Red October (fictional submarine) Ramius but the commander of "Dallas" conceals the defection from the rest of the Soviet crew, who are repatriate in due course. The submarine is reverse engineered by the U.S. Navy to discern its secrets. Sometime between a year and eighteen months later the hull of the sub is sunk in a deep ocean trench, although previously the submarine USS "Ethan Allen" had been scuttled in order to deceive Soviet officials that "Red October" had been sunk. The technology then seems to disappear, although there are later references in some other books, including "The Sum of All Fears". In "The
The Hunt for Red October System. In addition, a board game, published in 1988 by TSR, Inc. became one of the bestselling wargames of all time. In late 2015, River Horse announced it had acquired the rights and intended to crowdfund another game based on the intellectual property. The 2017 Indiegogo launch failed. The fate of the project is unknown as of late 2017. "The Hunt for Red October" popularized the book genre of techno-thriller into the mainstream. “Tom Clancy defined an era, not just of thrillers but of pop culture in general," said Jon Land, an author and marketing chair for the International Thriller