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Red Storm Rising

By: Tom Clancy
Narrated by: Michael Prichard
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When Muslim fundamentalists blow up a key Soviet oil complex, making an already critical oil shortage calamitous, the Russians figure they are going to have to take things into their own hands. They plan to seize the Persian Gulf, and more ambitiously, to neutralize NATO. Thus begins Red Storm, an audacious gamble that uses diplomatic maneuver to cloak a crash military build-up. When Soviet tanks begin to roll, the West is caught off guard. What looks like a thrust turns into an all-out shooting war, possibly the climactic battle for control of the globe.

©1987 Tom Clancy (P)2010 Random House

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“Exciting...fast and furious.” (USA Today)

“A rattling good yarn...lots of action.” (The New York Times)

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Tom Clancy's finest work.

This is easily one of the most immersive books on the market. the highly descriptive writing of Tom Clancy puts you right in the middle of the action, be it on a submarine in the middle of a game of cat and mouse, in a fighter jet streaking across the sky, or on a boots-on-the-ground battlefield.

I cannot recommend this book enough.

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Very good story!

Lots of different story lines... and a very interesting primary story! a good book to listen to! You’ll enjoy this.

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Awesome story!

This book is great! I've read it half a dozen times and listened to it at least as many. Always exciting

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Clancy's best

By far Clancy's best. Well read, great action and detail. All the rest pale in comparison

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Loved it

I think I red this when it was new 30 plus years ago. I read this after having read “The Third World War” by Sir Hatcher. I recently rediscovered this gem. It does not disappoint. Good story, well paced. I wished at the time Mr. Clancy would have continued the story of the weatherman and his lady. I can’t really complain because I love the Jack Ryan series.
I highly recommend this book. It does not include Jack Ryan.

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A little dated but still great

When I was in the Navy we passed this book around. It was the subject of our conversations for quite a while. Listening to this brought back good memories.
The narrator does a fine job with the story. This is a very enjoyable listen...

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Ice and Blood

Read this when it came out, A LONG, LONG time ago. Audible version is a little different from my head version, but great nonetheless. So many different professional and personal agendas fighting for supremacy. Loved it the second time as much as the 1st. What has always surprised me is the empathy I felt for the Soviet soldier. Even their party leaders. Forced to confront the tough choices and making decisions that affected millions. That said, they were elitists madmen, with no real connection to the realities of true leadership and understanding of dying for something larger than themselves. Leaders with power to destroy without consequenceor remorse.

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amazing book should be a Netflix series

they need to make this into some sort of Netflix series or Amazon I'm really surprised Amazon hasn't made it I'm sure they could stick Jack Ryan in there somewhere maybe in place of Edwards but either way I really like this book

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An absolute thrilled from beginning to end!

An absolute thriller from beginning to end! One of my favorite Tom Clancy novels was incredibly narrated!

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One of Clancy’s best

Still, 35+ years after being written, one of my top 5 books. For those of us that remember the USSR and it’s threat, a must read.

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