num_pages: 432
description: Here is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy's phenomenal career. A military thriller so gripping in its action and so convincing in its accuracy that the author was rumored to have been debriefed by the White House. Its theme: the greatest espionage coup in history. Its story: the chase for a top secret Russian missile sub. Lauded by the Washington Post as "breathlessly exciting." The Hunt for Red October remains a masterpiece of military fiction by one of the world's most popular authors, a man whose shockingly realistic scenarios continue to hold us in thrall.Somewhere under the 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. And the most incredible chase in history is on...
language: English
title: The Hunt for Red October
titlecomplete: The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan, #3)
characters: Marko Aleksandrovich Ramius, Valintin Bugayev, Viktor Alexievich Tupolev, Jack Ryan Sr*, Alexei Arbatov, Charles Davenport, Ivan Yurievich Putin, Bartolomeo Vito Mancuso, Ronald Jones, Oliver Wendell Tyler, Dr. Cathy Ryan
genres: Thriller, Espionage, Military Fiction, Suspense, Mystery, Action, Adventure, Fiction, War, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 369684
places: Moscow, Atlantic Ocean, London, England, Washington, D.C.
series: Jack Ryan Universe, Jack Ryan, Jack Ryan Universe (Publication Order)
publisher: Berkley Trade