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Born: 05/25/1927
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Robert Ludlum Biography & Notes


Robert Ludlum (May 25, 1927 New York City - March 12, 2001 Naples, Florida) was an American author of 29 thriller novels. There are more than 210 million of his books in print, and they have been translated into 32 languages. He passed away in 2001, allegedly leaving behind several unpublished manuscripts and rough outlines, which continue to be dusted off and published with the help of ghostwriters. This is a testament to his continued popularity.

Ludlum was once a theatrical actor and producer, and showed an intimate understanding of the energy, escapism and action that the public wanted to see in a novel. He once remarked: "I equate suspense and good theatre in a very similar way. I think it's all suspense and what-happens-next. From that point of view, yes, I guess, I am theatrical."

His stories typically feature one man or a small group of individuals up against powerful adversaries capable of using political and economic machinery in frightening ways. Ludlum's vision of the world is one where global corporations, shadowy military forces and government organizations conspire to undermine the status quo. With the exception of occasional gaps in his knowledge of firearms, his novels are meticulously researched, replete with technical, physical and biological details, including research on amnesia for The Bourne Identity.

Despite his success, Ludlum has never received the acclaim found by other writers of the genre, such as John Le Carre. Critics dislike his use of italics, short sentences, exclamation marks, dashes and other techniques, and found fault with his abundant melodrama, simplistic characters and limited psychological development.

However, it was Ludlum who first wrote the thriller in the modern style that we know today, setting the stage for writers such as David Morrell and Gayle Lynds. He popularized the notion of American and Soviet intelligence operatives working together, and the CIA conducting illegal operations on American soil. Both premises, once derided as being fictional, are now accepted as fact.

Some of Ludlum's novels have been made into films and mini-series, including The Osterman Weekend, The Holcroft Covenant, Apocalypse Watch, The Bourne Identity, and The Bourne Supremacy. The Bourne series, starring Matt Damon, has been very successful commercially and critically, despite departing significantly from the source material.



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The Ambler Warning The Ambler Warning A Novel by Robert Ludlum ( 2009)

In this thriller, a spy on the lam struggles to recover his memory and his sense of self. The government locked secret agent Hal Ambler inside a hospital for mentally ill patients judged to be security risks, but Hal is pretty sure he's sane. Given the chance to break out, Hal manages to find his way into the outside world--but, unfortunately, the drugs he was given have partially destroyed his memory, and to make matters worse, no one from his former life seems to remember him, either.
The Apocalypse Watch The Apocalypse Watch by Robert Ludlum ( 1996)

Deep in the Hausruck Mountains of Austria, there is a remote hideaway-- the fortress-like nerve center of an ominous movement, the Brotherhood of theWatch. American agent Harry Latham has penetrated the movement, a neo-Nazi organization that was born in the days after the Third Reichs defeat and whose deadly tentacles have spread to the United States and beyond. Now, after three years in deep cover, and on the eve of his most spectacular success, HarryLatham has disappeared.Drew Latham, Special Officer for Consular Operations in Paris, is frantic to discover his older brothers fate. But when he receives the sudden good newsthat Harry has surfaced, gut-twisting doubts arise. Has Harrys cover been blown? And if so, why has the Brotherhood of the Watch let him live?For Harry Latham has emerged with an explosive list: the secret supporters of the movement, among them some of the highest-ranking officials in the UnitedStates and its allies, names synonymous with honorable service to their nations. It is a document that could topple governments--but is the listlegitimate? Can Drew Latham trust his own brother?To find the answer, Drew Latham decides to take on his brother's identity, stepping directly into the crossfire between the assassins gunning for HarryLatham--and those who want Drew himself dead.From a hushed Alpine valley to the backstreets of Paris, from the ruling chambers of Washington and London to the casinos of Monte Carlo, TheApocalypse Watch is vintage Robert Ludlum, a superb international thriller from the writer who created the standard for a new kind of entertainment.
The Aquitaine Progression The Aquitaine Progression by Robert Ludlum ( 1985)

It begins in Geneva. There American lawyer Joel Converse meets a man he hasnt seen in twenty years, a covert operative who dies violently at his feet, whispering words that hand Converse a staggering legacy of death: "THE GENERALS...THEYRE BACK...AQUITAINE!" Suddenly Converse is running for his life, alone with the worlds most shattering secret. Pursued by anonymous executioners to the dark corners of Europe, he is forced to play a game of survival by blood rules he thought he'd long left behind. One by one, he traces each thread of a deadly progression to the hear of every major government--a network of coordinated global violence that no one believes possible. No one but Converse and the woman he once loved and lost. The only two people on earth who can wrest the world from the iron grasp of Aquitaine.
The Bourne Legacy The Bourne Legacy by Robert Ludlum, Eric Van Lustbader ( 2004)

