Books by Robert Ludlum

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Book SynopsisThe most outrageous criminal escapade of all time from the No. 1 bestselling author of the Bourne series.General MacKenzie Hawkins is a living military legend, a hero and a rogue. When he gets kicked out of the army for conduct unbecoming to an officer, his options are limited - but not for long. He has a plan, a plan so ambitious it will shock the world and make him a very rich man: he is going to get $400 million - a dollar from every Catholic in the world. And he''s going to do it by kidnapping the Pope...

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Book SynopsisHe was untouchable...or so he hoped An excellent, fast-paced novel from No. 1 bestselling author Robert Ludlum.Trevayne was a self-made millionaire by the time he was thirty. Then he went into government, carving out a brilliant and honourable career. Now he is head of one of the biggest foundations in the USA. Fearless, intelligent and incorruptible, he thinks no one can touch him...Then his investigation into the ''secret government'' leads him beyond the corridors of official power into a nightmare maze where Mafia leaders and ''legitimate'' billionaires mix, where even the Presidency can be bought and sold. And where a man like Trevayne can be a dreaded enemy, a duped victim, or maybe - just maybe - a king.Trade Review'A fast-paced thriller from a reliable master.' - Daily Mail.A writer who bests the bestsellers. - Daily Telegraph.'Terrific entertainment...the tension is fierce, the pace killing.' - Cosmopolitan.'Olympic style, all-out espionage... Good news for Ludlum's countless fans.' - Daily Express.

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Book SynopsisJapan and China are thrown close to the brink of war when a Japanese warship is attacked. Meanwhile top Covert-One operative Jon Smith is sent to recover mysterious material from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear reactor. Smith vanishes, and CIA agent Randi Russell goes on an unsanctioned mission to find him. She discovers that the missing samples may be evidence that Japan, led by Chief of Staff Masao Takahashi, has been developing next-generation weapons systems in preparation for a conflict with China. The Covert-One team must prevent Takahashi from sparking a war, or the world will be dragged into a battle certain to kill tens of millions of people and leave much of the planet uninhabitable.Trade ReviewA writer who bests the bestsellers - Daily TelegraphA fine thriller with memorable characters and enough twists to keep readers turning pages . . . Mills is definitely someone to watch - Publishers WeeklyA master at the conspiracy theory type of thriller, his books operating on an ever-spiralling series of surprise revelations, with double, treble and quadruple crosses as everyday as sun-ups and sunsets - Irish Times

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Book SynopsisEvery move could be his last - and his only clue to survival is a single mysterious word: Halidon.Alex McAuliff has just received an offer he can''t refuse. A company called Dunstone Ltd will pay him two million dollars for a geological survey of Jamaica''s interior - and they require his absolute secrecy. But British Intelligence are aware of the deal, and they''ve let Alex in on a secret of their own: the last survey team Dunstone dispatched to Jamaica vanished without trace. Now it''s too late to turn back. From the moment he lands in Jamaica, Alex is a marked man. He already knows about Dunstone...which means he knows too much.

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Book SynopsisAn explosive novel of suspense and intrigue set at the turning point of the Second World War.David Spaulding is the most feared and efficient Allied agent in wartime Europe. Expert, deadly and professional, he is also high on the Gestapo''s ''most wanted'' list. Now Spaulding has been selected by Allied Command to transact an undercover deal in Argentina involving top-secret Nazi scientific plans. The dealer is Erich Rhinemann, an exiled German Jew who is awaiting the end of the war with his millions in an impenetrable retreat near Buenos Aires.But there''s something Spaulding doesn''t know: the other side of the deal. And it involves the most bizarre, horrific intrigue of the Second World War...Trade Review'The pace and action are furious.' - Guardian.'A killer of a thriller.' - USA Today.A page-turner of non-stop action that should leave his fans begging for more. - New York Times.

