VGC.HarperCollins,1997.First paperback edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2).Large format paperback(a couple of creases and small nicks on the edges of the cover and spine) in VGC.Nice and clean pages with two small ink marks and slightly yellow on the outer edges,some creases and small nicks on the edges of the pages,very small colour mark on the first blank page of the book.The book is in VGC with light shelf wear.874pp.A collectable first edition-first printing.Heavy book(approx 1.1 Kg). This is another paragraph Synopsis: Originally published in 1996, a thriller in which Jack Ryan is faced with crushing responsibilities when he becomes the new President of the US after a jumbo jet crashes into the Capitol Building in Washington, leaving the President dead, along with most of the Cabinet and Congress.