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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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A Great Look at a Possible WW3 Scenario

This has always been one of my favorite books. Clancy has a great capacity for causing tension in the reader, and hearing this book for the first time just accentuated it. The performance was good for the most part. The speaker was good at changing voices for dialogue exchanges. I'm sure I'll revisit this recording as I have the book many times.

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Long but great listen

Lots of suburb plots and interesting characters with a whole lot of war technology information.

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Awesome!

loved it. excellent detail with multiple connected plots. woild love to see this one become a movie.

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I was wondering?

I had a lot of trouble distinguishing between the different ships, planes, tanks etc. because the dialogue seemed the same for both sides. It was a good story though and the narrator was very good.

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clancy at his finest

although set in the cold war period, it once again is a timely story and we'll worth enjoying

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As good now as it was in the 80's

This was the book that revived my interest in reading back then. It's by definition. dated, but still is better than most any of the current military thrillers. If you like this genre, get this audiobook. It is well worth a credit.

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still one of my favorites

I've read those book multiple times since the 80s when I was a child, still a great read today and great to listen to.
great performance by the reader as well.

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One of Clancy’s best!

The novel was amazing. Couldn’t stop listening. Clancy knows the military better than the military does

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My favorite Tom Clancy book

This is simply a page, turning, riveting, extremely well written book. It’s astounding how much Clancy got right. I wish they could turn this one into a movie, but inevitably, it could never live up to the book. Not even close. Excellent narrator.

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Clancy at his best

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What can I say? In my opinion this is Clancy's best book and hearing it unfold jus enhances the storyline.

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