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Book SynopsisThe most dangerous legacy...A superb thriller from ''a writer who bests the bestsellers'' Daily TelegraphThe Second World War is over. Three top Nazis have embezzled $780 million from Nazi funds - and then committed suicide. Their Covenant, to be inherited by their three eldest children, is to redistribute this vast wealth among the survivors of the Holocaust. Reparation must be made.Conventional Noel Holcroft is one of the inheritors, and his mission is to find the other two ''children'' and prove himself worthy of his task. But the Sonnenkinder, the Children of the Sun, are determined to gain control of the millions and establish a Nazi Fourth Reich. As Holcroft tries to carry out his destiny, he finds himself enmeshed in a bewildering, horrifying nightmare...Trade ReviewAn entertaining action thriller. - Daily Express.'The pace and action are furious.' - Guardian.'Non-stop action and end-of-chapter cliff-hangers... Ludlum at his best.' - Publishers Weekly.

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Book SynopsisThe very first Covert-One novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author Robert Ludlum.An unknown doomsday virus has claimed the lives of four people - including the fiancée of Covert-One''s Lt Col. Jon Smith. Devastated and enraged, Smith uncovers evidence that this was no accident; someone out there has the virus, and the pandemic that threatens millions of lives was planned...Not knowing who to trust or where to turn, Smith assembles a private team to fight the deadly virus. As the death toll mounts, the quest leads them to the highest levels of power and the darkest corners of the earth. And Smith and his team must hunt down a genius determined to destroy them.

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Book SynopsisJason Bourne is back in the forthcoming major motion picture starring Matt Damon and Alicia Vikander. Go back to where it all began for Bourne in his first adventure - The Bourne Identity''Watch your back 007 - Bourne is out to get you'' - Sunday TimesHe was dragged from the sea, his body riddled with bullets. There are a few clues: a frame of microfilm surgically implanted beneath the skin of his hip; evidence that plastic surgery has altered his face; strange things he says in his delirium, which could be code words. And a number on the film negative that leads to a bank account in Zurich, four million dollars and a name for the amnesiac: Jason Bourne.Now he is running for his life. A man with an unknown past and an uncertain future, the target of assassins and at the heart of a deadly puzzle. He''s fighting for survival and no one can help him - except the one woman who once wanted to escape him ...Trade ReviewA page-turner of non-stop action that should leave his fans begging for more * NEW YORK POST *He's more mysterious than Bond, more real than Batman and more complex than Bruce Willis * STELLA *A fast-paced thriller from a reliable master * DAILY MAIL *A superspy to rival Bond * INDEPENDENT *Watch your back 007 - Bourne is out to get you * SUNDAY TIMES *A page-turner of non-stop action that should leave his fans begging for more * New York Post *He's more mysterious than Bond, more real than Batman and more complex than Bruce Willis * Stella *A fast-paced thriller from a reliable master * Daily Mail *A superspy to rival Bond * Independent *

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Book SynopsisThe Matarese killers will take over the world within two years...The No. 1 bestseller from 'the world's most read writer' GQTrade ReviewOlympic style, all-out espionage * DAILY EXPRESS *The real titan of the genre is Robert Ludlum * GQ *A page-turner of non-stop action that should leave his fans begging for more * NEW YORK POST *A writer who bests the bestsellers * DAILY TELEGRAPH *A killer of a thriller * USA TODAY *A fast-paced thriller from a reliable master * DAILY MAIL *

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Book SynopsisThe US government has a deadly assignment - and James Matlock is the perfect man for the job.James Matlock is a Vietnam veteran and college professor - with a disturbing past. The faceless men in Washington know his secrets. And they want him to investigate what seems to be a large-scale drugs and prostitution business. Matlock is given a piece of silver paper with codes on it, and the name of the criminal organisation: Nimrod. He is soon trapped in a maze of unrelenting terror, as the people he cares for most are under threat. Would he have accepted the job if he''d known just what it would mean? Or that disclosure of the truth could cause such horror?

