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She smiled. She looked up and saw Guru, dressed in a formal sarong and sandals, carrying the baby, who was in a cute little baseball uniform, complete with a darling little Baltimore Orioles cap. Guru came over and stood next to Jay as Saji reappeared, dressed in her traveling suit. She smiled at Jay.
“I think that’s my cue,” Jay said.
They left, amidst a hail of tossed birdseed—better than rice, because it wouldn’t hurt the birds to eat any that didn’t get swept up. As the limo drove away, Toni turned to Alex. “So romantic, a trip to Bali, don’t you think?”
“Hey, we had Hawaii. Just as nice, and they speak the same language. You complaining?”
“Not me,” she said. She took his arm. “Now we’re at the good part.”
“Oh?”
“Yep. And they lived happily ever after.”
He laughed and she joined him in it.

Table of Contents

 

 

The Bestselling Novels of
 
TOM CLANCY
THE BEAR AND THE DRAGON
A clash of world powers. President Jack Ryan’s trial by fire.
 
“HEART-STOPPING ACTION . . . CLANCY STILL REIGNS.”
—The Washington Post
 
RAINBOW SIX
John Clark is used to doing the CIA’s dirty work. Now he’s taking on the world....
 
“ACTION-PACKED.”
—The New York Times Book Review
 
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
A devastating terrorist act leaves Jack Ryan as President of the United States....
 
“UNDOUBTEDLY CLANCY’S BEST YET.”
—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
 
DEBT OF HONOR
It begins with the murder of an American woman in the back streets of Tokyo. It ends in war. . . .
 
“A SHOCKER.”
—Entertainment Weekly
 
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
The smash bestseller that launched Clancy’s career—the incredible search for a Soviet defector and the nuclear submarine he commands . . .
 
“BREATHLESSLY EXCITING.”
—The Washington Post
 
RED STORM RISING
The ultimate scenario for World War III—the final battle for global control . . .
 
“THE ULTIMATE WAR GAME . . . BRILLIANT.”
—Newsweek
 
PATRIOT GAMES
CIA analyst Jack Ryan stops an assassination—and incurs the wrath of Irish terrorists....
 
“A HIGH PITCH OF EXCITEMENT.”
—The Wall Street Journal
 
THE CARDINAL OF THE KREMLIN
The superpowers race for the ultimate Star Wars missile defense system....
 
“
CARDINAL
 EXCITES, ILLUMINATES . . . A REAL PAGE-TURNER.”
—Los Angeles Daily News
 
CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER
The killing of three U.S. officials in Colombia ignites the American government’s explosive, and top secret, response....
 
“A CRACKLING GOOD YARN.”
—The Washington Post
 
THE SUM OF ALL FEARS
The disappearance of an Israeli nuclear weapon threatens the balance of power in the Middle East—and around the world....
 
“CLANCY AT HIS BEST . . . NOT TO BE MISSED.”
—The Dallas Morning News
 
WITHOUT REMORSE
The Clancy epic fans have been waiting for. His code name is Mr. Clark. And his work for the CIA is brilliant, cold-blooded, and efficient . . . but who is he really?
 
“HIGHLY ENTERTAINING.”
—The Wall Street Journal
Novels by Tom Clancy
 
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER 
RED STORM RISING 
PATRIOT GAMES 
THE CARDINAL OF THE KREMLIN 
CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER 
THE SUM OF ALL FEARS 
WITHOUT REMORSE 
DEBT OF HONOR 
EXECUTIVE ORDERS 
RAINBOW SIX 
THE BEAR AND THE DRAGON 
SSN: STRATEGIES OF SUBMARINE WARFARE
 
Nonfiction
SUBMARINE: A GUIDED TOUR INSIDE A NUCLEAR WARSHIP 
ARMORED CAV: A GUIDED TOUR OF AN ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT 
FIGHTER WING: A GUIDED TOUR OF AN AIR FORCE COMBAT WING 
MARINE: A GUIDED TOUR OF A MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT 
AIRBORNE: A GUIDED TOUR OF AN AIRBORNE TASK FORCE 
CARRIER: A GUIDED TOUR OF AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER 
SPECIAL FORCES: A GUIDED TOUR OF U.S. ARMY SPECIAL FORCES
INTO THE STORM: A STUDY IN COMMAND 
(written with General Fred Franks)
 