Eric Van Lustbader brings one of the late Robert Ludlum's most popular characters, CIA agent/assassin Jason Bourne, out of retirement. Bourne has left the CIA and is living quietly as a Georgetown professor under his original name, David Webb. However, he is forced to assume his alter ego once again when the assassin Khan frames him for murder and pits Webb against not only Khan, but the CIA, who believe that Webb/Bourne has gone rogue.
The Bourne Sanction The Bourne Sanction by Eric Van Lustbader ( 2008)

In his third Bourne novel, Eric Van Lustbader serves up another romping action-adventure bestseller in THE BOURNE SANCTION. Jason Bourne, after having fought relentlessly to rediscover his initial identity, David Webb, is now laboring mildly under that name as a Georgetown professor. But his subject, linguistics, leaves him bored and antsy after so many years of break-neck chases and shoot-outs. Realizing this, one of Bourne's fellow academics elicits his aid in the investigation of a Georgetown student's death, which is connected with a burgeoning terrorist sect called the Black Legion. The case leads Bourne to Europe, where he tracks the elusive leader of the group. Meanwhile, back on U.S. ground, Central Intelligence and the National Security Agency are warring for supremacy, with NSA attempting to undermine CI by accomplishing the seemingly impossible: assassinating Bourne. This shot of adrenaline is sure to keep fans of Robert Ludlum's Bourne series highly entertained.
The Bourne Sanction The Bourne Sanction by Eric Van Lustbader, Eric Van Lustbader ( 2009)

As he takes on one of the deadliest operations of his life involving a group of Muslim extremists who plan to attack the United States, Jason Bourne must confront a nightmare version of himself--an amoral, heartless killer. Reprint.
The Bourne Supremacy The Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum ( 1989)

In a Kowloon Cabaret, scrawled in a pool of blood, is a name the world wanted to forget: Jason Bourne.The Chinese vice-premier has been brutally slain by a legendary assassin. World leaders ask the same fearful questions: Why has Jason Bourne come back? Who is paying him? Who is the next to die? But U.S. officials know the shocking truth: There is no Jason Bourne. The name was created as cover for David Webb on his search for the notorious killer Carlos. Someone else has taken the Bourne identity--and unless he is stopped, the world will pay a devastating price. So Jason Bourne must live again. Once again, Webb must utilize his lethal skills--because once again, like a nightmare relived, the woman he loves is suddenly torn from his life. To find her, trap his own impostor, and uncover an explosive secret plan, Webb must lauch a desperate oddyssey into the espionage killing fields. But this time, survival will not be enough. This time Bourne must reign supreme.
The Bourne Ultimatum The Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum ( 1991)

The worlds two deadliest spies in the ultimate showdown. At a small-town carnival two men, each mysteriously summoned by telegram, witness a bizarre killing. The telegrams are signed Jason Bourne. Only they know Bournes true identity and understand the telegram is really a message from Bournes mortal enemy, Carlos, known also as the Jackal, the world's deadliest and most elusive terrorist. And furthermore, they know that the Jackal wants: a final confrontation with Bourne. Now David Webb, professor of Oriental studies, husband, and father, must do what he hoped he would never have to do again -- assume the terrible identity of Jason Bourne. His plan is simple: to infiltrate the politically and economically Medusan group and use himself as bait to lure the cunning Jackal into a deadly trap -- a trap from which only one of them will escape.
El Caos Omega/the Osterman Weekend by Robert Ludlum ( 1986)

Records events during a summer weekend when a quiet suburban town becomes a center for murder and international intrigue.
The Chancellor Manuscript The Chancellor Manuscript by Robert Ludlum ( 1981)

DID J. EDGAR DIE A NATURAL DEATH? . . . OR WAS HE MURDERED?Inver Brass--a group of high-minded and high-placed intellectuals who see a monstrous threat to the country in Hoovers unethical use of his scandal-ridden private files. They decide to do away with him--quietly, efficiently, with no hint of impropriety. Until best-selling thriller writer Peter Chancellor stumbles onto information that makes his precious books like harmless fairy tales. Now Chancellor and Inver Brass are on a deadly collision course, spiraling across the globe in an ever-widening arc of violence and terror. Hurtling toward a showdown that will rip Washington's intelligence community apart--leaving only one damning document to survive . . .
Conspiracion Prometeo/ The Prometheus Deception Conspiracion Prometeo/ The Prometheus Deception by Robert Ludlum ( 2001)
The Cry of the Halidon The Cry of the Halidon by Robert Ludlum ( 2006)
Die Bourne Identitat by Robert Ludlum ( 2003)
The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum ( 2001)

