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The Bear and the Dragon

By: Tom Clancy
Narrated by: Michael Prichard
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Newly elected, Jack Ryan has found that being President is not easy: domestic pitfalls await him at every turn; there's a revolution in Liberia; the Asian economy is going down the tubes; and now, in Moscow, someone may have tried to assassinate the chairman of the SVR - the former KGB - with a rocket-propelled grenade. Were the potential assassins political enemies, the Russian Mafia, or disaffected former KGB? Or is something far more dangerous at work here? While Ryan dispatches his most trusted eyes and ears, including black ops specialist John Clark, to find out the truth of the matter, forces in China are moving ahead with a plan of truly audacious proportions. If they succeed, the world will never look the same again.

©2009 Tom Clancy (P)2010 Random House Action & Adventure Espionage Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Political Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Russia China Imperialism Imperial Japan Fiction Military Africa Middle East Air Force

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"When the door blows open and the shooting starts, nobody does it better than Tom Clancy." (The Dallas Morning News)

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As is evidenced by my other reviews, I'm hardly a book critic or a literary connoisseur, but I sure do love me some Jack Ryan. The plot arc that starts in Sum of Fears finds ends well in The Bear and the Dragon.

It appears that several of these Jack Ryan books are available in duplicate versions, ones read by Scott Brick and one by Michael Pritchard. I enjoy both authors, but suggest that as much as you can, stick to one narrator or the other; it does greatly help with the flow.

Ever a Clancy Fan

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This story is about Russia, China, and the USA , human rights and the treatment of citizens...a whole lot of history, and predictions for the future.
The story highlights ... Greed, a country on the fringe of becoming economically stable, and unusuall alliances ... Something here for all readers...lots of emotional flares... And vulnerablity by strong people.
Worth a credit any day
Michael Prichard turns in a great job reading

This is a great book

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So much detail is present within this book. I loved the reader and will most like read others, thanks to this book.

Very interesting after several reads

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I will start off by pointing out that this is my favorite Tom Clancy novel and I was thrilled to find it in an unabridged format, so I knew I really liked the story before even starting to listen. The reader started out really poorly. It almost felt like it was an electronic voice reading and hard to listen to. However, as the book went on (and there was PLENTY of time for it to "go on") he seemed to settle into the story more and, by the end, was giving a solid performance.

Good Book

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A good overall plot, but all its twists and turns could be seen a mile away, at least for someone who read a few Clancy books before.

Good, yet formulaic and predictable plot.

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great story, fast paced and very well done. sucks you in and makes you keep listening

excellent

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This is such an excellent book. Tom Clancy has a real talent for story telling and in The Bear and The Dragon he show off his talent to an extreme degree. I rated the performance somewhat lower than the story and the overall. The reason for that is because of Micheal Prichard's dry style of delivery. Other than that the only problem with this book is that knowing Tom Clancy books this book is very predictable, absolutely no mystery. Still having said that it is great fun to root for the good guys knowing full well that they will meet with total success. So if you like real flag wavers then this book should please you.

There are few books this good

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Great reproduction of the Tom CLANCY Jack Ryan series, I recomend the Tom Clancy series to all fans.

excellent reproduction

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Would you consider the audio edition of The Bear and the Dragon to be better than the print version?

It's too close to call which is best, but the audio really shortens the drive to work.

Great Story !!

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A better choice could've been made for the narrator. I have listened to many audible books and this reader was by far the hardest to listen to. If I had more free time for actually *reading,* I wouldn't have finished this and would have picked up the book as the story was great.

tough listen; great story

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