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The Hunt for Red October

A Jack Ryan Novel

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The Hunt for Red October

By: Tom Clancy
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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Don't Miss the Original Series Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Starring John Krasinski!

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.

©1984 Jack Ryan Enterprises Ltd. (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
Action & Adventure Espionage Genre Fiction Military Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Spies & Politics Suspense Technothrillers Thriller & Suspense War & Military

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“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

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Very good book

After reading this book, the movie seems terrible. I was able to get through it in 3 days.

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Gripping 'read'.

Great narration, terrific story, engrossing tale. Forgot how much MORE in book than movie! :-)

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An absolute modern classic

Loved the movie since I was a kid, and the book, unsurprisingly, is even better. The storyline is much more complex and involved. The narration is very good, understandable, suspenseful, and the ability to instantly change accents really helps stay 'in the moment'

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Outstanding

Better than the film. And, yes, it's pronounced "Rahmeus", not "Raymeus" as it was poorly handled in the film. Where was the author? Where was at least a Russian consultant?

Have you ever heard a Russian say "DAY"? No, they say, "DAH".

Duh.

Sorry but that irritates me. This narrator got it right.

I only took off a star because the story drags in the second half, especially toward the ending, and it wasn't enough for Clancy to knock the Russians down, but he had to be kicking them in the ribs over and over? Come on. It was overdone. That's my only gripe.

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Great story, but a bit of foul language.

The story is masterfully written, the detail of the cultures within the soviet and the US armed services is fascinating. Most of the story takes place at sea aboard subs and ships so quite a lot of salty language ensues. I don’t doubt it is accurate for how many seamen talk but I could have done without so many F words.

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New Recording

I did not buy the original recording of Red October for years because it was so bad. The new recording by Scott Brick is just was this great book needed!

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Clancy and Brick - a perfect pairing

Unquestionably, Scott Brick was meant to read Tom Clancy. I last read this book some 30 years ago and Scott Brick made it come alive once again. Fantastic book with a simply brilliant performance.

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The movie is better

Don't get me wrong, the book is really good, but boy the government acronyms really slow things down! If you don't mind that, it's a great story, but I really recommend the movie - it's just the good parts! :D

This also goes for "The Name of the Rose", a fabulous but extremely involved book that made me wish I had multiple history, art history and ancient language degrees. The movie with Sean Connery is just the "good parts" version.

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Great!!

This movie was a go to for spending time with my father. The reading if this and the story itself was outstanding. Through the whole reading I was reminded of spending a lazy afternoon with my father.

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A Great Story

I was surprised at how close the movie was to the book. The narrator did a wonderful job representing the characters.

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