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 … 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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Clancy’s first, the gold standard for all that followed!
One of the greatest action thrillers every written!
The Hunt for Red October, Clancy’s debut novel, show why taking a chance on a new novelist can pay off big. The twists and turns in the plot, themselves, are worthy of a read. But, the introduction of Jack Ryan is the real payoff. Clancy was the best. And, Ryan was the gift that kept on giving, in terms of character.
Love this book
Considering the Date it was written, I was a part of Naval Intelligence at that time (specifically dealing with Anti-submarine Warfare against the USSR). His “predictive” thinking on following unclassified information and taking the next steps were rather shocking and very close to accurate. Have found that with many of his novels.
One of Clancy’s best
Excellent as one would expect with a book From a Tom Clancy series.
This book is a great read like all the other books in this series. Technical aspects of the story are all accurate and well inter grated with the telling of the story to enhance the storyline.
One of my all time favorites.
A classic, not to be missed by a great author.
Fabbulous story, and two opposing characters who make you love both.
First Tom Clancy I ever read and have been hooked since!
Classic Tom Clancy. Good research of people and technology leads to his unstoppable reads.
Written very well …. learn some history and good page turner …. I got hooked with Tom Clancy John Ryan series because of The Hunt for Red October and I read almost all of the series …..
Clancy’s first book written and my first Clancy read. After that I read all of the main-line Jack Ryan books at least twice.
Read the book because I enjoyed the movie. Oh so much better than the movie. Clancy developed his characters so we’ll. I must admit that I started with Tom Clancy novels in the middle of Jack Ryan’s saga with a second hand book from a garage sale. Clancy reeled me in like a fish. Then I had to read all the Jack Ryan books and many Jack Ryan, Jr. books. These stories are as addictive as soap operas, only much more entertaining.
It does take a chunk of time to read. Lots of detailed descriptions and you have much to mentally digest in these stories. It is well worth the investment of time.
Without a doubt one of the great adventure/military stories of all time. Established Tom Clancy as a writer to watch. His future books were good and very popular and made him rich, but they pale in comparison to this one. Chock full of technical details, crisply written, truly a masterpiece.
Awesome read. Page turner. One of Clancys best
Great book, well written taut and filled with action
Great book and great writer. I couldn’t put it down. But that’s been all of his books
Great read! A story isn’t good to me unless I wasn’t to reread it. I’ve read this book many times.