Act of Defiance - Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson

Category: Action, Adults, Thriller
Language: English
Keywords: President Jack Ryan Russian Navy

Written by Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Read by Scott Brick
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Series: Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Book 24
Publisher: Books on Tape
Release date: May 21, 2024
Duration: 17:10:08

US intelligence is reporting turmoil in the Russian navy. Their deadliest submarine, the Belgorod, has unexpectedly launched, and taken along with it a long list of questions. Who authorized the departure? What mission is it on? And, most disturbing of all, what weapons do the giant doors on the sub’s bow hide?

It’s been four decades since a similar incident with the Soviet sub, Red October, ended happily, thanks to a young CIA analyst named Jack Ryan.

Now, President Jack Ryan finds himself with fleets of ships, squadrons of jets, and teams of SEALs at his command, but what he doesn’t have is insight into the plans of the Belgorod’s commander. It falls to a younger generation of Ryans to do the dangerous work that will reveal that information.

But there’s always a price to be paid. When the final moments tick away, will Jack Ryan have to choose between the safety of his country and the safety of his child?
“—As with every novel in the series, readers are treated to a ton of technical details and asides that slow the reading occasionally, but without which it would not be a Clancy yarn. And of course, there is the obligatory establishments of what fine all-around Americans the Ryans are. Plenty of well-crafted characters, Russian and American, make up the cast. War begins to brew as a Russian MiG is shot down and troubles threaten to escalate. At one point, Katie “felt like the entire world was barreling toward oblivion and she was the only one who could stop it.” But wait: Late in the game, Konstantin muses, “There is nothing the Americans can do to stop me.” Who is right? Hmm, that’s a tough one. In her proud father’s mind, Lieutenant Ryan becomes “Katie–my little girl turned naval officer overnight.” Well-paced excitements as the Ryans come through again.”— Kirkus Reviews,

Personal note–I once asked my brother-in-law, who read all Clancy ever wrote, if I would like Clancy. I would if I wanted to know how to build the submarine as well as sail it.