Synopses & Reviews
Robert Ludlum is the acknowledged master of suspense and international intrigue. For over thirty years, in over twenty international bestsellers, he has a set a standard that has never been equaled. Now, with the
Prometheus Deception, he proves that he is at the very pinnacle of his craft.
Nicholas Bryson spent years as a deep cover operative for the American secret intelligence group, the Directorate. After critical undercover mission went horribly wrong, Bryson was retired to a new identity. Years later, his closely held cover is cracked and Bryson learns that the Directorate was not what it claimed - that he was a pawn in a complex scheme against his own country's interests. Now, it has become increasingly clear that the shadowy Directorate is headed for some dangerous endgame - but no one knows precisely who they are and what they are planning. With Bryson their only possible asset, the director of the CIA recruits Bryson to find, reinfiltrate, and stop the Directorate. But after years on the sidelines, Bryson's field skills are rusty, his contacts unreliable, and his instincts suspect.
With everything he thought he knew about his own life in question, Bryson is all alone in a wilderness of mirrors - unsure what is and isn't true and who, if anyone, he can trust - with the future of millions in the balance.
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"Rarely has any writer of espionage novels come up with such an ambitious design that churns on so many levels." (Chicago Tribune)
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"After 22 novels, Ludlum (The Hades Factor) delivers yet again a topnotch international thriller sure to please fans of popular entertainment....This is a rousing thriller with all the trademarks of a Ludlum best seller--heart-pounding chase scenes, devastationg double-crosses, gut-wrenching twists, fast-paced action, fierce confrontations, pressure that ratchets up to an explosive conclusion, and as always, authentic international locales, high-tech gadgetry, and sophisticated spycraft." (Library Journal)
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"The power of free markets to advance human welfare is not a new idea,
but the scope of its application is only beginning to be appreciated...This book is an excellent guide to understanding the logic of free market thinking when applied to investing." (Weston J. Wellington, Vice President
Dimensional Fund Advisors)
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"The diagnosis is right on the mark, and his essential prescription rely on portfolio construction, index funds, broad diversification, minimal costs and taxes, risk control, and time also comes close to the center of the target: The optimal accumulation of your financial wealth." (John C. Bogle, Founder and former Chairman, The Vanguard Group)
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Reading a Ludlum novel is like watching a James Bond film: The action is so slickly paced, the political details so all-consuming, the weapons and women so blatently steeped in sex appeal...all in the name of discovering a truth that involves complicated weapons, wiley governments, and buxom blondes. Hey, works for us. B+ (Rebecca Ascher-Walsh, Entertainment Weekly)
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"Rarely has any writer of espionage novels come up with such an ambitious design that churns on so many levels."--
Chicago Tribune"Explosive."--San Francisco Chronicle
"Reading a Ludlum novel is like watching a James Bond film: The action is so slickly paced, the political details so all-consuming, the weapons and women so blatantly steeped in sex appeal...all in the name of discovering a truth that involves complicated weapons, wiley governments, and buxom blondes. Hey, works for us."
-Rebecca Ascher-Walsh, Entertainment Weekly
"[Ludlum's] most ingenious novel yet.... In just a few scenes...Ludlum instills a year's worth of Harvard Business Reviews, and provides a dead-on picture of contemporary corporate strategy.... Ludlum has been among the very few novelists who have taken the trouble and write about such market forces. Two hundred million copies later, the market has returned the compliment."
- The New Yorker
"A spy thriller that should keep even the most experienced readers guessing...the pace is fast, the action plentiful...a must-read."
- Booklist
"Echoing le Carre and Graham Greene... [Ludlum's] best thriller yet!
- Kirkus Reviews
"After 22 novels, Ludlum delivers yet again a topnotch international thriller sure to please fans of popular entertainment....This is a rousing thriller with all the trademarks of a Ludlum best seller--heart-pounding chase scenes, devastating double-crosses, gut-wrenching twists, fast-paced action, fierce confrontations, pressure that ratchets up to an explosive conclusion, and as always, authentic international locales, high-tech gadgetry, and sophisticated spycraft."
