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The runaway international No.1 bestseller that launched Tom Clancy’s spectacular career – became a blockbuster film – and introduced Jack Ryan.
THE HUNT IS ON...
Silently, beneath the chill Atlantic waters, Russia’s ultra-secret missile submarine, the Red October, is heading west.
The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. With all-out war only seconds away, the superpowers race across the ocean on the most desperate mission of a lifetime.
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4.5
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Neil Sheppard
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April 2, 2018
I read this book for the first time many years ago, when I bought a paperback copy. That has long disappeared, so I'm downloading the ebook version of one of my favourite thrillers. Sad that Tom Clancy left us, he was the best and will be missed.
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Dileep B S
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August 1, 2014
The characters make a profound impact. The way the story picks up pace is awesome. The most amazing thing is the extremely accurate technical detail in which the story is told, like some of the war strategies, briefly explaining the working of nuclear reactors in submarines etc. A very good read.
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Edward Lewis
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September 14, 2018
An eventful and exciting story of submarine action during the cold war. Much more exciting than the film of the book.
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About the author
Since the publication of The Hunt for Red October, Tom Clancy has established an unrivalled position as the world’s leading thriller writer, with a string of million-selling novels and three major Hollywood films to his name. He is also the author of SSN and the non-fiction books Submarine, Armoured Warfare, Fighter Wing and Marine, and the co-creator of the Op-Centre series.
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