The Hunt for Red October
by Tom Clancy
Here is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy's phenomenal career. A military thriller so gripping in its action and so convincing in its accuracy 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 top secret Russian missile sub. Lauded by the Washington Post as "breathlessly exciting." The Hunt for Red October remains a masterpiece of military fiction by one of the world's most popular authors, a man whose shockingly realistic scenarios continue to hold us in thrall.
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...
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So, I remember the movie from years ago and thought... "what a serious bunch of guys and so much silence!" but I wasn't hit by the enormity of the political impact that this defection had caused. I was sucked in from the start and amused time and again. The lives of our military and the politics of our government... who can truly tell when it is fact or smoke screen? Loved this!
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