Red Rabbit

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Red Rabbit is a 2002 novel by Tom Clancy that belongs to the political thriller genre . The name of the novel alludes to the fact that during the Cold War, American intelligence circles referred to defectors from the Soviet Union as Red Rabbits .

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In the early 1980s threatened the newly elected Polish Pope John Paul II. (Is in the book frequently only as Karol mentioned, in reference to his real name Karol Wojtyla) the Soviet power structure around Andropov with his resignation in order to Poland return and support his oppressed people.

At the same time, the relatively young Jack Ryan and his family are moving into a new house near London to work as an analyst for the CIA with the British Foreign Intelligence Service ( SIS ) on matters relating to the political leadership of the Soviet Union.

Ed and Mary Pat "MP" Foley, a couple of CIA agents who are stationed in Moscow , also play a key role in the book . By chance, one day Ed meets Oleg Zaitzew, an employee of the KGB , who has valuable information to share with him - but he has one condition: he wants to get to the West safely with his family. Zaitzew gets an alias from the CIA: Rabbit. It must be ejected as quickly as possible. This succeeds and, based on the information provided, the attack can be partially thwarted.