The way the narrator took me by the scruff of the neck and dragged me into the world of terrorism, special forces. Not at any point was I happy to turn off and just do something else. A true pleasure to just lay back and listen and relax. Superb narration, gripping story line, believable in every way. What made the experience of listening to Rainbow Six the most enjoyable? I have to imagine there’s a better audiobook version of R6 out there, and if not, Audible should commission one. In at least one case, they used two different takes of the same paragraphs - you hear the performer read a section of the book, brief pause, followed by him reading that same section of the book but in a slightly different pace and tone. Volume suddenly changes, and there is varied abruptness and delay between takes. I’m sure he’s a great performer, but a novel like this is probably not the best fit for him. His tone and delivery abruptly change mid-chapter (and in many cases, mid-section). Lastly, some of his pronunciation - like “VAY-gin” instead of “vegan” - can be almost infuriating. His use of different voices/accents is minimal, and in some cases almost random. He also makes very little effort to distinguish speakers, which is a larger issue in a story like this where dialogue is a fairly large part of the novel. The performer is easy to understand but is very dry in his presentation of the story. Rainbow Six is a good Clancy story, but the performance of this audiobook version leaves a whole lot to be desired. If you never have read a Clancy novel before this is a great one to start with, it has the excitement and adventure and is a great bait to the lure. Some of the things that are different in this Clancy novel compared to most of his others is that its more even a read all the way through and not a snowball effect. A former KGB agent is hired to go to his old contacts and stir things up, unknown to him there is a new anti terrorist unit in town.

the cold war is over and there are not many terrorists active anymore but its always better to be safe then sorry. they are training for two teams of counter terrorism. Clark puts together a team of some of the greatest military units. Knowing how scary but effective Clark and Chavez are then a whole book dedicated to this amazing team would make things even better. if you fallow the series you know who he is, but if you don't and just want to start here, well there is a few hints that lets the rest of us know.

This is his first book Clancy wrote that does not have Jack Ryan even mentioned by name. A book that inspired the video game series

Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy