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  • Written by: Tom Clancy
  • Narrated by: Michael Prichard
  • Length: 42 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (179 ratings)

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The Bear and the Dragon

Written 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

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excellent overall

Michael Prichard does an excellent narration. I think he also narrates Red Storm Rising. This book is good, predictable story line. I have enjoyed all Tom Clancy books so far. Can't go wrong with this book.

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The end as far as I'm concerned

could have been half as long without all the right-wing political grandstanding and racism. cracks started showing in debt of honor and this is where it fell apart for me.

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Great Tom Clancy!

If you like Tom Clancy, this is a great book.

As with all of his books, the military and action stuff is super.

The personal relationships stuff is klunky and weird.

But it’s a great light read (or listen).

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A Tom Clancy Classic

The narrator for these Tom Clancy books is really quite good. He is perfect of Clancy's books and all their secret plots and military tactics.

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great action

I enjoy Clancy and this was a great read. Factual accuracy creates quality of story...

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Meh

Decent book. By this point, the Jack Ryan novels were starting to get a bit silly. A little too much politics and making your guy president pretty pretentious. Still, the military stuff is great. 6.5 stars out of 10.

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