A great fast paced & suspenseful espionage thriller. An international organization of killers is threatening to plunge the world into chaos by assassination & terror. Now two super-agents, one CIA & the other KGB (and longstanding personal enemies) must work together and find & destroy this group before they succeed.
I think this is Ludlum's best -- a tale of two archenemies recognizing a global threat and reluctantly (but urgently) joining forces at the height of the Cold War. I had trouble putting it down both times I read it.
America's top suspence novelist takes ob two supreme challenges; TO DEPICT CONVINCINGLY A PAIR OF GENIUSES AND TO CONFRONT THEM WITH A SEEMING IMPOSSIBLE TASK- ALMOST UNAIDED, TO SAVE WESTERN CIVILIZATION.
Awesome Cold War espionage book. Thick but reads super fast can't put it down!
Richard M. D. (TheVAMan) - reviewed The Matarese Circle (Matarese Dynasty, Bk 1) on + 26 more book reviews
Also an excellent read!!
Two rival spies, one CIA and the other KGB. They must work together to destroy an international circle of killers. Good read
Spies,KGB,...Robert Ludlum. Good reading.
The Matarese killers will take over the world within two years!
Only two rival spies--and one mysterious woman--can stop them: Scofield, CIA, and Talantekov, KGB. They share a genius for espionage--and a life of terror and explosive violence. Sworn enemies, they have vowed to terminate each other--yet now they must become allies. Because only they possess the brual skills and ice-cold nerves vital to destroy an international circle of killers, the Matarese.
GUARANTEED TO CLUE THE SEAT OF THE PANTS TO THE SEAT OF THECHAIR FOR HOURS OF BREATHLESS ACTION - Philadelpha Buletin.
Only two rival spies--and one mysterious woman--can stop them: Scofield, CIA, and Talantekov, KGB. They share a genius for espionage--and a life of terror and explosive violence. Sworn enemies, they have vowed to terminate each other--yet now they must become allies. Because only they possess the brual skills and ice-cold nerves vital to destroy an international circle of killers, the Matarese.
GUARANTEED TO CLUE THE SEAT OF THE PANTS TO THE SEAT OF THECHAIR FOR HOURS OF BREATHLESS ACTION - Philadelpha Buletin.
Tabatha G. (TabbieG) reviewed The Matarese Circle (Matarese Dynasty, Bk 1) on + 377 more book reviews
Abridged/2 Cassettes/Approx 3 hours.
IN THIS GRIPPING BESTSELLER, ROBERT LUDLUM SPINS A WEB OF SUSPENCE AND HIGH-STAKES INTRIGUE AS TWO MEN WHO ARE SWORN MORTAL ENEMIES MUST COOPERATE IN ORDER TO FOIL A SINISTER PLOT TO TOPPLE THE WORLD'S GOVERNMENTS. FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE IRON CURTAIN, THESE TWO HARD-BITEN PROFESSIONALS ARE THE BEST AT WHAT THEY DO. AND THEY DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY. WITH A SPECIAL DRAMATIC READING BY MARTIN BALSAM, THIS DOUBLE-CASSETTE ABRIDGMENT SWEEPS YOU INTO THE WORLD OF THE MASTER OF MODERN ESPIONAGE.
THE MATARESE CIRCLE--A SHADOWY GROUPING OF THE MOST RUTHLESS TERRORISTS IN HISTORY. THEY HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR COUNTLESS ASSASSINATIONS AND MASSACRES THROUGHOUT THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, BUT NONE AS HORRIFYING AS THEIR PLAN TO THROW THE SUPEROWERS INTO CHAOS BEFORE MAKING THEIR BOLDEST MOVE....
IN THIS GRIPPING BESTSELLER, ROBERT LUDLUM SPINS A WEB OF SUSPENCE AND HIGH-STAKES INTRIGUE AS TWO MEN WHO ARE SWORN MORTAL ENEMIES MUST COOPERATE IN ORDER TO FOIL A SINISTER PLOT TO TOPPLE THE WORLD'S GOVERNMENTS. FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE IRON CURTAIN, THESE TWO HARD-BITEN PROFESSIONALS ARE THE BEST AT WHAT THEY DO. AND THEY DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY. WITH A SPECIAL DRAMATIC READING BY MARTIN BALSAM, THIS DOUBLE-CASSETTE ABRIDGMENT SWEEPS YOU INTO THE WORLD OF THE MASTER OF MODERN ESPIONAGE.
THE MATARESE CIRCLE--A SHADOWY GROUPING OF THE MOST RUTHLESS TERRORISTS IN HISTORY. THEY HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR COUNTLESS ASSASSINATIONS AND MASSACRES THROUGHOUT THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, BUT NONE AS HORRIFYING AS THEIR PLAN TO THROW THE SUPEROWERS INTO CHAOS BEFORE MAKING THEIR BOLDEST MOVE....
This does not say if it's abridged or unabridged, but has a running time of 180 minutes on 2 cassettes.
Jeanne L. (jadaskye) reviewed The Matarese Circle (Matarese Dynasty, Bk 1) on + 122 more book reviews
Really good.......I think you will like it to.
It keeps you listening.
It keeps you listening.
This is a sequal to the Matarese Countdown, it has 4 tapes in the box.