One of the last Tom Clancy novels. Jack Ryan gets to be president of the US. Iranian bad guys infect the country with Ebola. President Ryan takes most of the quarantine steps that modern US governments have taken against Corona virus. There are a few bits of dialog that date the book. Such as "He owns a blue Oldsmobile wagon. Every cop in the state is looking for it." Wagons used to be in, my family's first wagon with a 1949 Chevy Carryall, the last one was a 70's Oldsmobile. But I haven't seen one on the road for years.
President Ryan's America is paralyzed be an Ebola outbreak that kills only 9000. Our America is paralyzed by Corona virus that kills 120,000 so far and shows few signs of letting up.
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