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  • The Bear and the Dragon

  • By: Tom Clancy
  • Narrated by: Michael Prichard
  • Length: 42 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (6,659 ratings)

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The Bear and the Dragon

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Newly elected, Jack Ryan has found that being President is not easy: domestic pitfalls await him at every turn; there's a revolution in Liberia; the Asian economy is going down the tubes; and now, in Moscow, someone may have tried to assassinate the chairman of the SVR - the former KGB - with a rocket-propelled grenade. Were the potential assassins political enemies, the Russian Mafia, or disaffected former KGB? Or is something far more dangerous at work here? While Ryan dispatches his most trusted eyes and ears, including black ops specialist John Clark, to find out the truth of the matter, forces in China are moving ahead with a plan of truly audacious proportions. If they succeed, the world will never look the same again.

©2009 Tom Clancy (P)2010 Random House

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"When the door blows open and the shooting starts, nobody does it better than Tom Clancy." (The Dallas Morning News)

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what Americans want in their President

Easy to follow, keeps your interest, feel good stort. I'll enjoy it again next year.

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The Bear and the Dragon

Michael Pritchard is a wonderful narrator. The use of his voice inflections
keeps the reader engaged.

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Great book

I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys military intelligence and espionage.If you’d like Tom Clancy you were really enjoy this

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it's a long one

good book not Tom's best, but good. Takes a lot of time to set up. worth the time

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Enjoyed

I enjoyed The Bear and the Dragon like I’ve enjoyed all of Tom Clancy’s books. The book ended far too quickly though. The war ended and the story stopped. I would have enjoyed a little more story at the end. Overall great book

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Great Book

The story was interesting and the narration was excellent. I really enjoyed the book.

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Great Listen!

Intriguing read of "what if" post cold war Russia, China, and the U.S.accidentally moved into a sudden war. I loved all the detailed plot development into leadership decisions behind the public awareness. The narrator is monotone and takes away from the story enjoyment; however, the story was so strong I managed to love this novel. Sadly, I will never purchase another audio book narrated by Michael Prichard. It is just too difficult a listen. Nonetheless, I loved Tom Clancy's story. It was fantastic.

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Clancy at his peak WASPyness...

Story was good and the performance was solid but there was way too much implicit conservative bias in the writing. White arrogance, Christian arrogance, misogyny, xenophobia, very caveman-esque. The preacher speeches were so bad I literally just skipped the rest of that chapter, don't care if anything else happened. The epitome of the worst things about Reagan era boomers.

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Dont let the other reviews dissuade you

Would you listen to The Bear and the Dragon again? Why?

probably not, it is a long story and I would probably find myself skipping to the next chapter as I have a pretty good memory.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

yes, very complex and up to Clancey's reputation

What about Michael Prichard’s performance did you like?

I found it acceptable, there are better narrators but many much worse. I had no problem listening to Mr Prichard.

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Crazy

hindsight makes this is the funniest, craziest, least plausible of all the JR books and I loved it!

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