The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan #3)

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Synopsis
The Soviet's most valuable ship -- a new ballistic-missile submarine with their most trusted and skilled naval officer at the helm -- is attempting to defect to the United States. It is high treason on an unprecedented scale, and the Soviet's mission is to seek and destroy her at any cost. If the U.S. fleet can locate the Red October and get her safely to port, it will be the intelligence coup of all time. But the submarine has a million square miles in which to hide and the deadly game of hide-and-seek is on. --------------------------------- NOTE: This book has several passages which could be confused as garbled text, plus 10 to 15 places in the text which could be mistaken for scanning errors. The passages which might be mistaken as garbled text are cryptic Naval communications, and the places which could be mistaken for scanning errors are included in the print version of the book and appear to be errors by the publisher.
Copyright:
1984

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
470 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780425120279
Publisher:
N/A
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Military, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
Submitted By:
Laura Hall
Proofread By:
Gerald Hovas
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

Reviews

5 out of 5

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Red October is perhaps the most realistic fictitious book I have ever read. Most of the story takes place aboard a nuclear submarine, Red October, whose captain decides to defect against the Sovient Union. The detail in this book is excellent - from the description of propulsion systems to the actions of each character. Clancy takes a lot of time and pride to develop each character's personality, and while most characters do have a static personality, quite a few do end up being dynamic. If you are looking for a bit of technical background on nuclear submarines, I recommend this book without hesitation.