Exclusive First Listen: CRY HAVOC — Prologue, Part I

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Jack Carr

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🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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The wait is almost over. On October 7, 2025, Jack Carr unleashes his most visceral novel yet—CRY HAVOC. What began as a traditional prologue evolved into a brutal, unflinching descent into the jungles of Laos in 1968. It’s the longest and most immersive opening Jack has ever written—part history lesson, part battlefield baptism. This prologue doesn’t just set the stage for CRY HAVOC—it drags you headlong into the chaos, sacrifice, and brotherhood that forged Tom Reece. Jack invites you to experience the opening moments of CRY HAVOC, brought to life by the legendary voice of Ray Porter. “Cry ‘Havoc!,’ and let slip the frogs of war” Buy the audiobook, https://bit.ly/CryHavocAudio Order your copy of CRY HAVOC, HERE. Copyright: Audio excerpt courtesy of Simon & Schuster Audio from CRY HAVOC by Jack Carr, read by Ray Porter. Copyright © 2025 by Tomahawk Creative, Inc. Used with permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc. FOLLOW SIMON & SCHUSTER AUDIO Instagram:@simon.audio TikTok: @simon.audio Threads: @simon.audio X: @SimonAudio Facebook: @SimonAudio FOLLOW RAY PORTER Instagram:@the.ray.porter Facebook: @NarratorRayPorter FOLLOW JACK CARR Instagram: @JackCarrUSA X: @JackCarrUSA Facebook: @JackCarr YouTube: @JackCarrUSA SPONSORS CRY HAVOC – A Tom Reece Thriller https://www.officialjackcarr.com/books/cry-havoc/ Bravo Company Manufacturing - https://bravocompanyusa.com/ and on Instagram @BravoCompanyUSA THE SIGs of Jack Carr: Visit https://www.sigsauer.com/ and on Instagram @sigsauerinc Jack Carr Gear: Explore the gear here https://jackcarr.co/gear

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0:00.0	This episode of the Danger Close podcast is brought to you by Cry Havoc,
0:04.2	from New York Times number one bestselling author, Jack Carr.
0:08.6	Cry Havoc, a Tom Rees thriller. Order Now.
0:16.0	Prologue. Louse, May 1968. It was the absence of sounds that alerted him. The jungle, itself a living,
0:29.5	breathing creature, spoke to those who knew its secrets. A pause in its natural rhythm was a warning.
0:37.1	Intruders had violated its sanctity.
0:40.4	The jungle is neutral.
0:43.1	That's what Dad used to say after he got into the brown water.
0:46.9	That was a different time.
0:48.6	A different war.
0:50.2	The jungle remains neutral.
0:54.0	Supposedly so did Laos, but only on paper.
0:58.0	In reality, Laos allowed the NVA, the North Vietnamese Army,
1:02.0	to resupply units in South Vietnam in direct violation of the 1962 Geneva Accords.
1:09.8	To do so, they used the Trong San Strategic Supply Route, known in the
1:14.6	West as the Ho Chi Minh Trail. That was where MacV. Sog came in, and why Thomas Rees, Gunners'
1:22.0	mate first class, SEAL, United States Navy, lay sweating on the jungle floor in the oppressive humidity
1:28.6	beneath the triple canopy that kept his world in a perpetual state of dusk. His ears,
1:35.1	nose, eyes, and mouth were under attack by hungry, malaria-ridden mosquitoes, while the leeches
1:40.9	that had found their way under his clothing were swelling to the size of thumbs with his blood.
1:47.8	Mac v. Saug was the rather innocuous name for Military Assistance Command Vietnam Studies and Observations Group.
1:56.0	With operators selected primarily from the ranks of the Fifth Special Forces Group,
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