• Executive Orders

  • A Novel
  • By: Tom Clancy
  • Narrated by: Michael Prichard
  • Length: 51 hrs and 24 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (8,062 ratings)

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Executive Orders

By: Tom Clancy
Narrated by: Michael Prichard
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Publisher's summary

Debt of Honor ends as Jack Ryan is confirmed vice president minutes before a mammoth act of terrorism kills the President, most of his cabinet, all but a few members of Congress, the entire Supreme Court and all of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Suddenly Ryan is President, which is where Executive Orders begins.

Ryan's responsibilities crush in on him. Where should he begin? He must calm a nation, pacify world leaders, arrange a massive funeral -- while he rebuilds a government as quickly as possible. But that's not all. Enemies abroad and at home see opportunities, and they'll soon present President Ryan with an unimaginable crisis. How will he tackle his greatest challenge ever?

©2009 Tom Clancy (P)2010 Random House

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Tom Clancy's Atlas Shrugged

Hey listen, I've read all of the Ryanverse, was a big fan back in the day. But reading this at age 20 and then again at 41, it hits different. It's a lot of wishful thinking, US Government as he *hoped* it would one day be. I wonder what he'd think of the years 2016-2020.

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Too long, but still good

Could have been a little shorter, but still premium Clancy. I Won't re-read, but I wouldn't tell someone to skip it.

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Good reading

I just enjoyed this book. Nothing real special. Too long for one thing. Overall though I enjoyed this book.

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The story line about the disease, it mirrors today

The disease forced upon the people of the US, the way it was handled, mirrors what happened with Covid 19. I believe. this latest bioweapon was our bioweapon, that was sent to Wuhan, for further development. I believe the spread of Covid 19, was an inside job. Just my honest opinion.

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Great book and fine performance

probably now my faviorite book. Kept my interest throughout and i love the attention to detail.

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Many brilliant and relevant moments in this book.

There are many important and relevant concepts and moments regarding the nature of the American republic in this book. We are reminded that we do not live in a mobocracy and that we have by and large surrendered our self-determinism and individual freedoms to an elite political ruling class and their propagandist toadies in the legacy media, while we've increasingly embraced the concentration of power into a centralized bureaucracy never endorsed by the founders of this nation. This bureaucracy tends to blur and even erase the notion of Separation of Powers enshrined in our Constitution.

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Story was deep and detailed, but...

the story went in to more detail than I was ready for and the last 3rd of the book was the best part. however, the narrator made me want to take a nap

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Love this series!

I Love this series. Maybe we as a country could learn a lot from them.

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Even more timely in 2023!

I’m in the process of listening to the Jack Ryan series in chronological order. This one is the best so far.

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Tom Clancy at his best

Loved it all: The suspense, and the details, and heroics. Jack Ryan saves the country and much of the world again.

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