• The Bear and the Dragon

  • By: Tom Clancy
  • Narrated by: Michael Prichard
  • Length: 42 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (6,625 ratings)

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The Bear and the Dragon

By: Tom Clancy
Narrated by: Michael Prichard
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Publisher's summary

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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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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The story just went on and on…

If you could sum up The Bear and the Dragon in three words, what would they be?

Exciting, (to a point); technology and government

What did you like best about this story?

Made the Russians look like they were human and made the Chinese look really, really stupid. In other words, we get to deploy our best toys against a completely outmatched army and demonized Chinese.

Describing combat prep and combat Clancy excelled.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

No one could talk that slow.

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

No, WAY too long and obscure. I don't want to sit in a chair for nearly 4 days straight. I couldn't say awake long enough.

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fun

very good book very well read as well. really enjoyed listing to it thank you

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long, long, long. But great, great, great.

this was a seriously long book. But has enough nail-biters and suspense to make it all fly by fast. Wish it could continue. So many characters and situations unresolved.

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great story

but way too much swearing. ..wish I had a way to bleep it out ...

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Great Book, good narrator.

I have enjoyed all of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Series so far on audible and I prefer Michael Prichard as the Narrator mainly because he is consistent. No funny voices, not overly dramatic. He makes me think of a seasoned soldier the way he reads, minimal emotion and at a pace that my imagination can build the picture as I listen.

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