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Clear and Present Danger

By: Tom Clancy
Narrated by: Michael Prichard
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 Don't Miss the Original Series Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Starring John Krasinski!

In this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller from Tom Clancy, Jack Ryan gets caught in a war between the United States and a Colombian drug cartel and uncovers a shocking conspiracy.

When Colombian drug lords assassinate both the U.S. ambassador and the visiting head of the FBI, their actions trigger a covert response from the American government—a response that goes horribly wrong...

As the newly named Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA, Jack Ryan should be privy to operations like the one in Colombia, but he’s been left completely in the dark. With the help of field officer John Clark, Ryan intends to find out what’s really going on. But while they expect danger from without, the greatest threat of all may come from within. Action & Adventure Espionage International Mystery & Crime Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Political Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense

Critic reviews

Praise for Clear and Present Danger

“The issues raised are real ones, and a jump ahead of the headlines.”—The New York Times

“Absorbing reading...You won’t stop until you hit the last pages!”—The Wall Street Journal

“Rousing adventure...A crackling good yarn!”—The Washington Post

“Heavy-caliber excitement!”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Praise for Tom Clancy

“He constantly taps the current world situation for its imminent dangers and spins them into an engrossing tale.”—The New York Times Book Review

“A brilliant describer of events.”—The Washington Post

“No one can equal his talent for making military electronics and engineering intelligible and exciting...He remains the best!”—Houston Chronicle
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To listen a full book is better than watch a film late does not use all the things in the book

Clear and present danger

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Clancys books are long and complicated with much scene interchanging and I wondered how they would transfer to audio. In my opinion its not a bad job. I enjoyed it and I think Clancys plot line is better judged than the edits they made to publish the film. I was not disappointed by the narrator (who for me was neutral not droning, I dont think I could have stood it if the narrator had been 'dramatic') and I like my purchases to be as long as possible :-) For me good bang for the buck.

For me better than the film

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It was with some trepidation that I downloaded this book. It's a very long book and I was worried that it would be over complicated and 'waffly'. On the contrary it's very easy to follow. It is obviously well researched and does give a lot of background detail, but this adds to the plot rather than detracts from it. It's a very fluid story that draws you in to the narrative and doesn't want to let you go.
The narration is good, fairly neutral but with voice acting thats sufficient to differentiate between the characters.
It certainly did not seem overly long, I was just sorry when I'd finished it. A really great story, highly recommend.

Great Audio Book

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What would have made Clear and Present Danger better?

Leave out the endless technical descriptions and explanations. The book could have been half the length without taking anything away from the story. Narration was an incessant drone, awful

What was most disappointing about Tom Clancy’s story?

I saw the film and can say it was one of those rare occasions when the film is better than the book. It covers the story without the endless boring detail. Some detail yes, but this is excessive in the extreme.

How could the performance have been better?

New narrator.

Overwritten and awful narration

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Having seen the film I was keen to listen to this audiobook. I suspect the story would be good but I only managed around 40 minutes listening to the irritating narration. The narrator, Michael Prichard has a tendency to pause often and for too long. It sounds like he can't be bothered and simply drones on for 30 hours. I wonder if a different narrator could have cut the length down to under 20 hours. I had hoped to get all of the Tom Clancy unabridged audiobooks but I couldn't stand it if they are all read by Prichard.

30 Hours of droning

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