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Book Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   Reenter the shadowy world of Jason Bourne, an expert assassin still plagued by the splintered nightmares of his former life. This time the stakes are higher than ever. For someone else has taken on the Bourne identity—a ruthless killer who must be stopped or the world will pay a devastating price. To succeed, the real Jason Bourne must maneuver through the dangerous labyrinth of international espionage—an exotic world filled with CIA plots, turncoat agents, and ever-shifting alliances—all the while hoping to find the truth behind his haunted memories and the answers to his own fragmented past. This time there are two Bournes—and one must die.

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Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   “Don’t ever begin a Ludlum novel if you have to go to work the next day.”—Chicago Sun-Times   Tyrell Hawthorne was a naval intelligence officer—one of the best—until the rain-swept night in Amsterdam when his wife was murdered, an innocent victim of the games spies play. Now he’s called out of retirement for one last assignment. For Hawthorne is the only man alive who can track down the world’s most dangerous terrorist.   Amaya Bajaratt is beautiful, elusive, and deadly—and she has set in motion a chilling conspiracy that a desperate government cannot stop. With his life and the life of the president hanging in the balance, Hawthorne must follow Bajaratt’s serpentine trail, a path of seduction, betrayal, and the looming threat of death. Racing from a millionaire recluse’s fortress to the social whirl of

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Book SynopsisRobert Ludlum’s wayward hero, the outrageous General MacKenzie Hawkins, returns with a diabolical scheme to right a very old wrong—and wreak vengeance on the [redacted] who drummed him out of the military. Discovering a long-buried 1878 treaty with an obscure Indian tribe, the Hawk, a.k.a. Chief Thunder Head, hatches a brilliant plot that will ultimately bring him and his reluctant legal eagle, Sam Devereaux, before the Supreme Court. Their goal is to reclaim a choice piece of American real estate: the state of Nebraska, which just so happens to be the headquarters of the U.S. Strategic Air Command. Their outraged opposition will be no less than the CIA, the Pentagon, and the White House. And only one thing is certain: Ludlum will keep us in nonstop suspense—and side-splitting laughter—through the very last page.   Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Road to Omaha   “A very funny book . . . No character is

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Book Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE His memory is a blank. His bullet-ridden body was fished from the Mediterranean Sea. His face has been altered by plastic surgery. A frame of microfilm has been surgically implanted in his hip. Even his name is a mystery. Marked for death, he is racing for survival through a bizarre world of murderous conspirators—led by Carlos, the world’s most dangerous assassin. Who is Jason Bourne? The answer may kill him.“[Robert] Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined.”—The New York Times

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Book SynopsisAlex McAuliff has received an offer he can’t refuse: two million dollars for a geological survey of Jamaica. All Dunstone Limited requires is his time, his expertise, and his absolute secrecy. No one—not even McAuliff’s handpicked team—can know of Dunstone’s involvement. But British Intelligence is aware of the deal, and they’ve let Alex in on a secret of their own: The last survey team Dunstone dispatched to Jamaica vanished without a trace. Now it’s too late to turn back. Alex already knows about Dunstone—which means he knows too much. From the moment he lands in Jamaica, Alex is a marked man. On an island paradise where a beautiful woman might be a spy and every move could be his last, Alex’s only clue to survival is a single mysterious word: Halidon.   Praise for Robert Ludlum   “Don’t ever begin a Ludlum novel if you have to go to work the next day.”—Chicago

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Book SynopsisThe Third Reich is in its death struggle...A spellbinding story of international terror and intrigue, greed and cunning, suspense and murder from the No. 1 bestselling master storyteller. 'The real titan of the genre is Robert Ludlum' GQTrade ReviewTHE SCARLATTI INHERITANCE has drive and excitement from first page to last. Robert Ludlum is an ingenious storyteller -- Mario PuzoA writer who bests the bestsellers * DAILY TELEGRAPH *A page-turner of non-stop action * NEW YORK POST *Olympic style, all-out espionage * DAILY EXPRESS *The real titan of the genre is Robert Ludlum * GQ *

