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  • Written by: Tom Clancy
  • Narrated by: Michael Prichard
  • Length: 51 hrs and 24 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (174 ratings)

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Executive Orders

Written by: Tom Clancy
Narrated by: Michael Prichard
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Publisher's Summary

Debt of Honor ends as Jack Ryan is confirmed vice president minutes before a mammoth act of terrorism kills the President, most of his cabinet, all but a few members of Congress, the entire Supreme Court and all of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Suddenly Ryan is President, which is where Executive Orders begins.

Ryan's responsibilities crush in on him. Where should he begin? He must calm a nation, pacify world leaders, arrange a massive funeral -- while he rebuilds a government as quickly as possible. But that's not all. Enemies abroad and at home see opportunities, and they'll soon present President Ryan with an unimaginable crisis. How will he tackle his greatest challenge ever?

©2009 Tom Clancy (P)2010 Random House

What the critics say

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Jack Ryan is an awesome timeline

Everytime I have read this book I found something new and now listening to it gives it a whole new perspective. Needs to be a movie

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the great story, characters and narrator!

another great novel by Tom Clancy and Michael Prichard did incredible job narrating!! I'd highly recommend the Jack Ryan series to anyone either in audiobook form or normal book

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A High Political Bar - Cleared with ease.

We could only hope that the person sitting at the peak of the US Government had half the integrity, intelligence and flat out balls as President Jack Ryan has in this story. After enjoying the lengthy story, a voting citizen must ask don't we expect and demand from our leadership skills, and abilities other than being good at the political game of Russian roulette or the Potomac Two Step.

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Excellent Techno-thriller

I enjoyed this one. Not Clancy's best work...a little heavy on the political intrigue side, but good just the same. Worth a listen. 7 stars out of 10.

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A tedious lecture on the superiority of America.

For me, this book marks the point where author Tom Clancy jumped the shark.


It's a tedious lecture on the superiority of all things American. At several points he stops telling the story, and launches into what can only be described as an ad for the"American way"

Skip it if at all possible..

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# Audible 1

I'm new to audible & I'm still learning how to pic books that I like. I've never been a reader, so I'm completely in the dark.
I choose Executive Orders mainly because of the length & the author of the book. I have come to realize that I did not like this book at all. I found it a struggle to return to listening to this title. I found it hard to go where the narrator wanted me to go. Plus the length is not helpful at all. I think that I would like this series, where Ryan is in the field & not in the white house. I think of him as a man o action, not a politician. I'm now thinking, stories around the 12 to 16 hr. length would be better for myself. I can't really say anything more, because I only got through about 1/5th of the book.

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Dry

I normally love Tom Clancy novels but this one is so hard to get through not sure if it is the narrator or the book itself.

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