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Several weeks back, I was the first to report that Andrews & Wilson were leaving the Tom Clancy universe. Then, last week, I broke the news that Ward Larsen would be stepping into the Ryanverse, effectively replacing A&W.
Now, I can confirm several new details, including how Jack Stewart and M.P. Woodward both fit into the picture moving forward.
Lots of exclusive info you won’t find anywhere else below.
Larsen, who also has a high-profile co-writing job with Brad Thor, is essentially seen as a one-book stopgap as the following writers all settle into their new roles. As for the roles, well, essentially, Woodward (who recently released his own book, Red Tide, last month) is being promoted.
After three Jack Junior books, Woodward is now set to take over the Jack Senior books following Larsen’s Tom Clancy Rules of Engagement, due out May 19, 2026. Replacing Woodward, then, is Jack Stewart.
Stewart, a former Top Gun Pilot best known for his Battle Born series and his work with Chad Robichaux (including Silent Horizons), has long been a diehard fan of Clancy’s books, and he’s made no secret that entering the Ryanverse has long been his dream job. The expectation is that he’ll crush this opportunity, and internally, I can share that the sentiment inside Penguin is that he will be a perfect fit.
The only downside, though, is that Stewart was also previously chosen to write for the W.E.B. Griffin estate and subsequently penned Direct Action, a reboot of sorts of the Presidential Series. That book, which is really good, will almost assuredly be Stewart’s last in that series, creating another opening in the everlasting game of musical chairs that has become estate writing and branded books.
All of that said, I’m told that there’s a chance Larsen could do another Clancy book in the future. A couple of years ago, after Andrews & Wilson first came aboard, Penguin, who owns the publishing rights to Clancy’s Jack Ryan and Jack Junior franchises, decided to go from two to three Clancy books a year.
Essentially, it’s a rotation that alternates like this . . .