The Hunt for Red October

A Jack Ryan Novel

By: Tom Clancy

Narrated by: Scott Brick

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The #1 New York Times bestseller that launched the phenomenal career of Tom Clancy - a gripping military thriller that introduced the world to his unforgettable hero, Jack Ryan - nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.

Somewhere under the freezing Atlantic, a Soviet sub commander has just made a fateful decision. The Red October is heading west. The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. The chase for the highly advanced nuclear submarine is on - and there’s only one man who can find her...

Brilliant CIA analyst Jack Ryan has little interest in fieldwork, but when covert photographs of Red October land on his desk, Ryan soon finds himself in the middle of a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek played by two world powers - a game that could end in all-out war.

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Critic reviews

“Flawless...frighteningly genuine.”—The Wall Street Journal

“Remarkable...intricate and nerve tingling.”—Clive Cussler

“Gripping narrative...Navy buffs and thriller adepts have been mesmerized.”—Time

Excellent narration

Long book, but the performance of the narrator is well worth it. Makes it feel shorter than it is.

Did you think the movie covered it?

I loved the movie starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin. I never thought Baldwin made the best Jack Ryan but the movie was thrilling and a great tale. Why am i talking about the movie? Because it left me with so many unanswered questions. in the first hour of the book alone i was fed a rich backstory into what created and motivated Captain Ramius. Communism? In the movie, it's hardly mentioned and the true nature of the oppressive regime of Soviet Russia was glossed over. In this story, you will have a fuller understanding of how a group of men could have true justification for defecting with one of the worlds most powerful weapons.
Scott Bricks performance was as near to perfect as possible and he pulls off the right amount of accent for the characters of differing nations.
Tom Clancy had a superb knack for providing details into the world of espionage, military intelligence and political subterfuge. This exciting story, though dated, will live on as a great work of fiction....or is it?

Still a great book

Years ago my wife bought me the paperback version of HFRO. I thought she did not like me because the book was so thick if I got interested in it I would not be able to talk to her for a long time. Well it was but I finished it in record time. Then they made the movie which I still watch whenever I come across it. Now I just finished listening to it and it was a whole new experience. Scott Brick brings a a book to life. When it is a great book, he pulls you into the story and you live it. I know the story, I know the characters, I know what is going to happen but like I said Scott Brick’s narration delivers a whole new experience. Great book, great story, great performance, great time.

Great!

Listened to it with my 13 year old son. It was great!! He really enjoyed the Tom Clancy detail he put into the story.

Marco Ramius

Fantastic book, so much better than the movie. Now I wish the movie stuck with this story line instead of changing it up. In normal Clancy fashion, lots of detail, verging plot lines, grand finale. Highly recommenced