Good yarn

Classic Clancy. Narrator was ok. Passable but pretty monotone. All round though it was a good story.

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From the narrator to the story, first class

The story is just brilliant, they have found a voice that fits the characters. Can’t begin to describe how much I enjoyed this . I hope you feel that way too

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Mixed feelings

Fantastic story as always from Tom Clancy but not so keen on Michael Pritchard reading.

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Many are compared to, but none measure up

I have listened to a few other books penned by new authors of late, each slated as “the new Clancy”.
None have even come close to the originals.

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Great but not the best

Great read but a bit padded.
The reader can’t do accents so all his characters are the same.

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Not Great Art. Just Pretty Good Writing.

I understand this novel, when first published, landed on the NY Times B/S List and stayed there for quite awhile, I can see why.

I can also see why Clancy became an institution and how much of a Ying-Yang effect the American Political zeitgeist (sorry about the terminology) had on him and how much he must have influenced it. Considering the book was written over 30 years ago, a surprising amount of the content is still relevant and even the stuff that isn't, can be still looked at from the present without expending any psychic energy in suspending disbelief or questioning its plausible historic verisimilitude.
Clancy is, of course, unabashedly patriotic, militaristic, and will surprise no one in his predictably conservative view on the Drug War, treatment of politics and politicians. To some readers, like myself, this will be enough to prevent them from becoming starry-eyed fanboys of the author.

He writes his characters from the outside-in and therefore they lack a certain depth of characterisation and the individual idiosyncrasies that lend themselves to the reader's perception of breathing, bleeding, living people which might shift the author into the coterie of great American authors. Rather than amalgamating various personality traits into a single character, one get's the feeling of the reverse process going on in this book. This gives the impression that the many characters in this book can be condensed into a few, less than multidimensional types. Occasionally leading to confusion and difficulty in recognising one from another.

Clancy is very adept at moving an adventure story along and making it addictive. Personally, I find the technical expertise of the author very satisfying, although I would understand that this approach is not everyone's cup of tea.

I completed the over 30 hours of listening time of this production in less than a week and enjoyed it. I would certainly take the time and look forward to reading some of the author's other work.

The narrator was a competent & clear reader of the work whose strengths outweighed his weaknesses.

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an excellent gripping novel. well read

an excellent gripping novel. well read. another great example of one of the greats. Can't wait for the next one.

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Clear and Present Danger

A believable, fast moving story. A story that is exciting, so that you cannot put down the 'book'. The story gives you, a possible, an idea how a government protects it's interests. The actions of the secret services use their influence to pursue their objectives.

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great read

Great read very much enjoyed it. Kept me on edge all way through out the plot.

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Great story

One of my favourite stories from this series.

A good blend of intrigue, mystery and action.

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