The Hunt for Red October
by:
J. Charles (author)
Tom Clancy (author)
A deadly serious game of hide-and-seek is on. The CIA's brilliant young analyst, Jack Ryan, thinks he knows the reason for the sudden Red Fleet operation: the Soviets' most valuable ship, the Red October, is attempting to defect to the United States. The new ballistic-missile submarine's...
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A deadly serious game of hide-and-seek is on. The CIA's brilliant young analyst, Jack Ryan, thinks he knows the reason for the sudden Red Fleet operation: the Soviets' most valuable ship, the Red October, is attempting to defect to the United States. The new ballistic-missile submarine's defection is high treason on an unprecedented scale and nearly the entire Soviet Atlantic Fleet has been ordered to find and destroy her at all costs. If the U.S. fleet can locate her first and get her safely to port, it will be the intelligence coup of all time. The nerve-wracking hunt goes on for eighteen days as the Red October tries to elude her hunters across 4000 miles of ocean. The rousing climax is one of the most thrilling underwater scenes ever written.
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ISBN:
9781441850553 (1441850554)
Publish date: 2010
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Edition language: English
Series: Jack Ryan (#3)
I don't think I've ever read any Tom Clancy, though I've certainly been aware of him through other media, such as the film based on this particular book. This was exactly what I was looking for - a page-turner with not too much plot complication and relatively straightforward characters. There is pe...
In Clancy you're not going to get an elegant prose style or characters with any depth. I know that. But I give the book top marks for what it is--a well-paced, gripping nautical adventure tale with a wealth of technical detail that makes you feel like you have a privileged glimpse into the workings ...
certain publishing histories going down in legend. dune was originally published by an auto parts trade printer, and Clancy's Hunt for Red October, perhaps as much a part of the 80s conservatism as a result of it, was put out by the naval press. after bringing out Dune, the auto parts trade printer ...
My dad took a copy of this book into the USSR during the mid-1980s. It was confiscated as anti-Soviet propaganda.
This is one book where I preferred the movie. Sean Connery really made the character Marko Ramius much more interesting than he was in the book.
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