy introducing aspects of Chondokyo.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Religion in the KCIA? Faith and espionage?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Not exactly. It was a kind of spiritual, heavenly way approach to deduction and investigation he had developed. He taught that the shadows of the past and future are all around us. He believed that through meditation, by reflecting on people and events that were and will be, we could touch them.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“And?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“And they would help us see today more clearly.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHwan snickered. “No wonder they dismissed him.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“He wasn’t for us,” Donald agreed, “and frankly, I don’t think Oh had all ten toes on the ground. But it’s funny. More and more I find myself thinking he was on to something—that he was in the neighborhood, if not knocking on the door.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald reached into his pocket for matches. Hwan watched his one-time mentor closely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Anything you can put your finger on?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“No,” Gregory admitted. “Just a feeling.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHwan scratched his right forearm slowly. “You always did have an interest in unusual people.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Why not? There’s always a chance you can learn something from them.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Like that old tae kwon do master. The one you brought in to teach us naginata.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald struck a wooden match and, cupping the bowl of the pipe in his left hand, he put the flame to the tobacco. “That was a good program, one they should  have expanded. You never know when you’ll be unarmed and have to defend yourself with a tightly rolled newspaper or a—”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe steak knife flew swiftly from under Hwan’s right forearm as he slid from the bar stool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the same instant Donald arched back and, still holding the bowl of the pipe, his wrist twisted and swung the straight stem of the meerschaum toward Hwan. He parried the lightning thrust of the knife and, bringing the pipe around it counterclockwise, so the stem was pointing straight down, a counterparry of quarte, he knocked the blade to the left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHwan pulled the knife back and thrust forward; Donald flicked his wrist and batted it left again, and then a third time. His young opponent went low this time, slashing toward the right; Donald’s elbow cocked to the side, brought the stem down to meet the knife, and parried the thrust again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe delicate \u003ci\u003eclack-click-clack\u003c\/i\u003e of their sparring drew the attention of the people nearest them. Heads turned as the men dueled, forearms moving in and out like pistons, wrists pivoting with precision and finesse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Is this for real?” asked a techie with a CNN T-shirt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeither man said anything. They seemed oblivious to everyone as they fought, their eyes locked together, expressions flat, bodies motionless save for their left arms. They were breathing fast through their noses, their lips pressed tightly together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe weapons continued to flash as the crowd closed around the combatants in a thick semicircle. Finally, there was a blinding series as Hwan lunged, Donald caught the knife in octave, bound it up to sixte, and then used a prise-de-fer move to roll Hwan’s hand slightly. Donald followed up by releasing the blade briefly, then  giving it a hard spank in septime, sending the blade to the floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis eyes remained fixed on those of Hwan; with a slight move of his right hand, Donald extinguished the match that was still burning there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe crowd burst into applause and whoops, and several people moved in to pat Donald on the back. Hwan grinned and extended his hand and, smiling, Donald clasped it between both of his.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“You’re still amazing,” Hwan said.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“You were holding back—”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Only on the first move, in case you were slow. But you weren’t. You move like a ghost yourself.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Like a ghost?” said a sweet voice from behind Donald.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald turned as his wife made her way through the dispersing spectators. Her youthful beauty drew stares from the men of the press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“That was a shameless display,” she said to her husband. “It was like watching Inspector Clouseau and his manservant.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHwan bowed at the waist as Donald hooked his arm around his wife’s waist. He pulled her close and kissed her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“That wasn’t meant for your eyes,” Donald said, striking a new match and finally lighting his pipe. He glanced at the neon clock above the bar. “I thought I was supposed to meet you at the grandstand in fifteen minutes.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“That was ago.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe looked at her curiously.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fifteen minutes \u003ci\u003eago.\u003c\/i\u003e”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald’s eyes fell. He ran a hand through his silver  hair. “Sorry. Kim and I got to comparing horror stories and deeply held personal philosophies.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Many of which turned out to be the same thing,” Hwan noted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoonji smiled. “I had a feeling that after two years you would have a lot to talk about.” She looked at her husband. “Honey, if you want to continue talking or fence with other utensils after the ceremony, I can cancel that dinner with my parents—”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“No,” Hwan said quickly. “Don’t do that. I’ll have the post-event analysis to do, and that will run till late in the evening. Besides, I met your father at the wedding. He’s a very large man. I’ll try and come to Washington soon and spend some time with you both. Maybe I’ll even find myself an American wife, since Greg took the best woman in Korea for himself.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoonji gave him a small smile. “Someone had to show him how to lighten up.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHwan told the bartender to put the drinks on the KCIA tab, then retrieved the knife, laid it on the bar, and regarded his old friend. “Before I go, though, I do want to tell you this: I’ve missed you, Greg.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald gestured toward the knife. “I’m glad.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoonji smacked him on the shoulder. He reached around and brushed her cheek with the back of his hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I mean it,” Hwan said. “I’ve been thinking a lot about the years after the war, when you looked after me. Had my own parents lived, I could not have had a more loving family.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHwan bowed his head quickly and left; Donald looked down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoonji watched him go, then placed a slender hand on her husband’s shoulder. “There were tears in his eyes.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I know.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“He left quickly because he didn’t want to upset you.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald nodded, then looked up at his wife, at the woman who had showed him that wisdom and youth are not mutually exclusive . . . and that apart from it taking a helluva long time to stand up straight in the morning, age really was a state of mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“That’s what makes him so special,” Donald said as Hwan stepped into the bright sunlight. “Kim’s soft inside, hard outside. Yunghil Oh used to say that was armor for every eventuality.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Yunghil Oh?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald took her hand and led her from the bar. “A man who used to work at the KCIA, someone I’m beginning to wish I’d gotten to know a little bit better.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrailing a thin line of smoke behind him, Donald escorted his wife onto broad, crowded Chonggyechonno. Turning north, they strolled hand-in-hand toward the imposing Kyongbok Palace, at the back of the old Capitol Building, first built in 1392 and rebuilt in 1867. As they neared, they could see the long blue VIP grandstand, and what promised to be a curious blend of boredom and spectacle as South Korea celebrated the anniversary of the election of its first President.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTWO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"G.P. 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