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Book SynopsisAn electrifying spy thriller from the internationally bestselling author of the Jason Bourne series. Anniversary edition - with a new introduction by Chris McGeorge, author of GUESS WHO.Trade ReviewLudlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined * NEW YORK TIMES *An entertaining action thriller * DAILY EXPRESS *A page-turner of non-stop action that should leave his fans begging for more * NEW YORK POST *The real titan of the genre is Robert Ludlum * GQ *A writer who bests the bestsellers * DAILY TELEGRAPH *It's themes and Ludlum's writing in general are as prescient as ever. The corruptive desire for power over fellow man, the ease at which everything we've come to know can unravel, the feeling that everything is ever so slightly out of place and that nothing is as it first appears -- Chris McGeorge

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Book SynopsisThe man has been shot many times. Who wants to kill him, and why? The man can't remember. As he begins to learn about his past, he becomes even more confused. Does he have a future? Or will he be killed before he knows who - or what - he really is?

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Book SynopsisA Chinese politician assassinated in Hong Kong. Jason Bourne's name found at the scene...the killer has returned! Who's paying him and who will he kill next? But American officials know there never was an assassin called Bourne. So who is the impostor? How can he be stopped?

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Book SynopsisA heart-stopping global thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling master storyteller...On Parrish Island, off the coast of Virginia, there is a little-known and never visited psychiatric facility where the government stores former intelligence employees whose psychiatric state makes them a danger to their own government. One of these employees is former agent Hal Ambler. But there''s one difference between Hal and the other patients - Hal isn''t crazy. Hal pulls off a daring escape, and now he''s out to discover who stashed him there and why. But the world he returns to has changed. No one remembers him, there are no official records of Hal Ambler and, when he first looks in the mirror, the face he sees is not his own...Trade ReviewA writer who bests the bestsellers * DAILY TELEGRAPH *The real titan of the genre is Robert Ludlum * GQ *Olympic style, all-out espionage * DAILY EXPRESS *Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined * NEW YORK TIMES *

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Book SynopsisIntelligence agent Todd Belknap is fired after a mission goes wrong - now he''s a lone operative on the loose...When Todd Belknap''s best friend goes missing, it seems that a mysterious figure, known only as ''Genesis'', is responsible.Meanwhile, hedge fund analyst Andrea Newton gets an unexpected call. She has been left a fortune by a cousin she''s never met - on the condition that she joins the board of the charitable Bancroft Foundation. Yet the foundation appears less and less benign the more deeply involved she becomes.As events escalate, and Genesis appears to be working to destabilise governments, Todd and Andrea must form an uneasy alliance if they are to uncover the truth - before it''s too late...

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Book SynopsisA death at a funfair, and Bourne must face his nemesis...The third Jason Bourne novel from internationally bestselling author Robert Ludlum.''The real titan of the genre is Robert Ludlum'' GQ''Watch your back 007 - Bourne is out to get you'' - Sunday TimesIt all starts with a cat-and-mouse chase to the death in a Baltimore funfair: the Jackal, Bourne''s age-old antagonist, is back and Bourne is forced from his idyllic retirement with his wife and children to confront his enemy.In Europe and America there are men and women whose lust for power is disguised by their positions and respectability. Their aim: to gain control at the highest level, to avenge, to destroy.Jason Bourne has been the assassin before: now he longs for peace with his family, but the threat of the Jackal puts in jeopardy all possibility of peace...Trade ReviewSuperb... the pace and tension are stupendous, the solution devastating... compulsive entertainment * SUNDAY EXPRESS *A fast-paced thriller from a reliable master * DAILY MAIL *The real titan of the genre is Robert Ludlum * GQ *A page-turner of non-stop action * NEW YORK POST *Bourne is more mysterious than Bond, more real than Batman and more complex than Bruce Willis * STELLA *Olympic style, all-out espionage * DAILY EXPRESS *A writer who bests the bestsellers * DAILY TELEGRAPH *

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Book SynopsisA brilliant Covert-One novel from ''the real Titan of the genre'' GQYuri Danko, an officer in the medical division of Russia''s security service, is murdered in a spray of assassin''s bullets. Now Covert-One''s Jon Smith has Danko''s classified papers, and he''s unearthed a terrifying global conspiracy. A Serb terrorist has been despatched from Russia to smuggle hazardous vials of a deadly bacteria into the United States. His mission: to deliver them to an unknown US government agent. Then both men are murdered, and the deadly bacteria is stolen...It''s up to Lt Col. Smith to find the madman who possesses it, before he holds a defenseless world hostage with the power to render the human race extinct.

