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Command Authority

By: Tom Clancy, Mark Greaney
Narrated by: Lou Diamond Phillips
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Publisher's summary

The New York Times best-selling author and master of the technothriller returns with his All-Star team.

There's a new strong man in Russia but his rise to power is based on a dark secret hidden decades in the past. The solution to that mystery lies with a most unexpected source, President Jack Ryan.

©2013 Tom Clancy (P)2013 Random House Audio

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"[Clancy] has an uncanny feel for the intersection of real-world intelligence, terrorism, and fiction." (The Daily Beast)

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Great Performance by Lou Diamond Phillips

Pretty good story although I wasn’t crazy about jumping back and forth between Jack Ryan life 30 years prior and currently. I have to say Lou Diamond Phillips is an awesome narrator. He brings each and every character to life and I’ve enjoyed his narration Immensely.

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Lou Diamond Phillips is the BEST narrator EVER! Unfortunately the content is just good. just good

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story good but poorly read.

good story. but lou Diamond Phillips was.poor. his accents were awful. His Scottish and English accents were laughable. Finally, the capital of Scotland is Edinburgh but not pronounced "burg" it is bourough like i burro. this gut needs to stay in LA.

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Love it, but it could have been better.

As usual, I loved listening to this book. I am thoroughly engrossed in Jack’s life. I only have one complaint: the flashbacks to 30 years was not optimal for my listening pleasure. I listen while commuting and will start and stop at irregular intervals. These flashbacks had me confused a time or two until I realized the scene. I still recommend it to anyone that enjoys the author, adventure or Jack Ryan.

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Obviously not Tom Clancy but still great!

I wish every book was narrated by Lou Diamond Phillips! He really makes the book interesting and fun. I thought he was a great actor but he really displays his intellectual prowess with how he narrates. I’m going to download every book he narrates!
The book itself was a lot of fun to go through!
Mark is an interesting writer to read and as good as Tom Clancy but just a little different but still a great story! All I can say is if you liked Tom download this book!

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Great Book connecting the Jack Ryan Universe

Love how this book has look backs when Jack Ryan, Sr was a young analyst while Jack Ryan, Jr is operating during this story. Great story especially with current events in Russia and the Ukraine.

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Excellent

A cliffhanger with lots of action! You will always want to take it back up as soon as possible to see what happens.

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Great

I really enjoyed LDP as narrator. Was surprised at how good he is at doing the different voices. Kept all the characters separate.
Mark Greaney does Tom Clancy justice

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Awesome

Great story and tempo. Performance was stellar. Overall good story and will be listening to the rest

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Another intriguing story full of action

I didn’t like that Oxley died in this story. I love that nothing happened to Jack Junior, and overall was happy that the action was really great, but didn’t hurt any of my favorites like ding Sam and John

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