The Eighth Day, Friday, 10 December Summary

Jack Ryan wakes from an eighteen-hour nap on the HMS Invincible. The Russian fleet has advanced while the British-American effort is slowly coming together. The Russian ambassador meets with the President at the White House. The President warns him that he needs to explain the submarine situation as quickly as possible. The ambassador leaves and returns with the claim that the Russian fleet is in the middle of a rescue mission. Meanwhile, the CIA has learned that the CARDINAL might be compromised. Greer speaks with Tyler, who has finished the model for the submarine that they know now is the Red October. Tyler thinks of a plan for keeping the submarine itself while allowing the crew that does not want to defect to return home to Russia.

Out at sea, the USS Pogy is tracking two Soviet submarines. One...