

The nerve-wracking hunt goes on for eighteen days as the Red October stealthily eludes her hunters across 4,000 miles of ocean. Navy attack sub the Dallas, is counting on the sensitive ears of his resourceful young sonar operator to identify Red October's unique sound print and track her down. And Bart Mancuso, the aggressive commander of the U.S. The commander of the Soviet's fastest attack submarine, however, is confident that he will find his prey. Her daring and cunning captain, Marko Ramius, thinks so. But the Red October has a million square miles of ocean to hide in and a new silent propulsion system that is impossible to detect. The Americans are determined to find her first and get her safely to port in the intelligence coups of all time.

The entire Soviet Atlantic Fleet is ordered to hunt down the submarine and destroy her at all costs.

It is a thriller with a new twist, a "military procedural" with an ingenious, tightly woven plot that revolves around the defection of a Soviet nuclear submarine-the USSR's newest and most valuable ship, with its most trusted and skilled officer at the helm.Ī deadly serious game of hide-and-seek is on. Tom Clancy's rich imagination and his remarkable grasp of the capabilities of advanced technology give this novel an amazing ring of authenticity. Also Availble as an Audio Edition from Audible via Amazon
