The runaway international No.1 bestseller that launched Tom Clancy’s spectacular career – became a blockbuster film – and introduced Jack Ryan.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.From the reviews of The Hunt for Red October:‘Flawless authenticity… frighteningly genuine.’Wall Street Journal‘Absolutely terrific: entertaining, suspenseful and masterfully written… superlative.’Washington Times‘The Pentagon almost exploded when this book was published’ Daily Telegraph‘A compelling story … rivetingly plausible’ Observer‘Gripping narrative … navy buffs and thriller adepts have been mesmerised by the story of Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius, who seeks to defect to the US, bringing a billion-dollar submarine with him’ Time MagazineSince 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.• New cover reprint of a classic backlist title• Whole Clancy backlist is being repackaged in the style of the jacket of his latest phenomenal record-breaking No 1 bestseller, Executive Orders• One of the best-known and biggest-selling thrillers of recent years – the much-imitated novel that created the technothriller market, made Clancy’s name and became a highly successful film, starring Sean Connery• So convincing in its accuracy that the author was rumoured to have been debriefed by the White House• Almost 1,000,000 copies of the Fontana/HarperCollins paperback soldCompetition: The Jack Ryan Collection - 6 Book Boxset; Tom Clancy Complete Series Reading Order. Jack Ryan;MY READING; Reader's Friend;
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