This is the sixth novel in Ludlum's "Covert-One" series, which has developed somewhat of a cult following (Covert-One even has its own website). And no wonder- it's got a little bit of everything you want in a thriller: espionage, nanotechnology, neat subplots, plenty of action and intrigue, strong and stoic heroes, spectacular international settings. What more can you ask for?!

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Brings back the old spy story between the US and Russia with a nasty twist. Very good vacation, travel read. Slow in some spots but you want to know what happens next so keep going with it.
Storyline is that the Russian President wants all of old Russia back, uses a very specific virus to get rid of high level international government officials so that his war plans don't get noticed. Its a hunt and seek virus tailored to kill only the person it has been designed/programmed for, otherwise its harmless to others. Once US operatives discover something is going on its a race to find the evidence before its destroyed and Russia invades its old territories.

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I had a hard time reading this book. I didn't finish it.

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Actually, this is not my book, as I have not ever really read any of Ludlam's work. But he is a very prolific and popular writer and has an enormous fan base. This is another of his best selling novels. My mother read this book and really enjoyed it, which IMO, is a good referral (although she is a voracious reader and tends to read three books at a time).

It is my impression that, if you are a Ludlam fan, you will enjoy this book. Or, if you enjoy best-selling action/suspense fiction and have not read Ludlam, reading this novel will provide you an introduction to a new source of many future enjoyable reads.

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Good series. Keeps you interested until the very end.

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I am only letting this go because I picked up 2 copies by accident. Not as good as the books Ludlum wrote himself, but a good read.

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At an international conference in Prague, Lt. Col. Jon Smith, an Army research doctor specializing in infectious diseases and secretly an agent attached to Covert-One, is contacted by a Russian colleague, Dr. Valentine Petrenko. Petrenko is concerned about a small cluster of mysterious deaths in Moscow and about the Russian governments refusal to release publicly any information or data on the outbreak. When the two meet, they are attacked by a group of mysterious men and Petrenko is killed, his notes and medical samples are lost, and Smith barely escapes with his life. At the same time, a series of government officials around the world are coming down with a mysterious, fast-acting virus with a 100% fatality rate. These deaths are somehow related to the increasing militarism from the new Russian government, headed by the autocratic and ambitious President Victor Dudarev. With few clues and precious little time, Smith and Covert-One must unravel this mysterious plot and find the mysterious figure who stands at the center of it all

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