num_pages: 480
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: Viktor Alexievich Tupolev, Bartolomeo Vito Mancuso, Dr. Cathy Ryan, Oliver Wendell Tyler, Alexei Arbatov, Ronald Jones, Marko Aleksandrovich Ramius, Ivan Yurievich Putin, Valintin Bugayev, Jack Ryan Sr*, Charles Davenport
genres: Military Fiction, Suspense, Espionage, Adventure, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Action, War, Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 369707
places: London, England, Washington, D.C., Atlantic Ocean, Moscow
series: Jack Ryan Universe (Publication Order), Jack Ryan, Jack Ryan Universe
publisher: Berkley