The Hunt for Red October (Brilliance Audio on Compact Disc)

Darrell Smith said This book helped influence me into becoming a submariner. When I joined the U.S. Navy this was the first book that I read when I completed Bootcamp. As a result of reading Hunt for Red October, I signed up for submarine duty. It is not an understatement for me to say that this story changed my life. I have never regretted the decision to join subs.As for the story, it follows the Soviet submarine Red October as it leaves port and tries to travel the distance from the north Atlantic to the U.S. coast undetected. The Captain is a senior and seasoned professional that knows the methods of both the Soviets and the U.S. What he hasn't planned for is. "WHAT A HUNT!" according to William Lotz. This novel, though published in 198WHAT A HUNT! William Lotz This novel, though published in 1984, can still be applied to events happening today. Russia is still a major enemy. Its nave, including its submarine fleet, is still very formidable. The of a famous admiral, taking his submarine toward the northeast coast of America, to present it to the President of the United States is unique, to say the least.I am sure that many readers are familiar with the exciting, suspenseful events that take place. For those few readers who are not familiar, it would ruin things, and are not, therefore, disclosed here.The only disappointing events I found in thi. , can still be applied to events happening today. Russia is still a major enemy. Its nave, including its submarine fleet, is still very formidable. The of a famous admiral, taking his submarine toward the northeast coast of America, to present it to the President of the United States is unique, to say the least.I am sure that many readers are familiar with the exciting, suspenseful events that take place. For those few readers who are not familiar, it would ruin things, and are not, therefore, disclosed here.The only disappointing events I found in thi. Amazon Customer said Adventure on the high tech seas. If your soul yearns for adventure on the high seas, and you love the excitement of Cold War military tensions boiling over this is the book for you. Even if you just like all things navy and submarine you will get a great deal of enjoyment out of reading this book. Clancy does a great job of being accurate in his use of terms and descriptions of equipment so that the reader feels like they know a little bit more about the subject than they did before.

Its theme: the greatest espionage coup in history. The Russians want her back. The Americans want her. . Somewhere under the Atlantic, a Soviet sub commander has just made a fateful decision: the Red October is heading west. Its story: the chase for a runaway top secret Russian missile sub. A military thriller so accurate and convincing that the author was rumored to have been debriefed by the White House. 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

fleet can locate her first and get her safely to port, it will be the intelligence coup of all time.The nerve-wracking hunt goes on for eighteen days as the Red October tries to elude her hunters across 4000 miles of ocean. The CIA's brilliant young analyst, Jack Ryan, thinks he knows the reason for the sudden Red Fleet operation: the Soviets' most valuable ship, the Red October, is attempting to defect to the United States.The new ballistic-missile submarine's defection is high treason on an unprecedented scale and nearly the entire Soviet Atlantic Fleet has been ordered to find and destroy her at all costs. The rousing climax is one of the most thrilling underwater scenes ever written.. If the U.S. A deadly serious game of hi