Support and Defend: Tom Clancy's Legacy Lives On

Like the assassin-dodging, terrorist-disrupting protagonists in his spy novels, Tom Clancy is defying death in improbable ways. On July 22, Penguin Random House will publish Support and Defend, the second novel to land in bookstores since the author passed away almost nine months ago.

Mark Greaney, a prolific spy novelist who’s teamed up with Clancy on three prior novels, is technically the author of Support and Defend, though you wouldn’t necessarily grok that from glancing at the book’s cover. “Tom Clancy” sprawls over the top half in jumbo font, dwarfing everything else below, including the title, Greaney’s byline, and the silhouette of a submachine gun. The design leaves no doubt who’s the top gun.