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    The Sum of All Fears: A Jack Ryan Novel, Book 7

    Written by Tom Clancy

    Narrated by John MacDonald

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    Against all odds we have made it into the last half of the 1990s. The Cold War looks solved, Arabs and Jews are talking, confrontation is on the wane. In this new harmony, one discord -- what becomes of unemployed terrorists?

    You can bet they aren't going to retire quietly. Shunned by the Soviets, isolated by Middle Eastern realignment, one cadre hits on a scheme to jump-start the war machine. It's brilliant in its simplicity. With a single act they bring the world to nuclear boil. Jack Ryan and Dan Murray sweat to defuse a cataclysmic response.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJan 25, 2011
    ISBN9780307938718
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    The Sum of All Fears: A Jack Ryan Novel, Book 7
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    Tom Clancy

    Since the publication of The Hunt for Red October, Tom Clancy has established an unrivalled position as the world's leading thriller writer, with a string of million-selling novels and three major Hollywood films to his name. He is also the author of SSN and the non-fiction books Submarine, Armoured Warfare, Fighter Wing and Marine, and the co-creator of the Op-Centre series.

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    • 4/5
      The story is of a nuclear warhead falling into the hands of very determined terrorists, it winds throughout the world, through characters that come to life, and terror and suspense that will surely amaze and satisfy the reader.
      Almost too true to life to be a work of fiction, this book is more technical and heavily written than earlier Clancy works, but the high degree of detail and heart-stopping tension more than balances the scientific complexities in the narrative.
      At times the characters a carbon copies of earlier Clancy protagonists but the brilliant use of them makes up for some of their predictability.
      Ryan and crew are back with a vengance and the safety of the world are in the balance. A must read and a well and worthy effort. Not perfect, but by far, one of the finest nuclear terror novels ever written.
    • 4/5
      I've recently re-read this after a gap of about 10 years. It was at the time one of the best books I had read and in view of 9/11 somewhat prophetic. It is enjoyably detailed and although formularistic is difficult to put down. I would agree with other reviewers that this was the height of Clancy's powers and subsequent novels haven't matched the tension he was able to generate in this novel.
    • 5/5
      DON'T see the movie! Read the book! Fantastic!!!
    • 4/5
      A NEW WORLD ORDER...ON THE BRINK OF DESTRUCTION Peace may finally be at hand in the Middle East -- as Jack Ryan lays the groundwork for a plan that could end centuries of conflict. But ruthless terrorists have a final, desperate card to play; with one terrible act, distrust mounts,forces collide, and the floundering U.S. president seems unable to copewith the crisis. With the world on the verge of nuclear disaster, Ryan must frantically seek a solution -- before the chiefs of state lose control of themselves and the world.
    • 3/5
      The books got thicker, but not better. This was the beginning of the decline for me.
    • 5/5
      Next to Hunt for Red October, this is my favorite of all of the Jack Ryan novels. It was frightening the first time I read it and it only become more so after 9/11. Clancy's attention to detail is once again evident, but unlike some reviewers, I didn't find it to be too much detail. Unfortunately, I feel that this book also signaled the highpoint of the Ryan character arc. Beyond this book, it became more and more cliched. It's not great art by any means, but it is intense storytelling and nobody works the details better than the technothriller master himself. More than any other book, I always wanted to see this one made into a movie - until the poor excuse for a movie was actually made. Now I wish my only memories were of the book.
    • 3/5
      I'll do the same review for all Clancy's novels because they're all pretty much the same. Very long, very detailed, and after a while, very repetitive. If you stop after just a few of his books you'd probably give them 4 or 5 stars, but beyond that they start to grate. Especially where Jack Ryan is involved. I mean, Clancy spends hundreds of pages getting his details just right, the settings perfect etc., then he has Ryan dodging more bullets than James Bond! I finally threw my hands up and surrendered when Ryan becomes President. I can't remember what piece of crap that was in.I've given three stars as a compromise between my reactions when reading my first Clancy (brilliant) and last Clancy (doorstop).
    • 5/5
      I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The characters were relatable and the action intense. I don't consider myself a Tom Clancy "fan" but this book could easily make me one!
    • 2/5
      Probably my least favorite Clancy book. It drags on and on and on and on, and the many, many plotlines are far more complicated than they are interesting. When I started feeling like I needed a flowchart to keep track of everyone, I quit reading.If I can't even bring myself to finish a book when I'm on a 9 hour plane ride and it's all I have to read, you know it's not recommended.
    • 4/5
      The best thing about this book is that it keeps you reading. The worst thing is that all of the pages make a time consuming book. The one thing I like about this book, the action doesnt start right at the beggining of the book. So the book keeps you reading. The action in this book is very intense, it is a very hard book to understand, but other than that it is a good book.
    • 4/5
      Vintage clancy. As always, Jack Ryan saves the day. I liked the way this one explored the psychology within different types of government roles. Having already read his later novels, I can also see how the characters were evolved so well from their origins in previous works.
    • 4/5
      One of his best this book relies less hevily on millitary might and detail and more on the espionage/terrorist side .the film although good is not a patch on ths book.
    • 4/5
      One of my favourite Clancy books. Ryan is a senior staffer, working hard, but struggling with the politics of the system. Terrorists manage to get hold of some nuclear material and sucseed in detonating it in Denver. Ryan saves the day by shortcutting the burocracy and talking directly to the russians. The technical discussions over the nuclear bomb may detract from some readers enjoyment, but I thought it carried the plot well.
    • 1/5
      The narrator is NOT Scott Brick and is awful to listen to.
    • 1/5
      This audiobook is not read by Scott Brick.

