The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan)
by Tom Clancy
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Author: Tom ClancyEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1992-04-01
ISBN: 0425133516
Number of pages: 480
Publisher: Berkley
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Book Review: Revenge
Summary: 5 Stars
Revenge is the retaliation for an injury or wrong. Revenge affects men both physically and emotionally. It can cause momentary insanity and an adrenaline rage that could easily kill another human being. Add revenge to any book or story and this strong emotion can make for a prima narration. Throw-in, along with revenge, communism, the CIA, submarines, and a possible nuclear war and the book can become quite interesting. I enjoyed The Hunt For Red October. It was exciting and had my attention after every page. The realism was such that it very possibly could have been a true story.Ramius is a Russian submarine commander and a big part of the Rodina or motherland. He was the son of an important Communist Party leader, who did not spend much time with him. He was raised by his grandmother and a fisherman, who was a retired Soviet Naval Commander. Ramius learned how to be a great seamen and spent days on the water. His grandmother also taught him to be an honorable and honest man. Ramius's wife, Natalia, was killed after a sloppy, drunken, uncredited Party doctor tried to remove an inflamed appendix. Ramius blamed the whole Communist Party for her death, and bought his time til his revenge would be taken. As Ramius came up through the Russian Navy, he earned himself much acclaim, and the trust of many men. When the time came for his swift revenge this trust made it even easier. He was chosen to test the newest in Russian sub technology, the Red October. He chose a crew that he had prior worked with and trusted. The Party also sent along an intelligence officer, who did not really have a purpose but to tell the heads of the Party if anything goes wrong. Captain Putin, the intelligence officer, is murdered by Ramius. The killing is made to look like an accident, not that anyone really missed Captain Putin. Ramius then cues the crew in on his plan to take the Red October to Cuba without being detected by neither the Americans nor the Russians.
CIA agent, Jack Ryan who is living in Morrow England with his family, gets called back to the USA to work closely with the Navy investigating the sudden deployment of all Russian Naval vessels. After two days at sea the Communist Party realized that Ramius and the Red October had left the training area and were frantically searching for them.
The sudden surge in Russian ship movement alarmed the Navy and crew of the USS Dallas who was patrolling near by. The US Navy scrambles to protect the eastern coast and bespeak the aid of Her Majesty's Navy. Jack Ryan is a friend to the English captain. Ryan is used to get good relations with the English ships in the area. Ryan has seen all the information on the Red October and knows its differentiated but can not figure out why. He sends the top secret Intel to a friend, who finds the Red October has an advanced propulsion system that makes the sub almost silent. The new propulsion system is nearly impossible to hear. The USS Dallas heard a very faint sound and shrugged it off as sea life. When they heard about the Red October, the Dallas went back and began to track the sound and then the Red October.
Captain Ramius was on the run with the most high tech submarine ever. the USA know where he is, but can not risk the political melt down that may occur between Russia. Russia is frantically trying to get their sub back without making too much of a splash. You can read the book to find out the rest.
As I said before I really enjoyed this whole book. All the separate plots twisted and turned to the point where some of them made no sense. But by the end the twists and turns threaded into a beautiful 15th century tapestry. The story used so many technical terms and processes dealing with submarines the reader can not help but think the story is true. The characters are in-depth and realistic. Clancy goes the extra mile when describing a character. This book was exciting and suspenseful. Throughout the whole book I never knew if things were going to turn for the better or head straight downhill. I strongly recommend this book to any reader.
Summary of The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan)
Gripping military thriller about the chase after a top-secret Russian missile submarine.Somewhere under the 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. And the most incredible chase in history is on....
The Hunt for Red October is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy's phenomenal career. A military thriller so accurate and convincing that the author was rumored to have been debriefed by the White House. Its theme: the greatest espionage coup in history. Its story: the chase for a runaway top secret Russian missile sub.
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