A shooting victim, suffering from amnesia, finds himself with a Swiss bank account in the name of Jason Bourne, a professional assassin being manipulated by a top-secret American government organization to kill his arch rival, the dreaded Carlos.
El Factor Hades/ Robert Ludlum's the Hades Factor El Factor Hades/ Robert Ludlum's the Hades Factor by Robert Ludlum ( 2001)
El Grito Del Halidon/the Cry of the Halidon by Robert Ludlum ( 1997)
The Holcroft Covenant The Holcroft Covenant by Robert Ludlum ( 1989)

The Fourth Reich is waiting to be born. The only man who can stop it is about to sign its birth certificate. In 1945 the children of the Third Reich were secretly hidden all over the world-to be concealed until the 1970s, when they would come of age. Then the most elaborate plans and $780 million in a Swiss bank would be waiting. There would even be an unsuspecting outsider to set the plan into action. that outsider is Noel Holcroft, the American son of a high-ranking Nazi. He's just been shown an amazing document, the Holcroft Covenant. If he signs, it will be his own death warrant and a devastating threat to the security of the world.
The Holcroft Covenent by Robert Ludlum ( 1986)

Noel Holcroft is shown a thirty-year-old document, drawn up by his father and other Third Reich high officials--a document which, upon his signature, will supposedly release eight hundred million dollars to descendants of Holocaust victims.
The Icarus Agenda by Robert Ludlum ( 1989)

Colorado congressman Evan Kendrick is trying to live out his term of office quietly--when a political mole reveals to the world Kendricks deepest secret...that Kendrick was the anonymous man in Masqar, the man who courageously freed the hostage held in the American embassy by Arab terrorists;the unknown hero who performed an act of outrageous daring then silently disappeared. Now, suddenly, Kendrick is a living target pursued by the terrorists he outwitted. Together with the beautiful woman who once saved his life, Kendrick enters a deadly arena where the only currency is blood, where frightened whispers speak of violence yet to come and where Kendrick's life--and the fate of the free world--may ultimately rest in the powerful hands of a mysterious and deadly figure known only as the Mahdi.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by Robert Ludlum, C. S. Lewis ( 1992)

One of the most highly respected fantasy novels ever written, THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE can be seen as both an exciting children's adventure story and an allegory about faith. The story begins when the Pevensie siblings (Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy) escape the dangers of World War II-era London by relocating to the country home of family friend Professor Kirke. One day, while playing hide-and-seek, Lucy hides in an old wardrobe and finds herself transported to the world of Narnia, a magical land frozen in eternal winter by the evil White Witch. With the help of her siblings, Lucy sets forth to free Narnia from the White Witch's reign by bringing about the return of Narnia's guardian, Aslan the lion, a quest impeded by a shocking betrayal. Although THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE was the first of the Chronicles of Narnia to be published, many readers prefer to begin the series with THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW (the sixth book published), because it describes the history of Narnia and sets the stage for the adventures of the Pevensie siblings. THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE has been adapted for the screen several times, including two live-action British TV productions (1967 and 1988), a British/American animated TV movie, and a big Hollywood film in 2005.
The Ludlum Triad The Holcroft Covenant, the Matarese Circle and the Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum ( 1989)
The Matarese Circle The Matarese Circle by Robert Ludlum ( 1984)

Only two rival spies--and one mysterious woman--can stop them: Scofield, CIA, and Talaniekov, 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 brutal skills and ice-cold nerves vital to destroy an international circle of killers, the Matarese.
The Matarese Countdown The Matarese Countdown by Robert Ludlum ( 1998)

Twenty years ago, top agents from the CIA and KGB banded together to bring down the Matarese Circle, an international cabal of powerbrokers and assassins whose sole objective was to achieve worldwide economic domination. Now the bloody Matarese dynasty is back--and the only man with the power to stop it may have already run out of time....CIA case officer Cameron Pryce is hot on the trail of the new Matarese alliance. His only chance to terminate its ruthless activities is to follow the trail of blood money and stone-cold killers right to the heart of its deadly conspiracy.From the Hamptons to Londons Belgrave Square, Matarese assassins have already struck with brutal efficiency, eliminating all who stand in their way. Their chain of violence is impossible to stop--until Pryce gets a rare break. One of the Matarese's victims survives long enough to whisper dying words that will blow the case wide open: the top secret code name for legendary retired CIA agent Brandon Scofield--the only man who has ever infiltrated the Matarese inner circle and lived to tell about it.
El Mito De Bourne/the Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum ( 1987)

