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The Hunt for Red October

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

A heart-pounding military thriller set in the Cold War

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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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008646585

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 26 September 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HarperCollins

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Dominic Sandbrook

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 43.0mm

Width: 141.0mm

Height: 222.0mm

Weight: 580g

Pages: 496

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About the Author

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.

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