The Hunt For Red October

By (author) Clancy, Tom; Introduction by Sandbrook Dominic
Short description/annotation:

The runaway international No.1 bestseller that launched Tom Clancy’s spectacular career – became a blockbuster film – and introduced Jack Ryan.

Description:

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.

Review quote:

From the reviews of The Hunt for Red October:

‘A snakily plotted, fast-moving blockbuster … terrifying tension to the last page’ Daily Mail

‘Flawless authenticity… frighteningly genuine.’
Wall Street Journal

‘Offers an extraordinarily detailed glimpse into the secret world of nuclear submarines, and the potentially deadly cat-and-mouse games played by superpowers beneath the oceans’ Sunday Times

‘Absolutely terrific: entertaining, suspenseful and masterfully written… superlative.’
Washington Times

‘The Pentagon almost exploded when this book was published’ Daily Telegraph

‘A compelling story … rivetingly plausible’ Observer

‘Gripping narrative … navy buffs and thriller adepts have been mesmerised by the story of Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius, who seeks to defect to the US, bringing a billion-dollar submarine with him’ Time Magazine

Biographical note:

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.

Promotional headline:

A heart-pounding military thriller set in the Cold War

Feature:

A heart-pounding military thriller set in the Cold War

• New cover reprint of a classic backlist title

• Whole Clancy backlist is being repackaged in the style of the jacket of his latest phenomenal record-breaking No 1 bestseller, Executive Orders

• One of the best-known and biggest-selling thrillers of recent years – the much-imitated novel that created the technothriller market, made Clancy’s name and became a highly successful film, starring Sean Connery

• So convincing in its accuracy that the author was rumoured to have been debriefed by the White House

• Almost 1,000,000 copies of the Fontana/HarperCollins paperback sold

Competition: The Jack Ryan Collection - 6 Book Boxset; Tom Clancy Complete Series Reading Order. Jack Ryan;MY READING; Reader''s Friend;