Tom Clancy Shadow State by M.P. Woodward

Tom Clancy Shadow State is a propulsive thriller by M.P. Woodward and the twelfth entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Jack Ryan Jr. series. Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons on August 20, 2024, the hardcover edition runs 384 pages.

Jack Ryan Jr., an analyst for Hendley Associates, travels to Vietnam to investigate GeoTech, a promising rare earth mining company. A helicopter trip to observe GeoTech's Highland operations takes a deadly turn when the aircraft is shot down. Stranded in the jungle with a wounded colleague and hunted by a pack of killers, Jack uncovers that Chinese forces are determined to keep him from exposing the truth about an isolated factory — and that in the jungle, it's the shadow state that rules.

M.P. Woodward is a veteran of US naval intelligence who served with US Pacific Command, scripting war game exercises and deploying to the Persian Gulf and Far East alongside US Special Forces, CIA, and NSA. After leaving the Navy, he worked in international distribution marketing for Amazon Prime Video before becoming a full-time writer.