The Hunt for Red October

Clancy, Tom

ISBN 10: 1596002379 ISBN 13: 9781596002371

Publisher: Brilliance Audio, 2004

Synopsis

Featured title on PBS's The Great American Read in 2018

The #1 New York Times bestseller that launched the phenomenal career of Tom Clancy—a gripping military thriller that introduced the world to his unforgettable hero, Jack Ryan.

Somewhere under the freezing Atlantic, a Soviet sub commander has just made a fateful decision. The Red October is heading west. The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. The chase for the highly advanced nuclear submarine is on—and there’s only one man who can find her....

Brilliant CIA analyst Jack Ryan has little interest in fieldwork, but when covert photographs of Red October land on his desk, Ryan soon finds himself in the middle of a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek played by two world powers—a game that could end in all-out war.

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Somewhere under the Atlantic, a Soviet submarine commander has just made a fateful decision: the Red October is heading west. The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. And the most incredible chase in history is on.

The Hunt for Red October is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy's phenomenal career. A military thriller so accurate and convincing that the author was rumoured to have been debriefed by the White House. Its theme: the greatest espionage coup in history. Its story: the chase for a runaway, top secret Russian missile submarine. END

Review:

"Flawless...frighteningly genuine."--"The Wall Street Journal "
"Remarkable...intricate and nerve tingling."--Clive Cussler
"Gripping narrative...Navy buffs and thriller adepts have been mesmerized."--"Time "

Flawless frighteningly genuine. "The Wall Street Journal "
Remarkable intricate and nerve tingling. Clive Cussler
Gripping narrative Navy buffs and thriller adepts have been mesmerized. "Time ""

Flawless frighteningly genuine. The Wall Street Journal
Remarkable intricate and nerve tingling. Clive Cussler
Gripping narrative Navy buffs and thriller adepts have been mesmerized. Time "

"Flawless...frighteningly genuine."--The Wall Street Journal

"Remarkable...intricate and nerve tingling."--Clive Cussler

"Gripping narrative...Navy buffs and thriller adepts have been mesmerized."--Time

About this edition

• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1596002379
• ISBN 13: 9781596002371
• Binding: Audio CD