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Patriot Games / The Hunt for Red October

A CIA analyst and his family find themselves in the path of international terrorism. An extremist faction within the Irish Republican Army has decided to hunt him down. Earlier, he acted to prevent an assassination attempt, and the group sees that act as a betrayal that must be answered. Their violent campaign leaves few places to hide, and the danger reaches the people he loves. The story follows a man who must survive a deadly game in which the stakes are his own life.

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