Summary/Annotation ->  Here is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancys phenomenal career. A military thriller so gripping in its action and so convincing in its accuracy 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 top secret Russian missile sub. Lauded by the" Washington Post "as "breathlessly exciting," "The Hunt for Red October" remains a masterpiece of military fiction by one of the worlds most popular authors, a man whose shockingly realistic scenarios continue to hold us in thrall.