The story follows a CIA analyst leading a covert group of US Naval
officers to steal a cutting-edge Soviet nuclear submarine from 26
defecting Soviet officers Intertwined adventures of Soviet submarine captain Marko Aleksandrovich Ramius and Jack Ryan.
Captain Marko Ramius commands the Soviet flagship submarine, the Red
October. Motivated by his wife's death due to Soviet incompetence,
Ramius and his top officers plan to defect to the US. Ramius kills the
political officer on board and tells the crew that their mission
involves absolutely zero radio contact. The officers fool the crew with a
fake radiation scare so that they will be ready and willing to leave
the submarine when it is time to defect.
Printing History
Written by Tom Clancy (1947-2013)
Naval Institute Press
| ISBN 0-87021-285-0 |
1984
Film
The novel was made into a commercially successful movie in 1990
Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan
Sean Connery as Marko Ramius
James Earl Jones as Adm. James Greer
Scott Glenn as Cdr. Bart Mancuso
Sam Neill as Captain 2nd Rank Vasily Borodin
Jeffery Jones as Skip Tyler
Fred Thompson as Rear Adm. Joshua Painter
Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan
Sean Connery as Marko Ramius
James Earl Jones as Adm. James Greer
Scott Glenn as Cdr. Bart Mancuso
Sam Neill as Captain 2nd Rank Vasily Borodin
Jeffery Jones as Skip Tyler
Fred Thompson as Rear Adm. Joshua Painter
Now that's a compelling story, Scott.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite books ever. I read a couple more in the series, but this one was the best. (And I liked the movie too.)
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