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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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Another Outstanding Jack Ryan Book

Hard to "put down"! I wanted to listen straight through from start to finish. Keep 'em coming!

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A smooth read

It paces itself well thought he middle drags slightly. And it isn’t a delightfully convoluted as Tom’s older works but still a wonderful book with a very good story

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Started slow but but story picked up well. Classic

I loved it. Started slow at first but story picked well through out the second half of the book all through to the end. The narrator was great.

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Awesome

Awesome story line. Great listen if you like political criminal books. Or if you just like hearing a good story.

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Great performance

One of my favorite voices for the Jack Ryan series. Intriguing story though the jumps in time are a little unusual for the series.

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Near to reality

The parralells between this and and has happened in the years following its release are astounding. I highly recommend this book to all that find that subject interesting.

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Not for the casual or distracted listener.

Most of the time, I listen to books when performing mindless functions such as mowing the lawn, or working around the house. Often I listen while commuting, and there’s the rub. Too many people named Jack.

Add to this, the “30 years ago” shifts, and if you are not prepared to activly listen, then it becomes easy to become lost in the three incarnations of Jack.

However, if you have the ability to dedicate time to the listening, it is one of the better books to come out of the series in the last couple of offerings.

Lou Diamond Phillips does his usuall quality job of the read, and has become one of my favorites.

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Tom Clancy - Thank you!

Where does Command Authority rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Top of list.

Who was your favorite character and why?

All the characters are important and involved - knowning the history of each character, leaves you guessing which one will strike next.

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Outstanding job

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I have either read or listened to Clancys Jack Ryan series over the years. One of the best fortified luster of characters that are must reads from the first to the last book. I hope Mark Greaney picks up with equal attention to details of typical Clancy

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As good as I could have asked for.

I simply loved it. So timely and on point. I could not stop listening. The back and forth with Sr. and Jr. wove the story together

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I am impressed how well Lou reads these complex stories with many different accents. Loved it all

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