Tom Clancy Executive Power

By: Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson

Narrated by: Scott Brick

An international incident may fracture the Ryan family in the latest entry in this #1 New York Times bestselling series.

Luanda, Angola
An American intelligence team on a routine mission is wiped out. The sole survivor: Kyle Ryan, youngest son of President Jack Ryan.

But the massacre of his colleagues is just the prelude to an even more devastating conflict—a deadly military coup in the central African nation. The next step is a shocking escalation, the seizure of the American Embassy and the taking of numerous hostages including the ambassador and the younger Ryan.

As US forces fight insurgents street by street in the African capital city, Lieutenant Katie Ryan leads the effort to untangle the mystery behind the coup and the identity of the plotters. Is it the Chinese government? Is it a corrupt Angolan general? Or is there a darker force pulling the strings?

In the White House Situation Room, President Jack Ryan and his National Intelligence Team anxiously await the answers. He may have a full Marine Expeditionary Unit at his command, but the full executive power of the presidency is useless if they can’t find the target.

One thing’s for sure, Kyle and his fellow hostages sit at the center of the bullseye—human shields to deflect an American response. Jack Ryan has faced many challenges as President, but solving this problem is no one-man job. It’s going to take all three of them to get through this.

This is just what I neeeded

Andrews and Wilson have done an amazing job with this story. After this book… going to date myself here… but I feel like the Ryan’s could have a legacy TV show like Dallas… there is always so much going on around every turn. The story is constantly moving at breakneck speed yet I never felt like I was lacking anything from any of these characters. I really like the idea of focusing a little more on the Son who has done a great job of staying in the shadows until now. Kyle is such a relatable character. I hope whomever picks this up next will expand a little bit more around what he does at DIA. Hoping to see a more technical and less brute force version of Jack Ryan JR in him.
This story was great and well detailed with as close to reality as possible about Africa and how completely unstable some of the smaller war torn nations are. I am thankful that Andrews and Wilson did a great job of pulling out what is going on in leaders heads as they have to struggle with these scenarios and decisions. Most people tend to armchair quarterback thinking they know what they would do without ever having to truly know what it means to sacrifice for the greater good. Thanks for pulling this off, and great story & characters.

Nice integration of the youngest Ryans

This was a much better written book. The insights to low EQ people is nice.

Great storyline, timely and relevant geopolitical play

Well researched and immersive experience. The narration added to the pulsating experience. Scott brought the story alive and I'll definitely look for more books narrated by him

A banger

This was an excellent listen. One of the best Jack Ryan books in a while. I like the direction. Yeah you have to suspend a lot of disbelief, but I’m cool with that. I was getting tired of Jack Jr’s whining and princess attitude. I do miss the good ole campus at times. But this one I sure did enjoy.

Great story about Kyle Ryan

This one was much better than the last Clancy book in the Ryanverse! Its nice to see them focusing more on the younger members of the Ryan family.