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Red Rabbit

By: Tom Clancy
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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 In the early 1980s, long before he was President or head of the CIA, even before a submarine named Red October crossed the Atlantic, Jack Ryan was an historian, teacher, and recent ex-Marine temporarily living in England. A series of deadly encounters with an IRA splinter group had brought him to the attention of the CIA's Deputy Director, Vice Admiral James Greer - and when Greer asked him to come aboard Jack was quick to accept. The opportunity was irresistible.

Then Jack forgot about the rest of his work, because on his first day, an extraordinary document crossed his desk. The new Pope had just delivered a private ultimatum to Warsaw: If the government persisted in its repression, he would feel compelled to resign the papacy and return to Poland.

That was going to have consequences.

In Moscow, another man was contemplating those very same consequences. Yuri Andropov, the chairman of the KGB, did not like what this meant for him or for his nation. All it took was one man to cause everything he had worked for to crumble...and all it took was one man to stop him. The Pope was very powerful - but he was also mortal.

And so it begins, an almost unthinkable plot - a plan to bring down not just leaders, but nations. Ryan will find himself in the middle of a chain reaction, a high-stakes game meant to shake the world...and in which a novice CIA analyst might just be out of his depth.

©2002 Rubicon Inc. (P)2002 Books on Tape, Inc. Espionage Genre Fiction Political Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Russia Fiction Military Soviet Union Middle Ages Political Suspense

Critic Reviews

"Smart and likable, Jack Ryan has become one of the best-known characters in contemporary American fiction." (Washington Post)
"The daily games [Clancy's] spies play are fascinating." (USA Today)
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Very enjoyable and kept you engaged. Complex plot and very well read by the narrator.

Intrigue

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loved it, little slow at the start but the pace quickens across the whole book.

Woot. Onto the next one.

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A great listen. Thank be of the original Tom Clancy series and not the commercialised ghost written versions

Original Clancy

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awesome as usual. The accuracy and depth is exactly what you expect from a Ryan book.

awesome as usual. the accuracy and detail is exact

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changing voices from one voice suits all to proper different voices for each character part way through really impedes enjoyment

meh

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Very detailed and a little slow to get going but the ending is worth it.

Classic Tom Clancy

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sliw to start with it was becoming boring, then picked up its pace to become intriguing.

red rabbit

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The plot was really well played I am starting to like Tom Clancy’s books a lot more now. Probably not being narrated by Prichard is a great plus the narration on this book was superlative very much enjoyed.

Excellent plot

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The narrator brought this great adventure to life - thoroughly enjoyed this and I wish he was narrating more of these novels .

Great story and excellent narration

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Overall, Red Rabbit is an excellent piece of espionage and historical fiction, just the right side of plausible for me to go along with.

What holds Red Rabbit back from the level of excellence that RSR manages is Tom's preaching. I can do without Cathy Ryan scenes that serve no purpose other than to decry the NSH as evil and, by implication, the American system of healthcare as superior. If you're wealthy and married to a doctor I'm sure it is. I suppose it's just a skill issue, as the kids say.

Scott Brick does a fantastic job narrating. He has more emotional range than Michael Pritchard, and does a better job down in weeds of someone's mind. He makes sections of the novel that would otherwise sound boring extremely compelling.

If only he didn't do that thing, that very annoying thing, where he uses accents when Russian characters are talking among themselves. Why? I don't need constant reminders that a man called Yuri is Russian.

Overall, solid narrative, compelling performance, skip ahead when Tom puts a Cathy on the soapbox.

Excellent espionage thriller, shame about Tom's preaching

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