On the hunt Intelligence agencies around the world sit up and take notice as the information spreads that Liu Wangsu is missing. The eccentric scientist is the driving force behind China's legendary advances in naval and aviation technology. Whoever finds him not only has access to state-of-the-art weapons technology, but also holds critical intelligence information from the Chinese government in his hands. A competition breaks out between the Chinese state security and the campus to see who can find the man first. Until President Jack Ryan reaches a piece of information that changes everything: A high-ranking Chinese mole codenamed Surveyor has managed to infiltrate American intelligence. Suddenly, it is no longer a question of a technological advantage over rival China, but of the security of the United States of America ... Biography (Tom Clancy) Twenty years ago, Tom Clancy 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, The Hunt for Red October, sold briskly as a result of rave reviews, then catapulted onto the New York Times bestseller list after President Reagan pronounced it 'the perfect yarn.' Since then, Clancy has established himself as an undisputed master at blending exceptional realism and authenticity, intricate plotting, and razor-sharp suspense. Grant Blackwood, a U.S. Navy veteran, spent three years aboard a guided missile frigate as operations specialist and pilot rescue swimmer. He lived in Colorado. Tom Clancy died in 2013.