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The Bear and the Dragon: INSPIRATION FOR THE THRILLING AMAZON PRIME SERIES JACK RYAN Paperback – December 5, 2013

by Tom Clancy (Author)
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INSPIRATION FOR THE THRILLING AMAZON PRIME SERIES JACK RYAN . . .

A truly brilliant thriller by Tom Clancy, The Bear and the Dragon is a Jack Ryan novel.

Newly elected in his own right, Jack Ryan has found that being President has gotten no easier: domestic pitfalls await him at every turn; the Asian economy is going down the tubes; and now, in Moscow, someone may have tried to take out the chairman of the SVR - the former KGB - with a rocket-propelled grenade. Things are unstable enough in Russia without high-level assassination, but even more disturbing may be the identities of the potential assassins. Were they political enemies, the Russian Mafia, disaffected former KGB? Or, Ryan wonders, is something far more dangerous at work here?

Ryan is right to wonder. For even while Russian investigators pursue the case, and some of his most trusted eyes and ears, including antiterrorism specialist John Clark, head to Moscow, forces in China are moving forward with a plan of truly audacious proportions. Tired of what they view as the presumption of the West, eager to fulfill their destiny, they are taking matters into their own hands. If they succeed, the world as we know it will never look the same. If they fail. . . the consequences may be unspeakable.

The Bear and the Dragon is Tom Clancy at his best - and there is none better. This is the third Jack Ryan thriller, following Without Remorse and Rainbow Six.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 140591548X
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin (December 5, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 1152 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781405915489
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1405915489
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.71 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.08 x 1.93 x 7.8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Tom Clancy

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Tom Clancy is America's, and the world's, favorite international thriller author. Starting with THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, all thirteen of his previous books have hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. His books, THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, PATRIOT GAMES, CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER and THE SUM OF ALL FEARS have been made into major motion pictures. He lived in Maryland where he was a co-owner of the Baltimore Orioles.

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John B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2024
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I’ve read before just restocking my Clancy collection. Excellent read
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Kevin D.
4.0 out of 5 stars A Gripping Political Thriller
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"The Bear and the Dragon" by Tom Clancy is a political thriller novel that explores the complex relationship between the United States and China. The book follows the story of President Jack Ryan, who is faced with a series of challenges that threaten to destabilize the world order.

The novel begins with the sudden death of the Russian president, which sets off a power struggle within the Kremlin. Meanwhile, China is experiencing unrest as its economy begins to falter. In the midst of these events, a group of terrorists attack a U.S. oil refinery in Colombia, killing hundreds of people.

President Ryan responds by sending a team of special forces to Colombia to track down the terrorists. However, the situation becomes more complicated when China intervenes, claiming that the U.S. violated its sovereignty. As tensions between the two countries escalate, Ryan must navigate a delicate balance of diplomacy and military action.

At the same time, Ryan is dealing with a personal crisis as his wife is diagnosed with cancer. Amidst all the chaos, Ryan must also contend with a corrupt Chinese government and a Russian plot to destabilize the United States.

Throughout the novel, Clancy weaves together a complex web of political intrigue, military action, and personal drama. The story moves at a breakneck pace, with twists and turns that keep the reader on the edge of their seat.

In the end, Ryan is able to navigate the complex political landscape and save the day, but not without sacrificing some of his own personal relationships. "The Bear and the Dragon" is a gripping political thriller that explores the complex relationships between nations and the lengths that people will go to protect their interests.
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Steve Lacey
5.0 out of 5 stars The Bear and the Dragon
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I hadn’t read the Jack Ryan books since Debt of Honor for decades and just read this one and the one before. They are still gripping, page-turners that are inspirational for those who respect and love our military. Fantastic reading!
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DumDog
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great read, full of action and detail most authors ...
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2015
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As always Tom Clancy was a Master Story Teller in the Bear and The Dragon. This is a great read, full of action and detail most authors can only dream of. This last installment of the Jack Ryan series is an amazing read. HOWEVER!!!!
The Kindle version has a lot of errors. I have the hardback of this book and it is a lot cleaner then the Kindle Version. First it's listed as a John Clark Book. It's not. Look at the Hardback. Second, there are more spelling errors/ formatting errors then seems possible. I think Clancy is turning over in his grave over this. For instance several chapters, sentences and words start out with an extra letter or the the wrong letter as this real example here. "Fit was a wark night . . ." Instead of "It was a dark night." It doesnt detract from the amazing story, it just makes it a little annoying as you read along, especially as you reach the end and realize just how many errors there are. I have a first edition hardback that doesn't have that many errors. Not sure what happened. But you should enjoy it as long as you don't mind the errors. Enjoy!
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Manuel Torres
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Clancy book
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2023
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book.
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2024
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Long book, first half stinks. There is a lot of development for a decent unbelievable story. I wouldn't read it twice.
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Allan J Weber
5.0 out of 5 stars A long story but good to the o
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2023
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It took me a while to get into this book but once the action started it was hard to put down
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Jennifer Gilbreath
3.0 out of 5 stars Predictable, long, slow, and heavy
Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2000
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I'm hooked on Clancy's Jack Ryan series, and I was happy to see a new installment published. However, after lifting this weighty tome once, I knew I was in for a long haul. The sheer size of this book, at 1000+ pages, makes it hard to carry on the train. Unfortunately, that wasn't my only problem.
The Bear and the Dragon picks up after Rainbow Six; Ryan is still the Prez and Clark is still in England running his team of hotshots. The basic premise is that Russia, a starving, collapsing nation that is merely a shadow of its former self, suddenly has the good fortune to find not merely an enormous oil field in Siberia but also a gold mine. Poof! Russia is back on the map. Unfortunately for Mother Russia, their neighbors to the south---China---are short on money, short on land, and have ticked off the United States so badly that Ryan has ordered a trade embargo against them. Russia's new wealth looks mighty tempting.
In addition to all this, an assassin misses his target---Golovko, the Russian head of intelligence and a key character in the Ryan series---and an American spy has seduced his way into Chinese intelligence headquarters. Russia needs American assistance, and the Americans have the military power and information to help as well as a President that the Russians can relate to.
Very convenient.
These tangled storylines are twisted further by the subplots---the lousy seduction scenes between the American spy and the Chinese secretary; the infighting among members of Chinese parliament; the detailed descriptions of how lousy and untrained Russia's military is; the manhunt for the assassin in Russia; the upgrading of American anti-missile technology; Ryan's unending whine about being President; US/China trade talks full of diplospeak; and the bizarre anti/pro abortion storyline that ends up with murdered clergy and goes into depth about how illegal newborns are killed in population-controlled China.
The last drawback, and the biggest I imagine for any Chinese readers, is the profound quantity of ethnic slurs peppered throughout the book. Clancy has an obvious bias against Chinese (and perhaps all Asians, if you consider that Japan was the enemy in Debt of Honor) and his characters take this prejudice to the extreme. When reading this book in public, I was often embarrassed by things that were said and would look up to make certain no one else could see me reading such things. It is possible to make people enemies for the purposes of fiction without slandering them, regardless of your own opinions of their culture.
In essence, this is a heavy, slow, convoluted book. It has always been my practice when reading Clancy to skip the pages and pages of excruciating detail about military movements, bomb-building, virus particles, etc and move on with the story. The problem here is that every aspect of the story is bogged down by such detail. It has the potential to be a great novel, but the lack of serious editing weighs it down.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Bear and the Dragon by Tom Clancy
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Crackerjack of a novel. Lives up to the usual Tom Clancy's high standards of writing high voltage novels filled with drama, suspense and action.
A must read novel, particularly if you are a Tom Clancy fan.
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