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  • By: Tom Clancy
  • Narrated by: Michael Prichard
  • Length: 42 hrs and 55 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (216 ratings)

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The Bear and the Dragon

By: Tom Clancy
Narrated by: Michael Prichard
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Publisher's Summary

President Jack Ryan faces a world crisis unlike any he has ever known. A high-level assassination attempt in Russia has the newly elected Ryan sending his most trusted eyes and ears - including antiterrorism specialist John Clark - to Moscow, for he fears the worst is yet to come. And he’s right. The attempt has left the already unstable Russia vulnerable to ambitious forces in China eager to fulfill their destiny. If they succeed, the world as we know it will never look the same. If they fail, the consequences may be unspeakable. Blending the exceptional realism and authenticity that are his hallmarks with intricate plotting, razor-sharp suspense and a remarkable cast of characters, this is Clancy at his best.

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Critic Reviews

"Clancy ... towers above other novelists in his ability to deliver geo-political, techo-military goods on a global scale...and here he's at the top of that war-gaming.' ( Publishers Weekly)
"Clancy is a natural storyteller." ( USA Today)

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Another great title that was a blast to listen to

Since I downloaded the first Tom Clancy audio book I have binged on the series and haven’t regretted it one bit.

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great storey, narration slightly let's it's down

fantastic as all the classic Clancy's, slightly let down by the narration tho.

sometimes hard to tell when a different paragraph is jumped to, inconsistent pauses and obvious recording level and voice types all throughout, as if they stopped recording halfway through a chapter or paragraph and the narrator suddenly sounds far away or in a different tone.

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love the intensity!

much better than most of his other books , intense and kind of relates to what's current happening in china and Russia today in 2023! love it!

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Phenomenal!

Well.. What not love about this book (I would actuallysay the whole trilogy with Executive orders and Debt of honour before it)

Michael Prichard delivers it brilliantly and, the story is fantastic and the ammount of technical details in equipment, vehicles and etc is impressive as usual

Jack Ryan book series means a lot to me, I've listened yo to each of the books at least twice and I don't think I'd be slowing dosn anytime soon

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Russia's found it. China wants it. War is coming.

Russia has found massive gold and oil deposits. All of it is in Siberia. China has suddenly found itself in a financial crisis. The solution is based just north of the border. Within a few days march of the Russian Chinese border is oil and gold fields that are potential rivals to the best on earth. Defended by a poorly trained and equipped military. The stage is set.

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Jack Ryan Rocks

Loved the story and the pace as everything unfolded. Great interest from all sides of the world

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ignore the old school macho vibe

Some of the attitudes to race and gender are dated (written late 90s) but that's the characters, that's Clancy, and that's the 90's. A bit cliched culturally/ geopolitically but a nicely woven multi thread story that's heaps of fun, dramatic, action packed, intriguing.

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Tom Clancy at his best

Apparently must be 15 words. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, just brilliant. 2091
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Boring narration

Great book, read it years ago. This version is however destroyed by the boooooring, single toned narration, no characterisation at all. I would return it if I could work out how.

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Has not aged gracefully.

I remember the powerful effect that Hunt for Red October and Patriot Games had on me many years ago. I struggled to wade through six chapters. It may have been the prose or it may have been the horrible narration, I am not sure.
All I know is that the characters are hard to warm to, and more obviously, the technology is so outdated that the overly descriptive chapters describing the technology become monotone and dull. I loved Tom Clancy, but this was a miss.

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