>From Barnes & Noble:
"When he died in March 2001, Robert Ludlum had become not only a veteran suspense author, but a reliable bestseller franchise. His plots involving high-level corruption and global conspiracy are like entering labyrinths; and readers keep coming back to get lost.
Though Ludlum has passed, fans can still snap up more new titles from the suspense master. His publisher reports that he had finished several books before his death."
>From the publisher's web site:
"Former operative, now security specialist Paul Janson is called in to rescue an international diplomat only to find himself set up, his team members killed, and the target of an immensely powerful cabal.
Paul Janson has a difficult past which includes a shadowy, notorious career in U. S. Consular Operations. Now living a quiet life, nothing could lure him back into the field. Except Peter Novak - a man who once saved Janson's life - who has been kidnapped by terrorists and is set to be executed. Janson hastily assembles a team of former colleagues and proteges to rescue Novak but the operation goes horribly wrong. Now Janson finds himself marked for death and his only hope is to uncover the truth behind these events - a truth that has the power to foment wars, topple governments and change the very course of history."
Janson is very similar to Bourne - talented, resourceful, world-wise. "Been there, done that" all over the world. Bourne had amnesia, didn't know who he really was and why people were trying to kill kim. Janson didn't have amnesia, but kept having flashbacks to horrific events in Vietnam.
The magnitude of the conspiracy he eventually uncovers is mind boggling.
I gave up on Ludlum shortly after Bourne, found his books boring and a waste of time. This one is keeping me up late reading. Made the plane flights go faster too. Will make a dynamite movie. There's an awesome talented female agent too.
Years ago I gave up on Heinlein, one of my favorite authors, when he began recycling Time Enough For Love into crap like Number of the Beast. Same with Ludlum. Whether this was really him or someone else, it's good.
-Ben
>After reading the sh*tstorm called Prometheus Deception I gave up on
>Ludlum. I could not believe that the man who had written Bourne
>(et.al.), Osterman Weekend and Holcroft Covenant could write such a
>piece of useless crap.
>
>I was describing the book to someone and they asked, "isn't he dead?" My
>reply was, "Yeah, after reading Prometheus his editor gave him 'two in
>the hat.'"
>
>dreck...dreck...dreck
>
>But Janson is good though?
>
>0_0
>
>will
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>
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>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>> have been having trouble sleeping -
>> am reading "The Janson Directive" by whoever is calling themself
>> Robert Ludlum.
>>
>> can't put the darn thing down.
>> best book of its kind since The Bourne Identify IMNSHO.
>> conspiracies within conspiracies, gripping spy stuff.
>> some of the Vietnam flashbacks were a bit too descriptive for me.
>>
>> anybody else read it?
>>
>> just got to the secret mansion in the hills part, will say no more <g>.
>>
>> -Ben
>>
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