Jack Ryan (character) Jack Ryan (character) John Patrick "Jack" Ryan, Sr. is a fictional character created by author Tom Clancy and featured in his Ryanverse novels, which have consistently topped the New York Times best seller list over 30 years. Since Clancy’s death in 2013, four other authors have continued the Ryan franchise and its other connecting series with the approval of the Clancy family estate: Mark Greaney, Grant Blackwood, Mike Maden, and Marc Cameron. The son of a Baltimore police detective and a nurse, Jack Ryan is a former U.S. Marine and stockbroker who became a history teacher at Boston College in
Second Son (Child novel) of both Reacher and his brother, Joe) is said to have died. These events are also referred to in the novel, "The Affair", which occurs just before the storyline of "Killing Floor". Second Son (Child novel) "Second Son" is a short story featuring Jack Reacher, a fictional character created by British author Jim Grant (who writes under the pen name of Lee Child). It is notable in several ways: in being a short story, as Reacher mainly appears in full-length novels, of which sixteen appeared as of 2012; in giving a glimpse of the teen-age Reacher, making the story a