Steve Pieczenik Livres

The Ops-Center team faces untold chaos on a mission in Africa in the ninth novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series created by Tom Clancy and former Department of State official Steve Pieczenik. On the surface it seems a simple case: a group of African militiamen have kidnapped a priest and ordered all Catholic missionaries to leave the nation of Botswana. But the Vatican thinks otherwise. At its urging, Op-Center investigates—and finds out that the real purpose of the crime is a plan by outside forces to destabilize the government and seize the nation’s diamond mines. With its military team, Striker, out of commission, Op-Center must reinvent itself—and head straight into the crossfire of an African war.

L'existence d'Op-Center est très confidentielle. Il s'agit d'une nouvelle agence chargée d'assurer la sécurité des Etats-Unis et d'intervenir quand les instruments diplomatiques ou militaires et les services secrets ont échoué à éviter une crise internationale. Suite à un attentat survenu à Séoul, l'agence est confrontée à une situation qui pourrait bien déclencher la guerre entre les deux Corées et déstabiliser par ses répercussions l'ordre mondial. Pour éviter le conflit, elle devra mobiliser toutes ses ressources qui vont des outils technologiques les plus performants aux agents d'exceptions, rompus aux actions de terrain comme à la conception de stratégies d'intervention des plus audacieuses. Avec ce roman, Tom Clancy signe le premier opus d'une série qui met en scène une agence très secrète aux prises avec les crises internationales les plus aiguës. Au réalisme des évènements, il ajoute une imagination sans limites qui a fait la réputation de ses thrillers technologiques, comme Code SNN.

Etat de siège à l'ONU : un groupe d'ex-Casques bleus vient de kidnapper des diplomates et leurs invités lors d'une réception officielle à New-York. Parmi les otages, la fille de Paul Hood, l'homme à la tête d'Op-Center. 100 millions de dollars : le prix de la rançon. L'enjeu est grave. Il faut agir malgré les rouages complexes de la diplomatie internationale. Une seule issue pour les forces d'Op-Center : riposter immédiatement, affronter des terroristes prêts à tout... Ecrit à partir de données et d'informations réelles, " Op-Center " est une série imaginée par Tom Clancy avec Steve Pieczenik, dans la tradition des thrillers technologiques de Tom Clancy, l'auteur du célèbre " Octobre rouge ".

In the year 2010, computers are the new superpowers. Those who control them control the world. To enforce the Net Laws, Congress creates the ultimate computer security agency within the FBP the Net Force. When web service is disrupted across the world, a new nation makes its presence known. Terrorists from a virtual country called CyberNation have taken the web hostage. Their demands: worldwide recognition and rights for their "citizens." Though there are millions of CyberNation sympathizers, Net Force rallies its troops for an all-out war on three fronts -- politically, physically, and electronically -- because dealing with terrorists is never an option...

The Cold War is over. And chaos is setting in. The new President of Russia is trying to create a democratic regime. But there are strong elements within the country that are trying to stop him: the ruthless Russian mafia, the right wing nationalists, and those nefarious forces that will do whatever it takes to return Russia to the days of the Czar. Op-Center, the newly-founded but highly successful crisis management team, begins a race against the clock and against the hardliners. Their task is made even more difficult by the discovery of a Russian counterpart . . . but this one's controlled by those same repressive hardliners and represents everything Op-Center stands for. Two rival Op-Centers, virtual mirror images of each other. But if this mirror cracks, it'll be more than seven years of bad luck . . .

„Перфектен трилър.“ Сан Франциско Кроникъл „Том Кланси, безспорният фаворит, шампионът сред писателите предлага неописуеми приключения — висш пилотаж сред експлозивна смес от престъпления, екшън и нови технологии.“ Ню Йорк Таймс На холографски футболен мач, където Мат Хънтър и неговите приятели отиват да видят любимите си играчи, се случва нещо странно. Четирима души, маскирани като герои от гангстерските филми от 30-те години на XX век, откриват огън по играчите и трибуните. Дори виртуалните куршуми могат да убиват. Мат и приятелите му знаят, че «виртуалните вандали» трябва да бъдат спрени. Кървавата баня на стадиона е само началото.

After years of fending off challenges from the world's most dangerous terrorists, Op-Centre has been brought to heel by the US Congress. A short-sighted committee has cut Paul Hood's budget, and the first victim is his friend Mike Rodgers. But General Rodgers may not be looking for work for very long. Dynamic Senator Donald Orr is making a run for President at the head of his own third party. Running on a platform of extreme isolationism, Orr presents a real challenge to the two-party system, and he needs a strong military advisor to make his team complete. The problem is that Orr may be involved in more than just ordinary political intrigue. The bodies of two murdered millionaires may be tied into the new party, and Op-Centre is seeking the killer.

The explosion of a Chinese freighter–carrying illegal workers–in Charleston Harbor is the first sign that someone is capping Chinese interests abroad. After explosions in South Africa and Taipei, Op-Center roots out the cause: warring factions in the Chinese government. But still reeling from budget cuts and an almost devastating attack by an electromagnetic pulse explosion, Op-Center itself sustains a third hit: the removal of Commander Paul Hood, replaced by a three-star general from the Army. Op-Center is now under the control of the Pentagon. Hood's own future exists at the whim of the new President. And the world braces for more attacks….

Bypassing all safeguards, terrorists enter Fort Stephens and detonate a truck full of powerful explosives. Within hours, other bases are hit, and the Army calls in Net Force to help. But they are countered at every move by a cunning opponent who thinks just like their own.