The Teeth of the Tiger.
First edition cover
Author	Tom Clancy
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Ryanverse
Genre(s)	Thriller novel
Publisher	Putnam
Publication date	1 August 2003
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	480 pp (hardback edition)
ISBN	ISBN 0-399-15079-X (hardback edition)
Preceded by	The Bear and the Dragon

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Plot summary

The novel begins with the killing of a Mossad agent in Rome. Jack Ryan Jr., the son of former President Jack Ryan soon finds himself confronting the world of international terrorism in the post-9/11 world along with his twin cousins. "The Campus", the nickname for Hendley Associates, is an "off the books" intelligence agency. Created by the former president Jack Ryan, The Campus keeps itself funded by playing the stock market which allows them to prevent Congress from overseeing them and thereby allowing them to kill targets without legal constraints. For the Haganah branch responsible for coordinating Jewish immigration into the British Mandate of Palestine, see Mossad Lealiyah Bet. ... For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... Terrorist redirects here. ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ... This article is about the fictional character. ... A stock market is a market for the trading of company stock, and derivatives of same; both of these are securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately. ...

The Campus sends out a strike team that utilizes succinylcholine to execute terrorists. It's all training until a group of Islamic fundamentalists cross the U.S.-Mexico border with a crate of sub-machine guns and attacks suburban malls across the nation. Then the team goes across Europe killing the terrorists. Suxamethonium chloride (also known as succinylcholine, scoline, or SUX) is a white crystalline substance, it is odourless and highly soluble in water. ... Terrorist redirects here. ... The phrase Islamic fundamentalism is primarily used in the West to describe Islamist groups. ... The international border between Mexico and the United States runs a total of 3,141 km (1,951 miles) from San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Baja California, in the west to Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and Brownsville, Texas, in the east. ... The MP5 is a third-generation submachine gun that is widely used by law enforcement tactical teams and military forces. ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... Look up Mall in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

Characters in "The Teeth of the Tiger"

• Jack [Shortstop] Ryan Jr – protagonist, son of Jack Ryan Sr.
• Dominic "Enzo" Caruso – FBI agent brother in "the Campus"
• Brian "Aldo" Caruso – US Marine brother in "the Campus"
• Sally [Shadow] Ryan – Jack Ryan Sr's daughter
• Katie [Sandbox] Ryan – Jack Ryan Sr's daughter, still in school
• Gerry Hendley – former senator and friend of Jack Ryan Sr
• Mohammed – one of key leaders in The Emir's organization