Clear and Present Danger
Jack Ryan
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Narrated by:
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Michael Prichard
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By:
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Tom Clancy
About this listen
At what point does criminal activity threaten national security? When can a nation respond to it as to an enemy? These are the questions Jack Ryan must consider when he hears the awful news: Colombian drug lords, tired of being harassed by US law enforcement agents, have assassinated three high American officials, and that is just the beginning. The message is clear: Leave us alone. But they have pushed too far. Someone steps quietly over the line they have drawn, deploying covert-action teams in Colombia, intending to take the fight to the enemy. But does anyone know who the real enemy is? And how much action is too much? Who is doing what? Which line has been crossed? Ryan and his "dark side" counterpart, a shadowy field officer known only as Mr. Clark, must find out. They expect danger from without - but the danger from within may be the greatest of all.
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- Ivor Goligher JNR
- 26-03-20
Good yarn
Classic Clancy. Narrator was ok. Passable but pretty monotone. All round though it was a good story.
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- Baillie L.
- 30-10-23
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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- Julia S.
- 30-05-20
Mixed feelings
Fantastic story as always from Tom Clancy but not so keen on Michael Pritchard reading.
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- Anonymous User
- 23-04-22
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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- Tracey Evans
- 08-09-24
Continued quality reading.
The book kept me interested throughout with characters engaging in varied activities throughout and twists in the storty
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- Marbo
- 22-12-17
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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- HellRazor
- 24-12-18
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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- Amazon Customer
- 03-12-18
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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- Kindle Customer
- 15-08-22
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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- mark
- 24-04-15
amazing book
What made the experience of listening to Clear and Present Danger the most enjoyable?
could not put the book down ( or turn my phone off as the case may be)
completely addictive
Who was your favorite character and why?
john Clarke.... nearly james bond
Have you listened to any of Michael Prichard’s other performances? How does this one compare?
like most of Michael prichards narration .. he has emotion in the reading
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