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The Cardinal of the Kremlin

Jack Ryan, Book 4

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The Cardinal of the Kremlin

By: Tom Clancy
Narrated by: Michael Prichard
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In the Soviet hills of Dushanbe near the Afghanistan border, an otherworldly array of pillars and domes rises into the night. Between the USA and the Soviet Union, no contest is more urgent than the race to build the first missile defense system, and no one knows that more than the two men charged with assessing the Soviet's capabilities: Colonel Mikhail Filitov of the Soviet Union, an old-line warrior distrusted by the army's new inner circle of technocrats, and CIA analyst Jack Ryan, hero of the Red October affair. Each must use all his craft to arrive at the truth, but Filitov gets there first? And that's when all hell breaks loose. Because Filitov, code-named Cardinal, is America's highest agent in the Kremlin, and he is about to be betrayed to the KGB. His rescue could spell the difference between peace and war, and it is up to Jack Ryan to accomplish it.

©1988 Jack Ryan Enterprises Ltd. (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Espionage Political Spies & Politics Suspense Technothrillers Thriller & Suspense Thriller Soviet Union Fiction Technology Russia War Military

Critic Reviews

"Heart-stopping action...entertaining and eminently topical." ( The Washington Post)
"[Clancy] constantly taps the current world situation for its imminent dangers and spins them into an engrossing tale." ( The New York Times Book Review)
" Cardinal excites, illuminates... A great listen." ( Los Angeles Daily News)
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Another enjoyable read which mess in with previous episodes.Amazingly well written and impeccable detail of military workings .Can't wait for the next read

Thoroughly enjoyable

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Sometimes difficult to follow as the narrator struggles to differentiate the collection of characters

Excellent story

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Another great story from a story telling genius. I’m on my 3rd read of the Ryan collection over a couple of decades. Never gets old

The detail

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bit slower than his other books but still a great read! would definitely recommend to anyone following the series!

another great read

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Like most other Clancy novels I found this one gripping from the first page to the last?
What a storyteller!

One of his best

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Loved it, multiple store arcs culminating in a thrilling finale. Tom Clancey is so precise it is more like reading a history book than a novel

Great storey

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Great listen but make sure you write down all the characters because there are lots of them

Great

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This is the first Tom Clancy novel I listened to and it was brilliant, will be listening to more. Give it a go you will not be disappointed.

A joy.

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Very enjoyable storyline with great twists and plot changes. leading up to a sad but honourable ending which brought everything together.

Quite a realistic and tense situation which I personally found kept me guessing. Flawless delivery once again by Michael, accents have the story life and really helped with the overall delivery.

Will continue to purchase and complete the full set of Jack Ryan novels from Tom Clancy.

Faultless presentation of a realistic scenario

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very well done. very entertaining, well read, good story line, highly recommend for anyone who enjoys spy novels

really enjoyable

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