Ed Kealty

Head of state or government

The Ryanverse franchise focuses on the character Jack Ryan, a fictional CIA analyst created in 1984 by American author Tom Clancy, who appeared in fourteen of his novels. It also features CIA operative John Clark and The Campus, a covert counter-terrorism and intelligence organization. Since Clancy's death in 2013, five other authors have written authorized novels featuring Ryan and the Campus: Mark Greaney, Marc Cameron, Andrews and Wilson, and Ward Larsen. In addition, a spin-off series featuring Ryan's son Jack Junior was written by Grant Blackwood, Mike Maden, Don Bentley, and M. P. Woodward. The latest novel is Rules of Engagement by Larsen, a Jack Ryan novel published in May 2026.