John Clark takes over as head of a new international anti-terrorist group code-named Rainbow. He immediately has to take on a variety of terrorists, including an ecoterrorist group with a cataclysmic agenda.

Coming out of retirement to run for president, Jack Ryan finds himself in the middle of a high-stakes attack from his opponent as his close comrade, John Clark, is the subject of treacherous charges, at the same time Jack Ryan, Jr. and other members of Campus struggle to stop terrorists.

Although his father had been reluctant to become a field operative, Jack Ryan Jr. wants nothing more. Privately training with a Special Forces drill instructor, he's honing his skills to transition his work from intelligence analysis to hunting down and eliminating terrorists. Meanwhile, Jack Ryan Sr. campaigns for reelection as President of the United States. But what neither father nor son knows is that the political and the personal have just become...

"While on vacation in Barcelona, Jack Ryan, Jr. is surprised to run into an old friend at a small café. A first, Renee Moore seems surprised to see Jack, but then she just seems irritated and distracted. After making plans to meet later, Jack leaves, only to miss the opportunity to ever speak to Renee again, as the café is destroyed minutes later by a suicide bomber. A desperate Jack plunges back into the ruins to save his friend, but it's too late....