      The description is a lie. This is the 1991 version.
      The narrator is the worst I’ve ever heard.

      I am canceling my Scribd subscription
    • 5/5
      Just love all of Tom Clancy's books. This one is no exception.
    • 4/5
      A bomb goes off at the superbowl. Jack becomes president.
    • 5/5
      damn good!
    • 5/5
      Another Clancy great! Jack Ryan series where new characters emerge and eventually, they move into their own books as lead characters.
    • 4/5
      Very slow and annoying first half.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed this book after I was able to get into it...the first 200 pages or so did not grab my attention and I often put it down to read something else.
    • 3/5
      Gelezen van 8-03-2013 tot 20-03-2013

      Weer een boek uit de 'Jack Ryan' serie geschreven door [a:Tom Clancy|3892|Tom Clancy|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1407672935p2/3892.jpg].

      Op dit moment is er een vredespoging tussen de verschillende geloven, Amerika, Rusland en het Vaticaan. Maar zoals in alle boeken zijn er hier ook allerlei onverwachtse wendingen te verwachten.

      Voor de 2e keer gelezen van 12-2016 tot 08-01-2017
    • 5/5
      Excellent read. He keeps you wanting to read more. Edge of your seat suspense. What is possible & how easy it is today to build a nuclear bomb. We are brought to the brink of a Third World War by just a few individuals and panic by the most powerful man in the world. Jack Ryan at his best. It is unfortunate, we will no longer benefit from the writing of Tom Clancy who passed away in 2013.
    • 5/5
      No rips, tears, no markings, excellent book
    • 3/5
      This is a very long book (900+ pages), weaving together a large number of converging storylines which culminate in a terrorist nuclear attack in the US. There is a good deal of technical detail, which will suit some readers more than others. Some of the Washington politics seems a little unrealistic, at least to an outsider, and the lead character Jack Ryan is perhaps rather irritating at times, more than in some other books. The opening scenario of a peace plan for the mid-east seems particularly fantastical. The submarine sequences are a little dull, surprisingly from the author of ‘Hunt for Red October’. The best storylines in my view are those dealing directly with the terrorists and the build-up to the ‘event’ despite the fact that these are the most technical. But as usual with a Clancy book the story does in due course achieve that ‘can’t put down’ quality, which in my case paradoxically makes me deliberately stop reading occasionally so I don’t totally overload.