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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 (6,656 ratings)

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The Bear and the Dragon

By: Tom Clancy
Narrated by: Michael Prichard
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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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Another great Jack Ryan novel!

Classic Clancy! Loved it!I It had a couple moments of felt "Hollywood" to me, but fantastic book overall! Really enjoyed it!

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Incredible read! the climax had me on edge.

It was a really great read. I don't know how pressient it is now days, but very intriguing nonetheless.

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Excellent Book

Very well written book. Excellent story. Reader was very interesting and was able to pronounce all the Russian and Chinese names

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Slow start

This book started off God awful slow giving you several stories that have you scratching your head wondering how do they fit together.

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Tom Clancy at his finest.

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A great book to read and now a great book to listen to.

Have you listened to any of Michael Prichard’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

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Tom Clancy at his finest.

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Another great entry

I might be a bit biased as I am a huge fan of Tom Clancy's work (books, video games, movies) but i absolutely loved this book. Thus being my first audio book, I didn't knows what to expect going in, but the performance was top notch was well.. a great ride overall

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Great story

narration was a little monotone but pretty well done. story line is eriely similar to world events.

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Awesome

on of my favorite TV thriller. get detail and layered story I love how each event is pieced together

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Good Listen.

Narrator is so so. The story is engaging and immerwive right up until the end - the big moments feel a bit rushed considering the breadth of the lead up. Still a really good read/listen especially if you're a Clancy fan

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Longggggg

One of these readings I’ll try an abridged copy - the “Clancy” books are just too long however I haven’t found a story I didn’t like.

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