• Patriot Games

  • By: Tom Clancy
  • Narrated by: Scott Brick
  • Length: 22 hrs and 2 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (12,684 ratings)

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Patriot Games

By: Tom Clancy
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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Publisher's summary

It is fall. CIA analyst Jack Ryan, historian and former Marine, is vacationing in London with his wife and young daughter. Suddenly, right before his eyes, a terrorist group launches its deadly attack.

Instinctively, he dives forward to break it up, and is shot. It is not until he wakes up in the hospital that he learns whose lives he has saved - the Duke and Duchess of Kent.

By his impulsive act, he has gained both the gratitude of a nation and the enmity of its most dangerous men - men who do not sit on their hate.

Patriot Games is a prequel to The Hunt for Red October and has all the excitement and energy of Clancy's famous first book.

©1998 Tom Clancy (P)2011 Random House

Critic reviews

“A novel that crackles!” (The New York Times)

“A bang-up climax.” (The Washington Post)

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

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great book

great book. already considering listening to it all over again. Tom Clancy's books are amazing! I really enjoy the Jack Ryan series.

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Excellent

Great story with thoroughly developed characters. Clancy's fantastic writing is brought to life by Scott Brick's spot-on narration.

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Great book, a classic

This is an awesome rendition of a classic book. The narrator does a great job capturing the emotion and the gravity of the story. This book is thrilling from beginning to end. Clancy does an amazing job of crafting deep characters, even ancillary characters feel well constructed.

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New Fans of Jack Ryan... Start Here!

This is an exceptional book read by a narrator who hit all the highs, It's a great starter for anyone hooked by the new Jack Ryan series with John Krasinski.
I just finished it and will be hitting all the Jack Ryan books in chrono order. Then I'll probably do it a second time.
Perfect, flawless, and an easy listen.

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The movie was great but this was better

Tom Clancy was one one of the great story tellers whose life & writing career spanned 2 centuries.

He brought realism & life to his characters. The reading of this work by Scott Brick was very professional and masterfully done.

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Great book!

Gives a lot of insight into Jack Ryan, his history, and what makes him tick.

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Gripping from front to back.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I loved the movies and now I love the books even more. I'll be getting every one.

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Amazing Book

I started read this book a few months ago, but left it in a hotel. The narrator did an excellent job!

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Intense and exciting

What a rollercoaster of a book. I wanted to jump through the pages and kill the bad guys. I kept telling at Jack "Don't let your guard down!!"
great book!!

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Must speed up the narrator

1.2x speed was OK. Other wise too slow to listen.

Too many similar names to follow and ofter it was hard to understand who is talking to whom.

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