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Contents • • • • • • • • Plot summary [ ] In Rome, a station chief is assassinated. The murder piques the interest of the Campus, an 'off-the-books' intelligence agency situated in direct line-of-sight between the and the. A, Hendley Associates, funds the Campus via stock market influenced by the captured intelligence data, thus removing federal oversight and allowing free rein in its operations. Jack Ryan Jr., the son of former president Jack Ryan, soon discovers the Campus' operations. Wanting to serve his country in the world, he is hired by the agency as an analyst. Elsewhere, Brian Caruso, a nephew of the former president, is a returning from to be decorated for his achievements in battle.

Dominic Caruso, his brother, is an agent who, while investigating a kidnapping of a little girl, finds her in a tub raped and killed. Caruso kills the suspect, ostensibly in after purposely getting noticed and the suspect reacts by grabbing a knife at gun-point (and thereby providing a 'threat'). The Caruso brothers are soon recruited into a Campus strike team, chosen for their ability to kill enemies in cold blood. However, Brian is unsure of the morality of carrying out preemptive assassinations, even against terrorists. This changes when cells of cross the and attack several suburban malls.

Brian and Dominic happen to be at one of the malls when the attack occurs. Although they efficiently find and dispatch all four shooters, dozens of people are killed; similar massacres occur at most of the other targeted sites.

When a child dies in his arms after the attack, Brian abandons his earlier moral qualms. The Campus decides the brothers are ready and implements a 'reconnaissance-by-fire' strategy to flush out the terrorist leaders. To carry out the assassinations, the brothers are issued a weapon utilizing, developed by a professor whose brother died in the 9/11 attacks.

The succinylcholine is delivered through a hypodermic needle disguised as a pen. Twisting the nib switches the tip from a normal tip to a sharp needle that delivers 7 milligrams of the substance. Only 5 milligrams are necessary for death. The substance causes complete at 30 to 50 seconds and death at 3 minutes, shutting down all the muscles within the victim (including the ), with the exception of the heart.

However, it makes the murder look like a heart attack, thus raising no suspicion. Disguised as tourists, the team travels across Europe, finding and murdering several major players in the terrorist organization. The first three murders go off fairly routinely, the brothers are able to apply the syringe and quietly escape before the targets expire.

For the fourth assassination, the brothers are joined by Jack Ryan Jr. Although originally present as an observer, Jack is forced to kill the target himself when a random accident spills wine on the brothers' suits, spoiling their anonymous appearance. After murdering the terrorist, Jack uses his hotel key to gain access to his computer, and downloads the entire contents for later analysis.

Characters [ ] Hendley Associates (intelligence agency) [ ] • Jack Ryan Jr. –, son of • Twin brothers Dominic 'Enzo' Caruso and Brian 'Aldo' Caruso, cousins of Jack Ryan Jr. • Gerry Hendley – former senator and founder of Hendley Associates; friend of Jack Ryan Sr. The Organization (terrorist group) [ ] • 'The Emir', an influential figure who heads the Organization; still at large. • Uda bin Sali, a terrorist banker/financier in the United Kingdom; killed by Brian. • Anas Ali Atef, terrorist recruiter in Germany; killed by Dominic. • Fa'ad Rahman Yasin, terrorist messenger in; killed by Brian.

• Mohammed Hassan al-Din, a high-level terrorist leader who varies his location; he is half-British which allows him to disguise himself in any country in Europe; is the killer of Mossad agent David Greengold; killed by Jack Ryan Jr. • Muhmad, a terrorist of unknown rank, who witnessed the deaths of both Fa'ad and Mohammed. • 16 terrorists who attack 4 malls across the U.S. Xtgold Software Download there. Just to impose fear; four are killed by Brian and Dominic The Cartel (immigrant smugglers) [ ] • Ernesto, the leader of the cartel, but most think he's part of a council; after giving permission to work with the terrorists, he and the cartel are not mentioned. Critical reception [ ] Like, Clancy's The Teeth of the Tiger was poorly received by critics. Reviews for The Teeth of the Tiger have been 'tepid at best.' The described it as a 'bloated, boring, silly novel' with 'inane dialogue, gossamer characterizations, endless repetition and bumper-sticker politics.'