num_pages: 469
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; Jack Ryan Universe #4)
characters: Marko Aleksandrovich Ramius, Alexei Arbatov, Ronald Jones, Viktor Alexievich Tupolev, Dr. Cathy Ryan, Oliver Wendell Tyler, Jack Ryan Sr*, Valintin Bugayev, Ivan Yurievich Putin, Bartolomeo Vito Mancuso, Charles Davenport
genres: Adventure, Mystery, Suspense, War, Thriller, Espionage, Action, Fiction, Military Fiction, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 369704
places: Moscow, Washington, D.C., Atlantic Ocean, London, England
series: Jack Ryan Universe, Jack Ryan Universe (Publication Order), Jack Ryan
publisher: Perfection Learning