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Book SynopsisThe Sunday Times bestselling thriller from ''the world''s most read writer'' GQ''A writer who bests the bestsellers'' Daily TelegraphRetired operative Paul Janson is called back to the spy game to settle a personal debt he owes. Peter Novak, the legendary Hungarian immigrant and head of the Liberty Foundation, has been kidnapped and faces execution at the hands of terrorist extremists. It is up to Janson to rescue Novak before he is murdered. Janson immediately puts together a top team and manages the nearly impossible task of extricating Novak, but something goes horribly wrong - something that indicates the operation had been compromised from the start - and only Janson himself survives. Now the major intelligence services think that Janson was responsible for Novak''s death and are sending their finest operatives after him...Trade ReviewTerrific entertainment ... the tension is fierce, the pace killing * COSMOPOLITAN *Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined * NEW YORK TIMES *Slickly paced ... all-consuming * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY *A writer who bests the bestsellers * DAILY TELEGRAPH *The real titan of the genre is Robert Ludlum * GQ *Olympic style, all-out espionage * DAILY EXPRESS *

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Book SynopsisAn explosive thriller from the world''s No.1 bestselling international writer.Nicholas Bryson spent years as a deep cover operative for the American secret intelligence group, The Directorate. After a disastrous mission, Bryson was retired to a new identity. Now, years later, his cover is cracked and Bryson learns that The Directorate was not what it claimed to be - and that he was, in fact, a pawn being used against his country''s interests. The Directorate is headed for a dangerous endgame, and the CIA recruits Bryson to stop them. But after years on the sidelines, Bryson''s field skills are rusty, his contacts unreliable, his instincts suspect and he no longer knows who - if anyone - can be trusted.

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Book SynopsisA missing murder victim; an agent declared rogue. Someone wants a secret kept, no matter what the cost...A superb standalone thriller from the internationally bestselling author of the Bourne series.Ben Hartman is on holiday in Switzerland when he meets a childhood friend - who promptly tries to kill him. In self-defence, Ben kills his attacker, but soon the body and all evidence of the confrontation have disappeared. Anna Navarro, a US government agent, is sent to look into a string of deaths around the world. The only thing the victims have in common is an old OSS file, codenamed SIGMA. But as soon as she starts to get somewhere, she is dragged off the case and declared rogue. Someone wants this secret kept, and not only are the futures of Hartman and Navarro at stake, but also that of the free world...Trade ReviewAn entertaining action thriller * DAILY EXPRESS *Huge in scope... Ludlum spins it all together with lots of suspense * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *His most ingenious novel yet * NEW YORKER *The real titan of the genre is Robert Ludlum * GQ *A writer who bests the bestsellers * DAILY TELEGRAPH *

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Book SynopsisTwo wars, two secrets, one man...A brilliant global conspiracy thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling master storyteller.1940. American Stephen Metcalfe is a minor asset in the US secret intelligence forces in Europe. Through a wild twist of fate, he must instigate a bold plan that may be the only hope for what remains of the free world. He must travel to wartime Moscow to find, and possibly betray, a former lover...1991. The Communist empire is on the verge of oblivion, and a coup is being planned by a powerful new cabal. Stephen Metcalfe, now a retired ambassador, must return to Moscow and finally reveal a secret that has haunted him since the fall of Berlin...a secret that might just avert a global cataclysm.

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Book SynopsisPandora's Box is about to be opened...A brilliant, fast-paced thriller from the internationally bestselling author of the Bourne series.

