Firing Point (Jack Ryan Jr, #13; Jack Ryan Universe, #29)

by Mike Maden

modern politics was only about emotions in the Western world these days,

“Numbers always tell a story, if you know how to read them.”

Over the last decade, an average of a hundred ships over one hundred gross tons are lost every year, mostly through weather, onboard accidents, or human error.

The Battle for Spain

The reason Europeans have dominated the globe for the last five centuries is because they have a particular genius for organized violence.”

These companies’ loyalties were to their bottom lines, not national security.

“Do I need to call HR before or after I issue you a formal apology, Dee?”

It was hard for him to believe that people actually paid to give up their DNA and other important personal information to complete strangers, many of whom sold that information to interested parties.

I love a challenge even more than I hate solitary confinement.

“In Russia, Captain America is a villain.”