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The Hunt for Red October
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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...
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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
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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