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The Hunt for Red October

by Tom Clancy

A submarine chase with global stakes

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Awards & Recognition

  • Bestseller

    #1 New York Times bestseller

    Source describes the book as a #1 New York Times bestseller.

  • Editorial selection

    Nominated for PBS's The Great American Read

    Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

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A submarine chase with global stakes

A Soviet nuclear submarine’s unexplained westward course sets two world powers on competing searches, with the risk of war hanging over the pursuit. Jack Ryan, a CIA analyst more accustomed to desk work than fieldwork, is drawn in after covert photographs of the Red October reach him. The premise brings espionage and military technology together through a contest over who can locate the submarine—and what its movement means. The central tension rests on uncertainty: the Americans want the vessel, the Russians want it back, and Ryan must help interpret the clues before the rivalry escalates.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in military thrillers centered on submarines and naval pursuit.
  • Readers who enjoy espionage stories involving intelligence analysis and conflict between world powers.

Themes

Espionage and intelligenceMilitary technologySuperpower rivalryThe risk of war

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Book overview

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War is out now on Prime Video!

The #1 New York Times bestseller that launched the phenomenal career of Tom Clancy--a gripping military thriller that introduced the world to his unforgettable hero, Jack Ryan--nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.


Somewhere under the freezing 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. The chase for the highly advanced nuclear submarine is on--and there's only one man who can find her...

Brilliant CIA analyst Jack Ryan has little interest in fieldwork, but when covert photographs of Red October land on his desk, Ryan soon finds himself in the middle of a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek played by two world powers--a game that could end in all-out war.
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