The Hunt for Red October [signed]

Clancy, Tom [signed]

ISBN 10: 0870212850 / ISBN 13: 9780870212857

Published by Naval Institute Press. Annapolis, 1984

About this Item

Hardcover with DJ. Red cloth over boards, with white lettering on the spine and blindstamped hammer and sickle on the cover. Binding good and clean and tight. Original DJ (now in mylar sleeve) with price of $14.95 on flap and 8 blurbs on the back cover. No date on the title page. Copyright page dated 1984. Number line 85 86 87 88 10 9 8 7 -- makes this an early printing but not a first printing. 387 pages. Text block tight, pages clean. This copy is inscribed and signed on the half title page, 'to Capt T- H- Best wishes to a Sub-Killer, Tom Clancy. 4/12/85.' This is a nice early inscription before Clancy was a franchise and a brand, and to a naval captain. Overall a very nice clean copy. Please email with questions or to request photos.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Hunt for Red October [signed]
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press. Annapolis
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870212850
• ISBN 13: 9780870212857
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
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About this title

Synopsis

Tom Clancy's rich imagination and his remarkable grasp of the capabilities of advanced technology give this novel an amazing ring of authenticity. It is a thriller with a new twist, a "military procedural" with an ingenious, tightly woven plot that revolves around the defection of a Soviet nuclear submarine--the USSR's newest and most valuable ship, with its most trusted and skilled officer at the helm.

A deadly serious game of hide-and-seek is on. The entire Soviet Atlantic Fleet is ordered to hunt down the submarine and destroy her at all costs. The Americans are determined to find her first and get her safely to port in the intelligence coups of all time. But the Red October has a million square miles of ocean to hide in and a new silent propulsion system that is impossible to detect. Or is it?

Her daring and cunning captain, Marko Ramius, thinks so. The commander of the Soviet's fastest attack submarine, however, is confident that he will find his prey. And Bart Mancuso, the aggressive commander of the U.S. Navy attack sub the Dallas, is counting on the sensitive ears of his resourceful young sonar operator to identify Red October's unique sound print and track her down.

The nerve-wracking hunt goes on for eighteen days as the Red October stealthily eludes her hunters across 4,000 miles of ocean. But just short of Ramius's objective, his submarine converges with the others in a rousing climax that is one of the most thrilling underwater scenes ever written. Can the start of all-out war be avoided? The outcome is clear only on the very last pages.

About the Author

Since the publication of The Hunt for Red October, Tom Clancy established an unrivalled position as the world's leading thriller writer, with a string of million-selling novels and three major Hollywood films to his name. He was also the author of SSN and the non-fiction books Submarine, Armoured Warfare, Fighter Wing and Marine, and the co-creator of the Op-Centre series.