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Book SynopsisA powerful, fast-paced thriller from the bestselling author of the Bourne series.Michael Havelock watched as his partner and lover, Jenna Karas, double agent, was gunned down by his own agency. There''s nothing left for him but to get out, quit the game. Until, in one frantic moment on a crowded railway platform in Rome, Havelock sees Jenna. She''s alive - and suddenly Havelock is a marked man, on the run from both US and Russian assassins.Racing around the globe after his beautiful betrayer, Havelock is trapped in a massive mosaic of treachery created by a top-level mole with the world in his fist - Parsifal...

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Book SynopsisA brilliant, high-tension thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling master storyteller...Tyrell Hawthorne was a naval intelligence officer until his wife was murdered. Now Hawthorne has been called out of retirement for one last assignment. For he is the only man who can track down the world''s most dangerous terrorist, Amaya Bajaratt, who has set in motion a chilling conspiracy that a desperate government cannot stop.Hawthorne must follow Amaya''s serpentine trail to uncover the sinister network that exists to help this consummate killer. And Hawthorne must discover the shattering truth behind the Scorpio Illusion...

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Book SynopsisFive people want to change the world - and one man must pay the price...A fast-paced, brilliant thriller from the No. 1 bestselling author Robert Ludlum.In the Sultanate of Oman over two hundred hostages are being held at gunpoint. And the world watches helplessly as the madness begins. The spirit of the Mahdi is abroad, intent on complete financial and political domination.Evan Kendrick, a quiet Congressman, is an unlikely hero. But in his past is a violence he cannot forget.On the other side of the world, five very eccentric, very rich people are meeting. They are the Inheritors of Inver Brass. Their aim - to utterly transform the world. They seek a new saviour, an innocent messiah. Evan Kendrick is to be their unwilling victim...Trade Review'Terrific entertainment...the tension is fierce, the pace killing.' - Cosmopolitan.A writer who bests the bestsellers. - Daily Telegraph.'Robert Ludlum is an ingenious storyteller with a wonderful and convincing imagination. His place as a bestselling novelist is assured.' - Mario Puzo.'Non-stop action and end-of-chapter cliff-hangers... Ludlum at his best.' - Publishers Weekly.

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Book SynopsisA shattering secret...and a chilling game of survival...A terrifying international thriller from the No. 1 bestselling author.It begins in Geneva. There, American lawyer Joel Converse meets a man he hasn''t seen in twenty years, a covert operative who dies violently at his feet, whispering words that hand Converse a staggering legacy of death: ''The generals...they''re back...Aquitaine!''Suddenly Converse is running for his life, alone with the world''s most shattering secret. Pursued by anonymous executioners to the darkest corners of Europe, he is forced to play a game of survival by blood rules he thought he''d long left behind. And only Converse, and the woman he once loved and lost, can wrest the world from the iron grasp of Aquitaine...Trade Review'A master at the conspiracy theory type of thriller, his books operate on an ever-spiralling series of surprise revelations.' - Irish Times.'A killer of a thriller.' - USA Today.A page-turner of non-stop action that should leave his fans begging for more. - New York Post.'The pace is fast, the action plentiful...a must read.' - Booklist.

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Book SynopsisThe Matarese are back. But has the only man with the power to stop them already run out of time?

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Book SynopsisDid J. Edgar Hoover die a natural death - or was he murdered? A top-notch thriller from the No. 1 bestselling author Robert Ludlum.Inver Brass: a group of high-minded and high-placed intellectuals. They see a monstrous threat to the country in Hoover''s unethical use of his scandal-ridden private files. And so they decide to do away with him - quietly, efficiently, with no hint of impropriety. Until bestselling thriller writer Peter Chancellor stumbles upon information that makes his previous books look like harmless fairy tales.Now Chancellor and Inver Brass are on a deadly collision course, spiralling across the globe in an ever-widening arc of violence and terror. They are hurtling towards a showdown that will rip Washington''s intelligence community apart, leaving only one damning document to survive: The Chancellor Manuscript...Trade ReviewA writer who bests the bestsellers * DAILY TELEGRAPH *The real titan of the genre is Robert Ludlum * GQ *Olympic style, all-out espionage * DAILY EXPRESS *A page-turner of non-stop action * NEW YORK POST *

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