Red Storm Rising, Tom Clancy
Red Storm Rising, Tom Clancy
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Red Storm Rising

Author: Tom Clancy

Narrator: Michael Prichard

Unabridged: 31 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/07/2010

Synopsis

When Muslim fundamentalists blow up a key Soviet oil complex, making an already critical oil shortage calamitous, the Russians figure they are going to have to take things into their own hands. They plan to seize the Persian Gulf, and more ambitiously, to neutralize NATO. Thus begins Red Storm, an audacious gamble that uses diplomatic maneuver to cloak a crash military build-up. When Soviet tanks begin to roll, the West is caught off guard. What looks like a thrust turns into an all-out shooting war, possibly the climactic battle for control of the globe.

About The Author

Best-selling author Tom Clancy was an English major at Baltimore’s Loyola College and he had a dream of writing a novel. As a Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history, his dream came true with his first effort, The Hunt for Red October. He has since written more than a dozen novels, which have a blend of realism and authenticity, intricate plotting, and razor-sharp suspense. Ten of the novels, including The Teeth of the Tiger feature the character Jack Ryan, former stock broker and CIA employee. Mr. Clancy’s nonfiction works include a series of guided tours of America’s warfighting assets, Submarine, Armored Cav, Fighter Wing, Marine, and Airborne. He lives in Maryland.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on May 12, 2022

Testosterone poisoning and mad manly masculinity escalate to short-story-long descriptions of saber-rattling, real life global strategy games, and the brink of nuclear war. Reread 2022 with extended review Good, but not objective enough It´s entertaining, full of suspense, and the extreme accuracy and......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on July 06, 2020

This is definitely the longest it has taken me to finish a book in years. In this case, the cause was a COVID-19 reading slump that started in mid-March 2020. Red Storm Rising was the last remaining hold out from the books I started before the quarantine began. Now I can begin to move on fully as I......more

Goodreads review by David on February 08, 2020

Loved this book when it came out; summed up in one word, "enthralling." It's told from multiple points of view of multiple locations and incidents each one was interesting in itself. An epic story on a massive scale. I remember the length of the book and how I didn't want it to end. Reread it today a......more

Goodreads review by Joe on November 15, 2008

Ah, clancy. If you like his stuff, you'll love this book. If you like the books that he didn't write that have his name on them, you'll probably really like this book. Few people know that this book was written as part of a competition that clancy had with Stephen King, to see who could write the lon......more

Goodreads review by Brett on May 15, 2021

Overall this was an entertaining read. I have read numerous Tom Clancy novels and I feel his early works are the strongest. This book does not involve Jack Ryan or John Clark. The plot setting is during the 1980s and involves the Soviets, Americans, and Germans. The book contains action, espionage,......more

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Praise for Red Storm Rising

“Exciting...fast and furious.”—USA Today

“A rattling good yarn...lots of action.”—The New York Times

Praise for Tom Clancy

“He constantly taps the current world situation for its imminent dangers and spins them into an engrossing tale.”—The New York Times Book Review

“A brilliant describer of events.”—The Washington Post

“No one can equal his talent for making military electronics and engineering intelligible and exciting...He remains the best!”—Houston Chronicle

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