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Grok Summary of the plot of Sum of All Fears.
The Sum of All Fears (referring to the popular 2002 film adaptation of Tom Clancy's novel, starring Ben Affleck as Jack Ryan) begins with a prologue set in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War, where an Israeli aircraft carrying a nuclear bomb crashes in the Syrian desert. Decades later, the lost bomb is recovered from the site, refurbished, and sold on the black market to a group of neo-Nazis led by an Austrian billionaire. Their goal is to provoke a full-scale nuclear war between the United States and Russia, allowing a fascist Europe to rise from the ashes.Amid rising U.S.-Russia tensions following the sudden death of the Russian president and the ascension of an unknown successor, young CIA analyst Jack Ryan is pulled into high-level briefings. He provides insight into Russian politics while the CIA investigates missing nuclear experts and suspicious activity. The terrorists detonate the nuclear device at a major football stadium in Baltimore during a game attended by the U.S. President, causing massive casualties and chaos. In the immediate aftermath, the U.S. government mistakenly attributes the attack to Russia, escalating toward retaliatory nuclear strikes.Jack Ryan races against time to uncover the truth, tracing the weapon's origins and the neo-Nazi conspiracy behind the false-flag operation. Through quick thinking, back-channel communications, and evidence that exonerates Russia, he averts a catastrophic global nuclear exchange. The crisis is resolved, exposing the real perpetrators and de-escalating the brinkmanship between the superpowers.