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Read By: Scott Brick Publisher: Random House Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 14.67 hours at 1.5x Speed 11.00 hours at 2.0x Speed Series: The Jack Ryan Series Release Date: January 2011 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9780307934642

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

31

Longest Chapter Length:

72:51 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

10 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

42:41 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

39

Publisher Description

It is fall. CIA analyst Jack Ryan, historian and former Marine, is vacationing in London with his wife and young daughter. Suddenly, right before his eyes, a terrorist group launches its deadly attack. Instinctively, he dives forward to break it up, and is shot. It is not until he wakes up in the hospital that he learns whose lives he has saved -- the Duke and Duchess of Kent. By his impulsive act, he has gained both the gratitude of a nation and the enmity of its most dangerous men -- men who do not sit on their hate. Patriot Games is a prequel to The Hunt for Red October and has all the excitement and energy of Clancy's famous first book.

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"A communist splinter group from the Provisional IRA attempt to kill Jack Ryan and his family in this highly entertaining book. There are only three major actions scenes, but the intervening narrative is well-paced. Occasionally, the repeated descriptions of Ryan and his wife as paragons of professional expertise feel tiresome, but one never sympathises for the heartless terrorists. The predictable final showdown is helpfully adorned by a text-book application of pathetic fallacy, and Ryan's interactions with the Royal Family are amusing."

— Edward (4 out of 5 stars)

Quotes

  • “A high pitch of excitement!”

    — Wall Street Journal
  • “A novel that crackles!”

    — New York Times
  • “A bang-up climax!”

    — Washington Post
  • “Ambitious, daring…as spectacular as any thriller ever.”

    — Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • “This is one of the most personal stories Clancy has told about Ryan and, in my opinion, one of his best.”

    — Strand Magazine
  • “Clancy demonstrates once again that he is a master of a genre he seems to have created—the technico-military thriller…Clancy spins a marvelously tense yarn that will appeal to his legion of fans.”

    — Publishers Weekly

Awards

  • A #1 New York Times bestseller
  • A Strand Magazine Pick for Top 10 CIA Novels

Patriot Games Listener Reviews

Overall Performance: 3.9166666666666665 out of 53.9166666666666665 out of 53.9166666666666665 out of 53.9166666666666665 out of 53.9166666666666665 out of 5 (3.92)
5 Stars: 12
4 Stars: 10
3 Stars: 13
2 Stars: 1
1 Stars: 0
Narration: 4.5 out of 54.5 out of 54.5 out of 54.5 out of 54.5 out of 5 (4.50)
5 Stars: 4
4 Stars: 1
3 Stars: 1
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1 Stars: 0
Story: 4.666666666666667 out of 54.666666666666667 out of 54.666666666666667 out of 54.666666666666667 out of 54.666666666666667 out of 5 (4.67)
5 Stars: 5
4 Stars: 0
3 Stars: 1
2 Stars: 0
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  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 Narration Rating: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 Story Rating: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    — James Doig, 2/23/2023
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    " Patriot Games, book 2 in the series, is a great and exciting book. Tom Clancy has done it again, making this novel almost where you cannot stop reading until you get to the end of the book in one sitting. I would recommend this book to any Tom Clancy enthusiast as the excitement never stops throughout the book. "

    — graymen1, 11/29/2017
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    — Ray Allred, 1/2/2017
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    " I am thoroughly enjoying my first audiobook. The narration is active and character assuming. This is my first audiobook and I must say that 22 hours is a perfect introduction because when I look at other books and I see they're only eight hours in duration I smile and say to myself "that's nothing" lol. I highly suggest this audiobook if you're a Tom Clancy fan. "

    — Slow Motion, 5/2/2016
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    — Darin Lounsberry, 4/8/2016
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    " I have read and loved this a few times in the past. After talking about them with someone I decided to give it a try. It was different now. I still liked it, but the different political environment, changes in technology and other things make it seem so out-of-date that it was not as fun. I also had a much harder time with the constant swearing. In the end, I doubt I will ever read it again. "

    — Shannon, 2/19/2014
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    " A great suspenseful read, with plenty of character development and drama. The action which begins and ends the book is memorable, but the real story is how Jack Ryan deals with what happens to his family, and his final confrontation with his antagonist. "

    — Andrew, 2/13/2014
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    " Tom clancy: action kelas berat... "

    — umarul, 2/12/2014
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    " My favorite Tom Clancy book. "

    — Lori, 2/9/2014
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    " One of my favorite early Clancy books... "

    — Jon, 2/9/2014
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    " skip to the last 75 pages.. "

    — Mark, 1/28/2014

About Tom Clancy

Tom Clancy (1947–2013) was the author of numerous #1 New York Times bestselling novels, including The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, The Cardinal of the Kremlin, Red Rabbit, Teeth of the Tiger, and Red Storm Rising. His nonfiction work includes Into the Storm: A Study in Command, Every Man a Tiger, and Battle Ready. Clancy was the co-founder of Red Storm Entertainment, a video game developing company responsible for the successful Rainbow Six series, Ghost Recon series, Splinter Cell series, and others.

About Scott Brick

Scott Brick, an acclaimed voice artist, screenwriter, and actor, has performed on film, television, and radio. He attended UCLA and spent ten years in a traveling Shakespeare company. Passionate about the spoken word, he has narrated a wide variety of audiobooks. winning won more than fifty AudioFile Earphones Awards and several of the prestigious Audie Awards. He was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine and the Voice of Choice for 2016 by Booklist magazine.