Out of the Ashes

Tom Clancy's Op-Center

By: Dick Couch, George Galdorisi, Tom Clancy

Narrated by: Scott Sowers

Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's summary

Tom Clancy's Op-Center is back with this new thriller written by the New York Times bestselling authors of Tom Clancy's ACT OF VALOR and featuring a chilling, ripped-from-the-headlines scenario.

Before 9/11 America was protected by a covert force known as the National Crisis Management Center. Commonly known as Op-Center, this silent, secret mantel guarded the American people and protected the country from enemies. The charter was top secret and Director Paul Hood reported directly to the president. Op-Center used undercover operatives with SWAT capabilities to diffuse crises around the world, and they were tops in their field. But after the World Trade Center disaster, in the interest of streamlining, OP-Center was disbanded—leaving the country in terrible danger.

But when terrorists detonate bombs in sports stadiums around the country leaving men, women and children dead or mutilated, the President executes an emergency order to bring back Op-Center—an Op-Center capable of dealing with the high tech crises of the 21st Century, and there is a lethal one brewing in the Middle East. A renegade Saudi Prince with ambitions of controlling the world's oil supply has an ingenious plot to manipulate America into attacking Syria and launching a war against Iran. Next, they would ignite a sleeper cell to attack the America homeland, resulting in a bloodbath unlike any other. Only the men and women of Op-Center, using sophisticated technology, realize what is about to be unleashed. Only they have the courage to issue a warning no one wants to hear. But will anyone believe them?

©2014 Jack Ryan Limited Partnership and S&R Literary, Inc. (P)2014 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

“The U.S intelligence agencies have spent billions since 9/11 learning how to 'connect the dots.' But what if there are only one or two dots? Out of the ashes is a smoothly written story by two authors who understand the inner workings of U.S. intelligence, government, and the military, and tell a frightening and exciting tale about a very new, but also a very old threat.” —Larry Bond, New York Times bestselling author of Dangerous Grounds

“Thriller addicts like me devoured every Tom Clancy's Op-Center tale. Now they are back, intricately plotted, with wonderfully evil villains and enough realistic military action and suspense to ruin a couple of night's sleep. Highly recommended.” —Stephen Coonts, New York Times bestselling author of Pirate Alley

“Fans of the original Op-Center series created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik will welcome this solid continuation from Couch (SEAL Team One) and Galdorisi (Coronado Conspiracy). . . . This thriller procedural packs plenty of pulse-raising action. The open ending promises more to come.” —Publishers Weekly

absolutely perfect.

I absolutely loved it. the narrator was great. the story came together perfectly and was an adrenaline rush pretty much the whole time. very detailed of course, so occasionally it can drag, but notheless adds character charisma and personal relation.

Good Listen

Narrator was good. Story was left hanging a little. l suppose it will continue in the next OP center in sequence.

A Tom Clancy book as expected.

Generally speaking a good read, but sometimes predictable. Performance was fine, clear and understandable. Story follows recent history with some expected license.

Book was amazing, guy reading it destroyed it.

Loved the book, wished they had the guy who read all the previous books read it. This book had so much to give, but Scott sowers isn't someone who should be reading books.

Bring back Michael Kramer

Where does Out of the Ashes rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

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Any additional comments?

Not sure what happen, but I would love to see Michael Kramer come back to read the Opera Center series. This guy sucks Mr Kramer was excellent. The way he changed accents on the different characters made it easy to follow the story. This yahoo hardly does any different accent and made it hard to follow. The story is great and I hope to get even more Op Center books. I have purchased every Tom Clancy book you have put out and will continue to do so. Just get Mr Kramer back or someone better than this guy. He plainly sucks

Decent

Aside from the portrayal of female soldiers as sorority sisters with guns it was ok. Way to rigid on the dialog. But a fun story and a few nice turns.

Repeating another review--NOT TOM CLANCY!!!!!

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

NOt really. the story is ok but the Narrator is very poor--especially for this type of book. He should be reading for children's storys or romance novels. I don't want to hurt this guys career, but Audible has a duty to their audience AND their authors to pay for much better narrators. A GOOD BOOK IS RUINED BY POOR NARRATION--THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE

What do you think your next listen will be?

Nothing read by Scott Sowers

How could the performance have been better?

simply a better reader--doesn't anyone ever listen to these readers?

Could you see Out of the Ashes being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

not really--overwhelming detail trying to copy Clancy's technique, but he had it and these guys don't.

Any additional comments?

I'm returning to Audible

wish scott brick would have narrated this story...

wish scott brick would have narrated this story. the plot was ok, but the ending closed too quickly.

great story in the tradition of Tom Clancy.

again the story was great the length of the book was also great. however I was disappointed somewhat in the narrator.

Decent story, average performance

The story was decent, though different scenes/locations often occurred in the same chapter, a departure from previous Clancy “Op-Center” novels. Also, unfortunately, all of the characters’ voices sounded the same.