• Patriot Games

  • By: Tom Clancy
  • Narrated by: Scott Brick
  • Length: 22 hrs and 2 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (12,686 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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Awesome!

What a great story! Near the end, I got excited that I had to run around the house to work off the tension. Scott Brick does a great job narrating this book. Read Without Remorse first. On to Red Rabbit!

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Way better than the movie!

A great introduction into Tom Clancy books. And to one of his most memorable characters!

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Timeless

Fantastic book, great narration, a classic Clancy stunner that is full of history. Worth 3 credits. But only costs you one.

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Brick perfectly delivers Clancy's work

awesome story and brick's delivery is spot on again!
Clancy's Jack Ryan series is one of my absolute favorites - holding little back, being detail oriented, and as long-winded as the reader, I'm on my fourth at this time.

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Exegetical Prequel to Red October

This was a good follow up/prequel to the Hunt For Red October. The story covers Jack Ryan's star into the CIA & events that introduced him into data analysis. The narrator did an excellent job.

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good story

What did you love best about Patriot Games?

Great story line

What about Scott Brick’s performance did you like?

I think Scott Brick did an excellent job.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

yes but it is way too long to listen to it in one sitting.

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this has been an enjoyable experience.

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Not as good as the hunt for red october

Good storyline, but didnt have quite the same feel as the hunt for red october or really capturing the technical side of things. A good look into who Jacm Ryan is though.

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Always loved this book.

The narrator did an excellent job. The book is on my favorites. Highly recommended. A must have for any Clancy fan.

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Great book!

This was a great book to listen to with a lot of detail all through the book!

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Scott Brick sure makes a book come alive

I have always enjoyed Tom Clancy’s work. We are many authors skip over many hours in stories that should be included Tom always includes the details and takes you through the weeds that truly makes for a full experience! Scott brick is by far my favorite narrator. He’s cool crisp easy tone and talent and voice inflection brings a cinematic picture to mind while he reads books from the greats.

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