• Red Rabbit

  • By: Tom Clancy
  • Narrated by: Scott Brick
  • Length: 26 hrs and 20 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (7,900 ratings)

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Red Rabbit

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

In the early 1980s, long before he was President or head of the CIA, even before a submarine named Red October crossed the Atlantic, Jack Ryan was an historian, teacher, and recent ex-Marine temporarily living in England. A series of deadly encounters with an IRA splinter group had brought him to the attention of the CIA's Deputy Director, Vice Admiral James Greer - and when Greer asked him to come aboard Jack was quick to accept. The opportunity was irresistible.

Then Jack forgot about the rest of his work, because on his first day, an extraordinary document crossed his desk. The new Pope had just delivered a private ultimatum to Warsaw: If the government persisted in its repression, he would feel compelled to resign the papacy and return to Poland.

That was going to have consequences.

In Moscow, another man was contemplating those very same consequences. Yuri Andropov, the chairman of the KGB, did not like what this meant for him or for his nation. All it took was one man to cause everything he had worked for to crumble...and all it took was one man to stop him. The Pope was very powerful - but he was also mortal.

And so it begins, an almost unthinkable plot - a plan to bring down not just leaders, but nations. Ryan will find himself in the middle of a chain reaction, a high-stakes game meant to shake the world...and in which a novice CIA analyst might just be out of his depth.

©2002 Rubicon Inc. (P)2002 Books on Tape, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Smart and likable, Jack Ryan has become one of the best-known characters in contemporary American fiction." (Washington Post)
"The daily games [Clancy's] spies play are fascinating." (USA Today)

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I really like the narrator!

I enjoyed listening to this book. I really like the way the narrator does different accents.

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Very long-winded, but very detailed if you like that

So if you like an author that gives you every detail about everything going on in a persons life through a period of time this book is great for you. But it times for me it seems unnecessarily detailed and sometimes even repeated itself several times saying some of the same things about the same characters in different sections of the book.
I love Tom Clancy and love the jack Ryan series but could do with A little more editing

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Loved it!

I am a big fan if the Jack Ryan series. This one did not disappoint.

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Brilliant narration...meh story

Scott Brick is a wonder in the Jack Ryan series! The single bright spot in this book. It was like reading a 21 hour news article from 30 years ago. Not the usual Clancy brilliance. I just wanted him to get to the dadgum point!

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always good

I wouldn't call this the most riveting of the series but definitely a good book. the story's detail from a historical perspective is interesting.

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Long non thriller

Around 90% of the book was buildup. Giving Clancy books a break for a bit after this one. Expected a thrilling listen but this fell short with a lot of repetition of nonsense fluff. We get it, he's afraid of flying. Wouldn't recommend this one

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great book


I liked hearing the presentation of this book. Tom Clancy has a way of keeping you glued to the book!

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Long winded

Took a very long time to get to the story. Very long winded lead to the actual story

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Good, but not great.

This was a good story, but not nearly as exciting and thrilling as the other Jack Ryan books.

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longer then need be

Just so very drawn out. but, a good story n good narration. certainly detailed and intricate but could have been so much more exciting with fewer details.

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