History Literature / RedRabbit

* Foregone Conclusion: the Pope will be shot, and he will survive, as dictated by history.

* ContinuitySnarl: A couple of slight ones:
** The president here is clearly UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan, an actor, but in ''Literature/TheHuntForRedOctober'' the unnamed president spoke of his past prosecuting mob bosses.
** Also in that book, Ryan behaves as though Ramius and his crew are the first defectors he's met.

* FakingTheDead: Due to the sensitivity of information [[spoiler:being brought by a defecting Zaitsev]], CIA decides to fake the [[spoiler:Rabbit family's]] deaths so that the Soviets don't know what happened.

* MoscowCentre: The eponymous Rabbit works as an encipherment clerk, and the parts of the novel revolving around him shows the daily workings of what goes on inside KGB headquarters.

** The president here is clearly RonaldReagan, an actor, but in ''Literature/TheHuntForRedOctober'' the unnamed president spoke of his past prosecuting mob bosses.

Taking place shortly after [[Literature/PatriotGames the ULA's attempt on Ryan's life]], Jack Ryan has just moved to England to work as a liaison between [=MI-5=] and [=CIA=]. At the same time, ThePope has sent a letter to the Soviet Union warning that if they do not cease their oppression of Poland, he will resign the papacy and return to Poland, threatening to destabilize their hold and weaken communism. This letter causes Yuri Andropov, chairman of the KGB, to plot an assassination against the Pope.

* DefectorFromCommieLand

* [[spoiler:LeaveNoWitnesses: The Turkish gunman being the witness in this case, so the act can't be traced back to the Soviet Union]].

* UsefulNotes/MoscowMetro: Featured as the main location where Zaitsev passes information to Ed Foley.
* UsefulNotes/NationalHealthService: Featured in Britain, due to Cathy Ryan being a surgeon and getting to work alongside her mentor's colleagues across the pond. Unfortunately it's also of the bad variety, as she witnesses two doctors taking a break from surgery to go out for lunch and a beer while leaving the patient sedated, to say nothing of the waiting times for low-priority operations.

* ProfessionalKiller: Boris Strokov, the Bulgarian hitman utilized by the KGB to [[spoiler:kill the gunman after he completes his job]].

* NationalHealthService: Featured in Britain, due to Cathy Ryan being a surgeon and getting to work alongside her mentor's colleagues across the pond. Unfortunately it's also of the bad variety, as she witnesses two doctors taking a break from surgery to go out for lunch and a beer while leaving the patient sedated, to say nothing of the waiting times for low-priority operations.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Clancy writes the events of the novel as taking place in the fall of 1982, and with Mikhail Suslov's death taking place before the attempt on the Pope. The assassination attempt took place in 1981, while Suslov died in the spring of 1982.

* [[spoiler:FakingTheDead: Due to the sensitivity of the information, CIA decides to fake the Rabbit family's deaths so that the Soviets don't know that Zaitsev has defected.]]

* [[spoiler:YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The original plan was for the Turkish gunman to die by Strokov's hand so that he could not tell the authorities that he was hired by the KGB to kill the Pope]].

'''''Red Rabbit'' provides examples of the following tropes:'''

* [[spoiler:YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The original plan was for the Turkish gunman to die by Strokov's hand so that he could not tell the authorities that he was hired by the KGB to kill the Pope]].

The eleventh Literature/JackRyan novel written by Creator/TomClancy, and the third one chronologically, it was published in 2002.

The eleventh Literature/JackRyan novel written by TomClancy, and the third one chronologically, it was published in 2002.

** Zaitsev's information is also what gets the FBI started on their search for agent Cassius, whom they double in ''TheHuntForRedOctober''.

* {{Interquel}}: ''Red Rabbit'', written in 2002, takes place between ''Literature/PatriotGames'', written in 1987, and ''TheHuntForRedOctober'', written in 1984.

* RetCon: Prior to this novel, the first time that Ryan has been to Rome was in ''TheSumOfAllFears''.

* CareerKillers: Boris Strokov, the Bulgarian hitman utilized by the KGB to [[spoiler:kill the gunman after he completes his job]].

* Interquel: ''Red Rabbit'', written in 2002, takes place between ''Literature/PatriotGames'', written in 1987, and ''TheHuntForRedOctober'', written in 1984.
* [[spoiler:LeaveNoWitnesses: or in this case, kill the gunman so the act can't be traced back to the Soviet Union]].

* MoscowMetro: Featured as the main location where Zaitsev passes information to Ed Foley.

The eleventh Literature/JackRyan novel written by TomClancy, and the second one chronologically, it was published in 2002.

* [[spoiler:FakingTheDead: Due to the sensitivity of the information, CIA decides to fake the Rabbit family's deaths so that the Soviets don't know that Zaitsev has defected.

* [[spoiler:YouHaveOutliveYourUsefulness: The original plan was for the Turkish gunman to die by Strokov's hand so that he could not tell the authorities that he was hired by the KGB to kill the Pope]].

Late entry into the Jack Ryanverse of Tom Clancy. Several parts of the story are ripped from the headlines, as the McGuffin is the plan to assassinate Pope John Paul II.

The protagonist is a KGB head clerk in the communications department at headquarters in Dzherzinsky Square. He gets qualms about some of the messages he has to encode, he has issues with the way the country is being run and he wants out. The story is how he gets to the other side.

* PlotHole: Fairly major one actually. The unnamed President is obviously Reagan, but since this book is set between ''Patriot Games'' and ''The Hunt For Red October'' where a President who is obviously not Reagan is in office, it basically calls into question if the book can be considered canon. Also, on a more minor note, Ryan remarks in ''The Sum Of All Fears'' it was his first time visiting Rome, but he visited Rome in ''Red Rabbit'', which is set several years before.

One of the better Tom Clancy novels, as it has low levels of author filibuster (aside from some rather repetitious "democracy and religion trump communism and aetheism" rhetoric) and internal dialog. The characterization is also better than average, and people are the focus of the story rather than technology.

One of the better Tom Clancy novels, as it has low levels of author filibuster (aside from some rather repetitious "democracy and religion trump communism and aetheism" rhetoric) and internal dialog. The characterization is also better than average, and people are the focus of the story rather than technology.

One of the better Tom Clancy novels, as it has low levels of author filibuster and internal dialog. The characterization is also better than average, and people are the focus of the story rather than technology.