Red Rabbit

Red Rabbit is a spy thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on August 5, 2002. A prequel, it is set after the events of Patriot Games (1987) and incorporates the 1981 assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. The title refers to a KGB communications officer who learns about chairman Yuri Andropov’s plot to kill the pontiff, and the book also features CIA analyst Jack Ryan as he takes part in the protagonist’s defection. The book debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list.