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The Hunt for Red October

By: Tom Clancy
Narrated by: Lance C Fuller
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The runaway international No.1 bestseller that launched Tom Clancy’s spectacular career – became a blockbuster film – and introduced Jack Ryan.

THE HUNT IS ON…

Silently, beneath the chill Atlantic waters, Russia’s ultra-secret missile 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.

©1984 Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd (P)1984 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Action & Adventure International Mystery & Crime Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Suspense War Submarine

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Critic reviews

"Flawless authenticity…frighteningly genuine." ( Wall Street Journal)
"Absolutely terrific: entertaining, suspenseful and masterfully written...superlative." ( Washington Times)
"The Pentagon almost exploded when this book was published." ( The Daily Telegraph)
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After reading the comments about the narrator, I was unsure about this audiobook, however the story was good from the outset and although flagged a couple of times (as to be expected in a 17 hour book), it was paced well with enough action and story to keep me engaged with it.

The narrator may not be the best, and he may say the same word differently in the same sentence (Dallas or dalis!) but he made a decent stab at it, with the odd Russian and english accents as required and didn't detract from the story for me.

Cracking book and decent enough narration, I'd recommend this story.

Surprisingly good

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Love this book, as good as I remember reading it for the first time 25 years ago. Only problem is the catastrophically bad British accents.

Awesome, apart from the British accents

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I saw the film years ago so looked forward to this... the subtle differences made in the film are there. this story is excellent just as you relax thinking all was finished back to action stations.

watched the film... this is better

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Great book, wonderfully narrated, really enjoyed listening the tension has you in edge ..hard to put down

Did not disappoint

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Have already read this book a long time ago but I enjoyed t even more, when read as I felt the narrator added a lot.

Excellent

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Having seen and loved the film I thought I would give the novel a try. Well worth the adventure.

The plot is well detailed, expertly crafted and in places shockingly exciting for an audiobook; Lance C Fuller is a wonderful narrator with some great character voices. Very rarely do you feel lost or overwhelmed at key points in the book. 10/10 would read again.

Absolute page turner (figuratively)

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Saw the film first, decided to read book, then got audible. Thoroughly enjoyed everyone.

Book vs Film

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An excellent story, Clancy at his best, high tension, amazing technical accuracy, however this was (in my opinion) ruined by the narrator. His voice was at best irritating, at worse nearly ruined the story.

Excellent Story

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Maybe it's just not aged well, the parts of it that were exciting were exciting, but there were some parts that dragged on for far too long. The reading was great

good but a bit long

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If you like submarines and you enjoy in depth military lingo, this is a must read. The movie is a 4/10 compared to this book

Must read

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