Threat Vector

A Jack Ryan Novel

By: Mark Greaney, Tom Clancy

Narrated by: Lou Diamond Phillips

Length: 18 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's summary

For President Jack Ryan, his son Jack Ryan, Jr., and the covert organization known as The Campus, the fight against America’s enemies is never over. But the danger has just hit home in a way they never expected in this #1 New York Times bestselling Tom Clancy thriller....

The Campus has been discovered. And whoever knows they exist knows they can be destroyed. Meanwhile, President Jack Ryan has been swept back into the Oval Office - and his wisdom and courage are needed more desperately than ever.

Internal political and economic strife has pushed the leadership of China to the edge of disaster. And those who wish to consolidate their power are using the opportunity to strike at long-desired Taiwan, as well as the Americans who have protected the tiny nation.

Now, as two of the world’s superpowers move ever closer to a final confrontation, President Ryan must use the only wild card he has left - The Campus. But with their existence about to be revealed, they might not even have a chance to enter the battle before the world is consumed by war.

©2012 by Rubicon, Inc. (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Worth every minute!

I've listened to this book several times now and it's been great every time. one of the best narrators and an engaging story.
Keep them coming!

Another hit in the series

Would you listen to Threat Vector again? Why?

I intend to listen to this book again in a few years. It's intriguing and suspenseful enough that it will be worth it.

Have you listened to any of Lou Diamond Phillips’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

This is just another example of why LDP may have found his new career. He does a great job with all the voices, and his characters are immediately distinguishable in a conversation.

Any additional comments?

You can feel the impact of Mark Greaney's input into the novel. He'll make a great torch bearer for all the follow-on's in the Jack Ryan series.

It's great to have Lou diamond Phillips back !!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Somehow it's like an old friend or the Author reading to me again.

Great story, in the true Clancy tradition, back together with a great narrator.

Addictive listening...

If you could sum up Threat Vector in three words, what would they be?

Couldn't stop listening

What did you like best about this story?

War game scenario, research, action, characterization

Which scene was your favorite?

The climactic final chapters

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

Yes

Any additional comments?

This is the best Clancy novel I've read in years.

what a thriller!

the narration was superb. This was my first time reading Jack Ryan Jr. book so initially it was surprising. Informative, action packed and realistic. loved every bit of it

OK! More like the Clancy of Old

The pairing of Clancy and Greaney hit a home run with this one. This is more like the work of Clancy back during his "Hunt For Red October" Days and I totally enjoyed it. Since he seems to heading toward phasing John Clark out due to his 'age' I would like to see a younger version brought in, but for us old timers who have been reading Clancy for years, tread lightly and let us see flashes of the Old John Clark in the New One! Now, Mr, Phillips, while I have admired your abilities as an actor for a long time, I must say you need some lessons from people like Brick and Guildall or a better editor. I could hear every BREATH you took and it was very annoying. I had to try very hard to shut it out. You never hear Scott Brick nor George Guidall take a breath much less a sharp intake because they have run out of air. You have a good voice learn to use it better.

AWESOME. THIS COULD HAPPEN?

Would you consider the audio edition of Threat Vector to be better than the print version?

for yes how ?

What was one of the most memorable moments of Threat Vector?

the thought that could really happen that's scary.

Have you listened to any of Lou Diamond Phillips’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

the key thing to the books in listening library (abudiblebooks) is the voices, the voices behind the stories that gives it life.the answer to your question is, if I don't like the voice . i don't get the book.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

the whole BOOKmove me it increase my weirdness.

Any additional comments?

loved it

Brilliant

Excellent and exceptional, as they always are... Can't wait for the next one in the series!

Very well done. Maybe a little too real

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I have recommended this book to several of my friends. I finished this book a couple of days before the news became very heavy with stories of the Chinese hacking the United States of America computing infrastructure. It is a case of going, WOW this could really happen and are we really prepared for the threats that are coming.

What does Lou Diamond Phillips bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Lou Diamond Phillips does a great job of bringing out the emotion of the moment and bringing the characters to life. He has become one of my favorite readers.

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

If I could have listened to this book in one sitting I would have. As it was I ended up listening on my ride to work and then continuing to listen while I was sitting at my desk doing my work.

Still Relevant Today

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Although it was written 9 years ago, the storyline is still relevant today. Even after many years of warnings, the US infrastructure remains largely at risk to criminal hackers and rogue states. Cyber disruption of the infrastructure that we Americans so often take for granted is one of the biggest threats to US security. This book highlights that point well.

As common in many of Clancy's books, the author spends time building up the story and characters, but overall I found the book to be fast paced and hard to put down. I will say in today's world wiping out one building would not destroy all the data, information, and code (and I doubt it would have in 2012 but I am not sure). But I think the main premise of destroying the building was more about eliminating the mastermind and his elite group of computer personnel who were mounting the most critical part of the cyber warfare against the US.

The relationship between Melanie and Jack Jr doesn't quite work for me in this book. I don't know if she is in earlier books, but I'll be happy if she doesn't show up in future books. The encounter at the end with Clark and Kovalenko was not as expected and a little disappointing. Not that revenge is a good motive, but it was just hard to believe the outcome with Kovalenko.

As for the narrator, I was worried that I would not like Lou Diamond Phillips after listening to Scott Brick read several of the Clancy/Greaney books. However, I thought LD Phillips did a wonderful job. I had no trouble listening to the characters in a new voice because he was fairly distinctive and consistent with each character.