Patriot Games

By: Tom Clancy

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Don't Miss the Original Series Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Starring John Krasinski!

Tom Clancy reveals Jack Ryan’s origins in this electrifying #1 New York Times bestselling thriller that pits the former Marine turned family man against a vicious group of international terrorists.

As an American in London on vacation with his family, Jack Ryan never imagined his quick thinking would prevent an assassination attempt on Britain’s royal family and earn him the gratitude of an entire nation—and the scorn of an ultra-left-wing faction of the IRA. Irish terrorist Sean Miller and his followers in the Ulster Liberation Army intend to make sure Ryan pays for his interference in blood. But he’s not the only one they’re after...

With the lives of his pregnant wife and young daughter in mortal danger, Ryan accepts a role as a CIA analyst in order to find Miller and shut down the ULA. Going head to head with a ruthless terrorist is a fool’s errand, but Jack Ryan is the kind of man who will do whatever it takes to protect his family.

Critic reviews

Praise for Patriot Games

“A novel that crackles!”—The New York Times

“A bang-up climax.”—The Washington Post

“A high-pitch of excitement.”—The Wall Street Journal

“Ambitious, daring...as spectacular as any thriller ever.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune

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

first time listener

didnt want to stop listening, I was captured from the beginning, looking forward to more books.

a great work

Tom Clancy wrote this novel after his first book but is based before, Jack Ryan is a history teacher at the naval academy and loves to write history books, several Irish terrorists dont like how the IRA is doing there ops and are going to do things there way.

When Ryan's vacation is ruined while out in london working on his newest novel and he steps in to stop a terrorist attack he did not realize that in his act of heroism his life is changed forever.

Tom Clancy takes his time getting from the start to the finish and never makes a huge leap in his book that you have to accept ryan figured out. he will show you how Ryan takes his time with all the information to figure out what he needs to find the terrorist.

Scott Brick to me could have worked a little more on his naration, he tried to hard to copy people from the movie and you can tell he tried but at the same time is not very close and so it kind of makes the book feel like sometimes it was a joke.

Fantastic

I saw the movie, but you can't beat the book. The suspense of the book can't be matched. The character development is complete and adds to the story that could not be done in the movie. The added bonus of having Scott Brick doing the narration makes even better - he's the best.

Great book

Apparently I am pretty late to the game with Jack Ryan but found him through amazons series. I happen to live right where the story is set so that made it even better.

awesome

great book , and Scott Brick delivers once again on a stellar performance making every aspect of the writing come to life as if you were watching a movie

As Thrilling as I Remember

Very good book and narration. I don’t usually listen to books I have read before. Too many new ones I have on my list. This was fun to revisit after about thirty years. Highly recommended. Clancy, as always, does a superb job of character development.

Engaging and entertaining

After a while the reader’s voice got a bit tiring. Audio theatre would’ve been nice.

Clancy kills it Everytime.

I had meant to read this over the next 2 weeks or so, but I finished in 2 days! The story feels so real and relatable.

what a great story!

I really hope this turns into a movie!! I was very impressed by the performance of Scott Brick as well.

Narrator could be better

The narrator wasn't the greatest, but otherwise very good book. His voice was like he was telling a bedtime story