Clear and Present Danger

Executive Summary: I've been so-so on the first few Tom Clancy books I've read, but this one I really enjoyed.Audiobook: Michael Prichard does a pretty good job with this one. It's been a few weeks since I listened now, I think he did a few voices at times, but mostly read it with his own voice. I could be totally wrong.His normal reading voice is a good fit for the story however. He speaks clearly and with good pacing and inflection. This is definitely not a must listen, but audio is definitely a good option for this book assuming you can get this version. It appears there have been more than one version when I was originally adding the book to my shelf.Full ReviewI've seen all of the Jack Ryan movies, including this one. I don't really remember it however. I feel like I enjoyed the movie version of Patriot Games more than I did of this book. I could be totally backwards though.What I do know is I like this book far more than the the others I've read so far. This is more like what I was hoping when I started reading these books. It did get bit a slow in a few places, but overall I thought it was a pretty fast paced political thriller with a good amount of action mixed in.This is listed as a Jack Ryan book (and the movie focuses almost entirely on him if I recall correctly) but a large part of this book also focuses on Domingo Chavez and John Clark. I enjoyed John Clark in this far more than [b:Without Remorse 19668 Without Remorse (Jack Ryan Universe, #1) Tom Clancy https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1310082706s/19668.jpg 5054709]. I probably enjoyed following Domingo far more both John and Jack.I still don't like Jack Ryan too much as a character, but he's much more likeable in this book than the previous ones. I suspect that Jack is everything Tom Clancy wishes he could be, which probably means I wouldn't have liked him much either. That said, I still enjoyed the ride.It should be noted that things get pretty ridiculous at times, but if you're just looking for a fun spy book I found this to be a pretty good one. I'm not sure how far into the series I'll go, but I'll definitely continue on to [b:The Sum of All Fears 34993 The Sum of All Fears (Jack Ryan Universe, #7) Tom Clancy https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388250477s/34993.jpg 5054706], which has to be better than that movie was.