湯姆・剋蘭西（1947--2013）、美國軍事作傢，當今世界最暢銷的反恐驚悚小說大師。他的小說布局廣大，氣勢磅礴，對於軍事武器、恐怖行動、國傢情報體係、全球戰略關係，描述逼真詳實，在全球擁有廣大讀者群；代錶作《獵殺“紅十月”號》、《愛國者遊戲》、《燃眉追擊》和《驚天核網》先後由 好萊塢搬上熒幕而轟動世界影壇。此外，他也積極涉足網絡遊戲開發，以《彩虹六號》、《幽靈行動》和《分裂細胞》等係列製作聲名遠播。

Here is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy's phenomenal career. A military thriller so gripping in its action and so convincing in its accuracy that the author was rumored to have been debriefed by the White House. Its theme: the greatest espionage coup in history. Its story: the chase for a top secret Russian missile sub. Lauded by the Washington Post as "breathlessly exciting." The Hunt for Red October remains a masterpiece of military fiction by one of the world's most popular authors, a man whose shockingly realistic scenarios continue to hold us in thrall.Somewhere under the Atlantic, a Soviet sub commander has just made a fateful decision. The Red October is heading west. The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. And the most incredible chase in history is on...