Red Storm Rising
By Tom Clancy
- Release Date: 1986-08-07
- Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Description
From the author of the Jack Ryan series comes an electrifying #1 New York Times bestseller—a standalone military thriller that envisions World War 3...
A chillingly authentic vision of modern war, Red Storm Rising is as powerful as it is ambitious. Using the latest advancements in military technology, the world's superpowers battle on land, sea, and air for ultimate global control. It is a story you will never forget. Hard-hitting. Suspenseful. And frighteningly real.
“Harrowing...tense...a chilling ring of truth.”—TIME
Reviews
A Very Gifted Author
5By Neptunes TridentThis was the first book I read by Tom Clancy. I have read it a few times along with everything else he has written. The level of detail in all his books through massive change of the political map during his career shows the level of dedication he had to make everything he wrote so authentic and well-researched. Very sad to have lost such a gifted author.Enjoyable, especially the air and naval warfare!
4By ipothrudfloorSome of the names are a bit hard to keep track of at times, and there are some dubious escapes from near certain death. Other than that, it was a great depiction of a NATO-Russian/Warsaw pact conflict. At times the acronyms are hard to relay, but there are multiple, clear, and interesting narratives. The naval combat, especially the submarines, and air combat descriptions are vivid and engaging.Still Clancy’s best
5By mjdseattleI’ve been reading Tom Clancy for 30+ years. I’m revisiting old classics and forgot just how good red storm rising is on its own. In my opinion his best book.Best Clancy Book
5By BPS112000I have read almost all of Tom Clancy’s books and this is my favorite by far! It has all of his normal tendencies to incorporate real military tactics and hardware while explaining most of it to the reader who isn’t up to snuff on their military doctrine. My biggest hope is that someone like Netflix or Amazon picks up the rights to the book and makes a 10-12 episode miniseries with each episode being between 1-1.5 hours as this book is so dense with information that anything less would leave out too much to are it enjoyable for those of us that have read the book. If you enjoy military thrillers do yourself a favor and pick this book up, you will blow right through it even though its pretty long. I have read it 4 times now and each time its taken me less than a week to go through it. My favorite Clancy book, and thats saying something as he has so many great ones, Hunt for Red October being a close second. Trust me, this is a must read!!Red Storm
5By davidsm11Red Storm. Some of the names and titles were hard to keep up with. That made it more realistic. Great book.Humm
4By BedbugmanSeems to be lacking toward the endSuperbly engrossing.
5By aikenlipiddocAddicting military action, though keeping the characters straight was a bit of an inconvenience—but certainly a must. Thoroughly enjoyable, believably frightening, CLASSIC Tom Clancy. 5 stars, for certain.A remarkable book would highly recommend
5By !!!!!!?$This book starts out slow but man does it get exciting! Had a hard time getting into it then couldn’t put it down.Thrilling and exciting read
5By JohnhymanThrilling and exciting read with several ever-changing stories and perspectives. Fantastic weaving of events and descriptions of technology.4th Time
5By TxDogstarRed Storm Rising is a great read and Clancy at his best. I read this book the first time in my early 20’s and continue go back to it and get more out of it each time I read it.Red Storm Rising
5By GuitarDannAlways has been my favorite over many great stories written by Mr. Clancy. Thanks to him I know so much more of the job my father had for 26 years. He was an Air Force NCO crypto operator in the embassies in Yugoslavia & Spain, ‘52 to ‘56 & ‘58 to ‘61, respectively, and the Sarge-in-Charge in The Hole @ High Wycombe Air Station from ‘66 to ‘69. Mars was rising & my dad was one of the many heroes of the Cold War, as was my Mom, who raised us under the shadow of that war. I have great love & respect for my mom & my dad, thanks to Mr. Clancy I have understanding. I was the oldest of 5 & I was present & a witness to all the bravery & steadfast dedication of all the heroes of that war.Red Storm Rising... has still got it!!
5By vmaq2I read this book way back in the 80's when it first came out and just finished rereading it today. This book has still got it!! Great story, fast paced, very detailed technothriller from the master of the technothriller and with a few modifications it could very well happen today... all the key factors are still there... Muslim terrorists attack, causing severe economic damage to a major power that then feels the need to take what it needs to survive causing a war that takes us right to the edge of the abyss... Why this was never made into a movie or better yet a mini series on HBO or some other type channel is beyond me... I've always enjoyed Tom Clancy books and this one rates for me at the top of all his writing!! Give it another read, I'm sure you'll agree!!!Not bad
4By wildchild2644Overall it's a good book I thought. It dose get repetitive however. Most of it is about searching for enemy contacts on radar every other chapter, The ending was a little rushed, but still held my attention to the end.Forgotten...
5By INFJ-malejust how good Clancy's earlier works had been! Read it many many years ago and yet, reading it once again, I was hooked for hours upon hours. The only way to accurately describe/summarize...is to read the book.Still my favorite
5By Jeff402I think this was his best work, I wish there would be more.Price a little high...
4By Lagon78I have the paperback copy and am enjoying reading the book. You asking me to pay another $8 for a digital edition? How about 50% off for any book which someone can provide proof of purchase? Good book, not worth $16 total tho.WOWEY
5By monaloogreat piece of art. i love tom clancy, especially his hat…"oh rumple" "oh dear" much love -susanneRed Storm Rising - Masterpiece
5By NCC1701-FLAClancy makes a gutsy author's move, & pulls it off with panache! From the strategic movements of modern warfare to the fears of the individual combat soldier in tactical environment, a huge story is told by a larger author. One can only marvel at Clancy's ability to intertwine diverse stories of submarine, combat air power, marine forces, combined armies, and their scheming political masters. All five stars go to the Champ of techno thrillers!Red Storm Rising review
5By TiredofchangingusernameI love this book! I always had a copy when going to the field. I think I probably have owned ten or eleven copies of this book- now this electronic copy makes probably twelve.
