Note:

• It was nominated for the 1987 Prometheus Award for speculative fiction featuring Libertarian themes. Because it is listed as being an Award nominee, it is automatically shown in the ISFDB database even though as a non-SF book by a basically non-SF author it falls outside its scope.
• Exact publication date is uncertain.
  • The Wikipedia page uses "October 1, 1984", as does the Tom Clancy website and Amazon.com.
  • The publisher's website uses "October 2, 1984".
  • The record for U.S. Copyright #TX0001475353 uses "1984-10-03".

Synopsis: Techno-thriller: Soviet captain wants to defect with a revolutionary stealth submarine, pursued by the whole Soviet Northern Fleet; CIA analyst Jack Ryan ends up on board to help.