EVERY MAN A TIGER 
(written with General Charles Horner)
 
Created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik
 
TOM CLANCY’S OP-CENTER 
TOM CLANCY’S OP-CENTER: MIRROR IMAGE 
TOM CLANCY’S OP-CENTER: GAMES OF STATE 
TOM CLANCY’S OP-CENTER: ACTS OF WAR 
TOM CLANCY’S OP-CENTER: BALANCE OF POWER 
TOM CLANCY’S OP-CENTER: STATE OF SIEGE 
TOM CLANCY’S OP-CENTER: DIVIDE AND CONQUER 
TOM CLANCY’S OP-CENTER: LINE OF CONTROL 
TOM CLANCY’S OP-CENTER: MISSION OF HONOR
 
TOM CLANCY’S NET FORCE 
TOM CLANCY’S NET FORCE: HIDDEN AGENDAS 
TOM CLANCY’S NET FORCE: NIGHT MOVES 
TOM CLANCY’S NET FORCE: BREAKING POINT 
TOM CLANCY’S NET FORCE: POINT OF IMPACT 
TOM CLANCY’S NET FORCE: CYBERNATION 
TOM CLANCY’S NET FORCE: STATE OF WAR
 
Created by Tom Clancy and Martin Greenberg
 
TOM CLANCY’S POWER PLAYS: POLITIKA 
TOM CLANCY’S POWER PLAYS: RUTHLESS.COM 
TOM CLANCY’S POWER PLAYS: SHADOW WATCH 
TOM CLANCY’S POWER PLAYS: BIO-STRIKE 
TOM CLANCY’S POWER PLAYS: COLD WAR 
TOM CLANCY’S POWER PLAYS: CUTTING EDGE
This 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.
TOM CLANCY’S NET FORCE
®
: STATE OF WAR
A Berkley Book / published by arrangement with
Netco Partners
PRINTING HISTORY
Berkley edition / March 2003
Copyright © 2003 by Netco Partners.
NET FORCE
®
 is a registered trademark of Netco Partners.
All rights reserved.
This book, or parts thereof, may not be 
reproduced in any form without permission. 
For information address: The Berkley Publishing Group, 
a division of Penguin Putnam Inc., 
375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014.
For more information on Steve Pieczenik, please visit 
www.stevepieczenik.com
Visit our website at 
www.penguinputnam.com
eISBN : 978-1-101-00249-0
BERKLEY
®
 
Berkley Books are published by The Berkley Publishing Group, 
a division of Penguin Putnam Inc., 375 Hudson Street, 
New York, New York 10014. 
BERKLEY and the “B” design 
are trademarks belonging to Penguin Putnam Inc.
 
Acknowledgments
We would like to acknowledge the assistance of Martin H. Greenberg, Denise Little, John Helfers, Brittiany Koren, Lowell Bowen, Esq., Robert Youdelman, Esq., Danielle Forte, Esq., Dianne Jude, and Tom Colgan, our editor. But most important, it is for you, our readers, to determine how successful our collective endeavor has been.
 
—Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik
PROLOGUE
Saturday, June 1, 2013 C.E.
Front Royal, Virginia

 

Solomon “Solly” Bretcher, the Democratic senator from Florida, looked down at the woman beside him.
She had said her name was Joan, and she was young. She’d claimed to be twenty-one when she’d picked him up at that bar back in D.C.—but she had smiled when she’d said it, just a little, just enough so that he had known she was lying. He thought she was probably closer to eighteen.
She was also very slim, almost boyish in her figure, and he believed she must have had some yoga or gymnastics in her background.
Athletic, strong and supple, cute as a bug, and young enough to be, what, his daughter at least. Maybe even his granddaughter.
But none of this was what had drawn Solly to her. No, the reason he was here now, lying naked in some strange hotel room in Virginia, a good fifty miles from his offices, had nothing to do with the way she looked or how old she was or whatever perfume she was—or wasn’t—wearing. It was more powerful than that, more compelling, and it had everything to do with the way she had looked at him, the raw, overpowering hunger in her eyes as she approached him.
It had been a long time since anyone had looked at him like that. He couldn’t even remember the last time someone had wanted him just for himself and not for whatever access he could grant or the votes he could provide.

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