The Matarese Countdown

by Robert Ludlum

CIA agent Cameron Pryce thought he had heard the last from the ruthless band of renegade killers infamously known as the Matarese Dynasty. He was wrong.

Editions of The Matarese Countdown

ISBN 9780783883533	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Thorndike Pr	Date 1999	Price $6.39	New
ISBN 9780783883526	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Thorndike Pr	Date 1998	Price $4.66	Used - Good
ISBN 9780553579833	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Bantam Books	Date 1998	Price $1.00	Very Good
ISBN 9780553106671	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Bantam Dell Pub Group	Date 1997	Price $1.00	Used - Acceptable

Publisher Notes

The Matarese Circle, Robert Ludlums multimillion-copy spellbinder, introduced a treacherous international cabal of powerbrokers and their hired assassins. More than twenty years ago, the top CIA and KGB agents joined together to ensure that, in an explosive act, the Matarese conspiracy went up in flames. But now Robert Ludlum, the unsurpassed master of suspense, returns with a stunning thriller for the twenty-first century. . . and like a phoenix from the ashes, the terror has reappeared.Secret deals are in the making, massive mysterious transactions steeped in corruption and murder. The players stand at the highest pinnacles of global finance and government. It is an unprecedented consolidation of money, power, and ruthlessness. Their ultimate aim: worldwide economic domination and all it entails. . . by whatever means necessary.The Matarese dynasty is back in all its glory and evil. And the one man with enough knowledge to stop it, CIA case officer Cameron Pryce, may not have enough time. The Matarese countdown has begun and Pryces only chance to cut it off is to follow the trail of blood money and stone-cold killers to the heart of this deadliest conspiracy.From the Hamptons to Monte Carlo to Londons Belgrave Square, Matarese assassins have already struck with brutal efficiency, eliminating all who stand in their way. But on Spains Costa del Sol, one victim survived long enough to breathe these dying words: "Find Beowulf Agate" --words that reverberate all the way to CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Beowulf Agate is the code name for legendary retired agent Brandon Scofield, the only man ever to penetrate the Matarese and survive.Now Cameron Pryce has to draw Scofield and his wife, Antonia, out of their Caribbean paradise hideaway and back to a place they thought they'd never have to go again--back into the Matarese circle of death. For from the oil fields of the Persian Gulf to the boardrooms of Manhattan, from the hills of Corsica to the halls of power in Washington, the circle is closing, the noose is tightening, the panic is spreading.And Pryce has made a chilling discovery: the Matarese have broken new ground. . .deep inside the CIA.The Matarese Countdown is Robert Ludlum at his best, as he delivers a terrifying and persuasive vision of worldwide financial mastery that could only happen today.

Media Reviews

"The book is such a caricature of early Ludlum novels that we find ourselves smirking at the heroic CIA case officer, Cameron Pryce, 'a veteran of the new Cold-Peace,' who's about as one-dimensional as they come. Still, that's what Ludlum does for a living, so he can take a little criticism."

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