Threat Vector

Written by Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney

Narrated by Lou Diamond Phillips

For President Jack Ryan, his son Jack Ryan, Jr., and the covert organization known as The Campus, the fight against America’s enemies is never over. But the danger has just hit home in a way they never expected in this #1 New York Times bestselling Tom Clancy thriller....

The Campus has been discovered. And whoever knows they exist knows they can be destroyed. Meanwhile, President Jack Ryan has been swept back into the Oval Office—and his wisdom and courage are needed more desperately than ever.

Internal political and economic strife has pushed the leadership of China to the edge of disaster. And those who wish to consolidate their power are using the opportunity to strike at long-desired Taiwan, as well as the Americans who have protected the tiny nation.

Now, as two of the world’s superpowers move ever closer to a final confrontation, President Ryan must use the only wild card he has left—The Campus. But with their existence about to be revealed, they might not even have a chance to enter the battle before the world is consumed by war.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: Dec 4, 2012
• ISBN: 9781469273839

Tom Clancy

Since the phenomenal worldwide success of ‘‘The Hunt for Red October’, his controversial, ground-breaking first novel, Tom Clancy has become one of the world’s fastest-selling thriller writers. Three of his novels have been made into highly successful films: ‘The Hunt for Red October’, ‘Patriot Games’ and ‘Clear and Present Danger’. He is also the author of several non-fiction books on military subjects, and the co-creator of the ‘Op-Centre’ series. He lives in Maryland, USA.

Reviews for Threat Vector

[andy_dimartino · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Liked the story immensely. Wish Tom wrote his own books though and what is with the publisher? Are they printing this for grade schoolers? Talk about killing a forest to print a few books. Tighten that typeset up and save 400 pages already would ya.

[ristoz_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

One more boyish adventure plot. (Fun to read). Fast tempo. Somewhat naive one-eyed political reality view.

[hgbutchwalker · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

OK, so I'm a sucker for Jack Ryan novels. Been reading them for 20 years. This one has the scary feel of another Clancy novel that could be prescient in terms of the threat that it details. Good read.

[likos77_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Ein Buch das hohes Tempo hat und ungemein gut und flüssig zu lesen ist. So sollte jeder High-Tech-Thriller sein, zumal die Story nicht komplett unrealistisch erscheint. Empfehlenswert !

[yvonne.sevignykaiser · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Another well narrated audio by Lou Diamond Phillips. This is part of the Jack Ryan, Jr series fun read to listen too.

[buffalogr · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Excellent Clancy book. Conflict with the Chinese in many domains is the book's theme--emphasis on Naval and cyber. I especially liked the cyber aspect but was disappointed that Clancy ignored the Army and Air Force. I know that he's a naval historian, but it appeared he never went joint. Plotting and conniving are classic Clancy. Ryan Sr., as POTUS, delivers a potent demarche to the Chinese premier that would never happen in 2016--I was whooping it up upon hearing that. It's good that I listened to the abbreviated version, otherwise, Clancy would describe many boring things, like how electrons run through ships or what kind of soup the Chinese had for dinner. Even at 9+ hours, it could have been distilled some more. Good story that should cause some Pentagon planners some thought.

[jula.treece · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A very scary book!

[06nwingert · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Tom Clancy has done it again! Threat Vector is a Clancy thriller, though it's not as good as the "classic" Clancy novels. Jack Ryan, Sr. has become president of the United States and his son, Jack Ryan, Jr., works for an undercover intelligence company, the Campus. The Chinese have begun cyberattacks on America and military operations on Twain, and it's up to the Ryans to stop them.

[rufusraider · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Threat Vector by Tom Clancy is another very good novel with Jack Ryan as president. The story revolves are cyber terrorism/warfare by the Chinese. Plenty political intrigue and spies to go around. Just like all of his novels, plan for a good block of time to read the book. It is long and difficult to put down.

[janettleewawrzyniak · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Threat Vector by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney. President Jack Ryan in the Oval Office; a former CIA agent and his son eliminate threats to interests of the U.S. Someone is working against them and their intelligence agency, threatening to expose them. Chinese experts in cyber-warfare launch an attack on the U. S. Chinese attacks escalate to satellites, dog fights and throughout the broad range of technology. There is much telling in narrative and at times it is not advancing the characters or story. Characters thoughts and dialogue could share more of the telling narrative or exposition advancing the plot. With suspenseful action the characters are believable and heroes work against fierce odds. A high tech thriller blending general military knowledge, realism and intricate plotting.

[mswallack_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Another timely Clancy thriller, this time focusing on the very real threat of cyber warfare. Lots of moving pieces again made this an enjoyable story. Again, the biggest (by far) problem is the notion of the son of the sitting President engaging in the sorts of actions that Jack Ryan, Jr. does in this book. The authors do a much better job of trying to reconcile that fact, so the reader just has to sort of suspend some extra disbelief and go with it. But absent that flaw, I was, as always, entertained.

[mainrun · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I have heard "yarn" being the same thing as "story," and people call some of those "a good yarn." Reading this book kept me thinking, "man, this is a good yarn." It is great actually. One comment/irksome thing: dates! The story covers several months, maybe even a year. However, the timeline is not clearly laid out. Really, just a minor complaint.

[barbgarcia1987 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The story continues. I liked it, though it is LONG.