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A deadly serious game of hide-and-seek is on. The CIA's brilliant young analyst, Jack Ryan, thinks he knows the reason for the sudden Red Fleet operation: the Soviets' most valuable ship, the Red October, is attempting to defect to the United States.The new ballistic-missile submarine's defection is high treason on an unprecedented scale and nearly the entire Soviet Atlantic Fleet has been ordered to find and destroy her at all costs. If the U.S. fleet can locate her first and get her safely to port, it will be the intelligence coup of all time.The nerve-wracking hunt goes on for eighteen days as the Red October tries to elude her hunters across 4000 miles of ocean. The rousing climax is one of the most thrilling underwater scenes ever written. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Tom Clancy was an English major at Baltimore's Loyola College. As a Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history, his dream of writing a novel came true with his first effort, He wrote more than a dozen novels, which have a blend of realism and authenticity, intricate plotting, and razor-sharp suspense. Ten of the novels, including (Berkley, 2004) , feature the character Jack Ryan, former stock broker and CIA employee. Clancy's non-fiction works include a series of guided tours of America's warfighting assets, Submarine, Armored Cav, Fighter Wing, Marine, and Airborne. He lived in Maryland. The following are the books and approximate time frame in the Without Remorse 1969-73Patriot Games 1981-82Red Rabbit 1982The Hunt for Red October 1984The Cardinal of the Kremlin 1986Clear and Present Danger 1988The Sum of All Fears 1990-91Debt of Honor 1995-96Executive Orders 1996Rainbow Six 1999-2000The Bear and the Dragon 2002The Teeth of the Tiger 2006Dead or Alive 2007Locked On 2007Threat Vector 2009Command Authority 2013Support and Defend 2014Full Force and Effect 2014
