2) Outline: Marko Ramius is the captain of the Russian super-submarine 'Red October'. The Red October is a modified submarine of the Typhoon-class and is nuclear powered. The 'October' can carry twenty-six nuclear missiles, enough firepower to blow up the city of Washington for about twenty times. To test this very expensive submarine (billions of dollars!), the Russian navy has to find the 'Red October' in the Atlantic Ocean. Because the 'Red October' has a new …showed first 75 words of 1771 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1771 total… Ian McEwan. 12) Strong points: * Tom Clancy can describe the suspense and the action very well. Weak points: * Tom Clancy has used too many names of people. * Technical things are not explained. 13) The story happened on the Atlantic Ocean and the Northsea, but also in the Pentagon, the Kremlin and the White House (Oval Office). 14) The story happened in the winter of an unknown year from December 3rd to December 20th. Bibliography in above box