Red Alert

“A ghastly and chilling vision of what might happen when profound and deadly power is put into the wrong hands, this classic thriller continues to serve as a warning in today's tumultuous political climate.”

A cold war thriller that became Kubrick's famous satire Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. This was followed by Bryant /George's novelisation of a version of the film script (which I'll read and review soon).

This was very much not a satire! It was a suspenseful thriller that, despite some 2-dimensional characters and wordy technical stuff that went over my head, still had me gripped to the end.

I found it equally enjoyable and surprisingly frightening, especially on reading the above quote on finishing (ebook - quote not credited, sorry).