- Library Journal
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“His most ingenious novel yet.”—The New Yorker“Explosive.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“Reading a Ludlum novel is like watching a James Bond film.”—Entertainment Weekly “Rarely has any writer of espionage novels come up with such an ambitious design that churns on so many levels.”—Chicago Tribune “A spy thriller that should keep even the most experienced readers guessing...the pace is fast, the action plentiful...a must-read.”—Booklist
“Echoing le Carré and Graham Greene...[Ludlums] best thriller yet!—Kirkus Reviews
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"Welcome to Robert Ludlum's world...fast pacing, tight plotting, international intrigue" --
Cleveland Plain Dealer "Muller's voice keeps the tension building and conveys a menacing yet thoughtful edge that pulls listeners into the action."--
AudioFile "Rarely has any writer of espionage novels come up with such an ambitious design that churns on so many levels." --
Chicago Tribune"Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six pack of thriller writers combined." --New York Times
Synopsis
Nicholas Bryson spent years as a deep cover operative for The Directorate, the American secret intelligence group. But when recruited out of retirement by the CIA, he finds that The Directorate was not what it claimed--and that he was a pawn against the country's interests. Bryson soon discovers that his skills are rusty, his contacts unreliable, his instincts suspect, and he doesn't know who--if anyone--in this wilderness of mirrors can be trusted.
Synopsis
The ultimate spy. After fifteen years as a brilliant master spy, Nick Bryson has disappeared into anonymity as a professor at an exclusive college in western Pennsylvania-- until he's suddenly lured back into the game.
The ultimate threat. Recruited by the CIA, he's been commissioned to track the moves of the Directorate. Once, the ultra-secret intelligence agency was Bryson's training ground. Now it's a multinational terrorist conspiracy bent on global domination.
The ultimate deception. But to eliminate the core of corruption means plunging into his own past, investigating the motives of a beautiful stranger who may be his greatest downfall, and infiltrating a secret nexus of power called Prometheus that holds the terrifying clues to his past-- and the even more terrifying possibilities of the future...
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"Nail-bitingly exciting." --Kliatt
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Robert Ludlum is the acknowledged master of suspense and international intrigue. For the past twenty-five years he has had an unbroken string of bestselling novels, selling hundreds of millions of copies worldwide and setting a standard that has yet to be surpassed. With
The Prometheus Deception, Ludlums first new novel in three years, he is at the very pinnacle of his craft.
Nicholas Bryson was a deep-cover operative for a secret American intelligence group called the Directorate. After a mission went wrong he was retired to a new identity as a college professor in Pennsylvania. Now, years later, he discovers that the Directorate was using him against his own countrys interests. The deputy director of the CIA enlists Bryson to stop the Directorates latest lethal maneuver and end the group for good.
Synopsis
The ultimate spy. After fifteen years as a brilliant master spy, Nick Bryson has disappeared into anonymity as a professor at an exclusive college in western Pennsylvania-- until he's suddenly lured back into the game.
The ultimate threat. Recruited by the CIA, he's been commissioned to track the moves of the Directorate. Once, the ultra-secret intelligence agency was Bryson's training ground. Now it's a multinational terrorist conspiracy bent on global domination.
The ultimate deception. But to eliminate the core of corruption means plunging into his own past, investigating the motives of a beautiful stranger who may be his greatest downfall, and infiltrating a secret nexus of power called Prometheus that holds the terrifying clues to his past-- and the even more terrifying possibilities of the future...
Synopsis
After fifteen years as a brilliant master spy, Nick Bryson has disappeared into anonymity as a professor at an exclusive college in western Pennsylvania—until hes suddenly lured back into the game.
Recruited by the CIA, Bryson has been commissioned to track the moves of the Directorate. Once, the ultra-secret intelligence agency was his training ground. Now its a multinational terrorist conspiracy bent on global domination…
But for Bryson to eliminate the core of corruption means plunging into his own past, investigating the motives of a beautiful stranger who may be his greatest downfall, and infiltrating a secret nexus of power called Prometheus that holds the terrifying clues to his past—and the even more terrifying possibilities of the future...
About the Author
Robert Ludlums novels have been published in thirty-two languages and forty countries. Read by hundreds of millions worldwide, his books include The Bourne Identity, The Ambler Warning, and The Bancroft Strategy. Visit the Robert Ludlum Web site at www.ludlumbooks.com. Frank Muller earned critical acclaim for his work reading more than 200 audiobooks. His numerous awards include the Audio Publishers Associations 1996 Consumers Choice Audie Award for Best Unabridged Fiction, the 1997 Best Unabridged Fiction Audie Award, and nine AudioFile magazine Earphones Awards. In 1999, he was awarded the AudioFile Lifetime Achievement Award. His work includes reading for such authors as Stephen King, John Grisham, Cormac McCarthy, Robert Ludlum, and Tom Clancy. Frank was a classically trained actor, and he starred in the Riverside Shakespeare Companys productions of Henry V and Cyrano de Bergerac, and also performed with the Roundabout Theater Company and New York Shakespeare Festival, among others. He also appeared on television shows including Law & Order, Life Goes On, Harry and the Hendersons, and All My Children. Frank passed away in 2008, after a courageous six-year battle to recover from a devastating motorcycle accident.