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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 Exciting 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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I've never been a fan of war books; normally they are filled with cliché and unrealistic story lines. This book conveys the breadth of the authors knowledge and an ability to create book that you don't want to end.

The narration is also performed well, not over done, just right.

Gripping story, well read

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First class book, held me throughout the entire story, it is also good to follow his characters as they progress through life. Well done.

Tom Clancy at his best

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like how it followed right on from the hunt for the red october novel

another good story in the Ryan universe

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Really good book that kept you captivated to the end. Took a little bit to get into the reader but he read it very well.

Brilliant book

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Even though the story is nearly 40 years old it still rocks. Lots of tension and decent characters. Can’t help picturing Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan

Timeless classic

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