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  • The Cardinal of the Kremlin

  • Written by: Tom Clancy
  • Narrated by: Michael Prichard
  • Length: 25 hrs and 18 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (190 ratings)

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The Cardinal of the Kremlin

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

Two men possess vital information on Russia's Star Wars missile defense system.

One of them is Cardinal -- America's highest agent in the Kremlin -- and he's about to be terminated by the KGB.

The other one is the American who can save Cardinal and lead the world to the brink of peace . . . or war.

Here is author Tom Clancy's heart-stopping masterpiece -- a riveting novel about one of the most intriguing issues of our time.

©2009 Tom Clancy (P)2010 Random House

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Great listen

A great listen, looking forward to the next book in the series. Wasn’t a huge fan of the voice at first but once I listened for a bit it was good. Changed speed to 1.2x

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Great Story

I was unsure if I would like the book right off it seemed a very political aim to the book and yes it is but wow it sucked me in more and more each chapter as all the stories and characters built up and up and started to converge I couldn't stop listening and HAD to know what they were going to do next to outmanouver their opponents. Really like the narrator for this one, just great. The story is a real interest grabber full of good characters and stories i was honestly rooting for both sides by the end they were all done so well.

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great for a road trip

one of the early classics from Clancy; it was good to read again after a number of years

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Very Very good

This is the first of Clancy's books that show his plot weaving style that made him an effective and entertaining author.
The performance from Prichard is a little weak in some places (like accents) but effective. A good read. 8 stars out of 10.

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A Story of Spies and Patriots to the End

A tormented patriot, mixed with the lies and half truths of the political elite, molded but the desperation of nations to maintain some semblance of balance... this is the meat of heroic stories, at least those that can be made public.

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Amazing book, mediocre recording

The book itself is amazing - one of my favourite Tom Clancy books of all time. I prefer thr Scott Brick narrations. Michael Prichard isn't bad at all, but it seems to me that some of the recording is inconsistent. At times, he is a wonderful baritone, and at other times, it sounds much more nasal - from one passage to the next. The next book in the series, Clear and Present Danger, narrated also by Prichard, doesn't seem to suffer from this.

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Another great novel

Happy I’ve discovered Jack Ryan and his first few novels he was in. This was a great book with lots of twists and turns.

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Another solid outing for Jack

A very good follow up to Red October, the story of what happened the following years expands on a well established soviet world

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Awesome story, reading intonation and details.

I really enjoyed the intonation, pronunciation, style in which it was written and read back; in short a masterpiece . Great work!

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Glad I stuck with it

I was a bit disappointed that the narrator was different from the first 2 books, and it threw me off. But Pritchard grew on me and now I’m glad for the duo of audible narrated books; the performance turns out to be captivating. Great story and great performance.

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