The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan Series, Bk. 1)

The novel that launched Tom Clancy's phenomenal career - became a blockbuster film - and introduced Jack Ryan.

Silently, beneath the chill Atlantic waters, Russia's ultra-secret nuclear submarine the Red October, is heading west.

The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. With all-out war only seconds away, the superpowers race across the ocean on the most desperate mission of a lifetime . . .