Title: The Hunt for Red October
First published: February 1988
Description: 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...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 rumored 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 sub. Its title: The Hunt for Red October.
Subjects: Fiction, Thriller, Intelligence service, Jack Ryan (Fictitious character), Ryan, jack (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, thrillers, espionage, United States, Intelligence service in fiction, Soviet Union. in fiction, Nuclear submarines, Defectors, Submarines (Ships), Sr. Ryan, Jack (Fictitious character), Soviet Union. Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot, Submarine forces, United States. in fiction, United States. Navy, Spy stories, Soviet Union, Fiction, espionage, Jack Ryan (Fictional character), Submarines, Atom-Unterseeboot, Marine, Überläufer, Large type books, United states, fiction, Intelligence officers, Fiction, suspense, Fiction, media tie-in, collectionid:tcjr
Places: United States, Soviet Union, Thor's Twins
Time periods: Late Cold War period, about 1981