Super-diplomat Raymond Havilland sets up the kidnapping of Jason Bourne's wife, in order to draw Bourne out of retirement and into a Taiwanese plot to seize Hong Kong and incite China against the West.
El Pacto De Holcroft/the Holy Covenant by Robert Ludlum ( 1983)

Noel Holcroft is shown a thirty-year-old document, drawn up by his father and other Third Reich high officials--a document, which, upon Noel's signature, will supposedly release eight hundred million dollars to descendants of Holocaust victims.
The Parsifal Mosaic The Parsifal Mosaic by Robert Ludlum ( 1996)

Michael Havelock's world died on a moonlit beach on the Costa Brava. He watched as his partner and lover, Jenna Karats, double agent, was efficiently gunned down by his own agency. There was nothing left for him but to quit the game, get out. Until, in one frantic moment on a crowded railroad platform in Rome, Havelock saw his Jenna alive. From then on, he was marked for death by both U.S. and Russian assassins, racing around the globe after his beautiful betrayer, trapped in a massive mosaic of treachery created by a top-level mole with the world in his fist--Parsifal.
The Prometheus Deception The Prometheus Deception by Robert Ludlum, Frank Muller ( 2007)
The Prometheus Deception The Prometheus Deception by Robert Ludlum ( 2001)

Nicholas Bryson, a agent for a covert American group called the Directorate, comes out of retirement after learning the Directorate is actually a traitorous group and joins forces with the CIA to put a stop to their actions. Reprint.
El Retorno De Los Matarese by Robert Ludlum ( 1998)
The Rhinemann Exchange The Rhinemann Exchange by Robert Ludlum ( 1989)

Autumn 1943. Global espionage elite converge on Buenos Aires. Intense, high-level covert negotiations will soon bear dangerous fruit with the aid of expatriate German industrialist Erich Rhinemann. American agent David Spaulding will be there. His top-secret mission can bring the war to an explosive end. But what happens here in this city of assassins, double crosses, and erotic encounters is to be the most sinister and terrifying deal ever made between two nations at war. Quickly, the game changes, truths darken, hidden secrets emerge. And suddenly Spaulding is the man in between, the man furiously struggling for his sanity, the woman he loves, and his very life... the only man who can save the world from the horrible truth of The Rhinemann Exchange.
El Cofre De Constantina/the Gemini Contenders by Robert Ludlum ( 1994)
Rhineman Exchange by Robert Ludlum ( 1975)
The Road to Gandolfo The Road to Gandolfo by Robert Ludlum ( 1992)

A wickedly funny Robert Ludlum youve never met before. All the explosive paving of The Bourne Identity, the Byzantine treachery of The Parsifal Mosaic, the relentless action of The Bourne Ultimatum. The Principal Cast: General Mackenzie Hawkings, legend, hero, rogue. Sam Devereaux, bright young lawyer from Harvard, now in the army, cant wait to get out. General Hawkens four ex-wives, a quartet of incredibly endowed women whove formed a club: Hawkin's Harem. The Premise: Kidnap Pope Francesco I, the most beloved pontiff since John XX III. Ransom: One American dollar for every Catholic in the world. The Problem: Pope Francesco I says: "Gentle souls, why not?"
The Road to Omaha The Road to Omaha by Robert Ludlum ( 1996)

"A very funny book... no character is minor: theyre all hilarious." --Houston Chronicle. In The Road To Gandolfo, Robert Ludlum introduced us to the outrageous General MacKenzie Hawkins and his legal wizard, Sam Devereaux, whose plot to kidnap the Pope spun wildly out of control into sheer hilarity. Now Ludlums two wayward heroes return with a diabolical scheme to right a very old wrong -- and wreak vengeance on the (expletive deleted) who drummed the hawk out of the military. Their outraged opposition will be no less than the White House. Byzantine Treachery. Discovering a long-buried 1878 treaty with an obscure Indian tribe, the hawk -- a.k.a. Chief Thunder Head -- hatches a brilliant plot that will ultimately bring him and his reluctant lawyer Sam before the Supreme Court. Their goal: to reclaim a choice piece of American real estate -- the state of Nebraska. Which just happened to the headquarters of the U.S. Strategic Air Command! Will they succeed against the powers that be? Will the Wopotami tribe ever have their day in the Supreme Court? From the Oval Office to the Pentagon, all the president's men are outfitted, until it rests with CIA Director Vincent "Vinnie the Bam-Bam" Mangecavallo to cut Sam and Hawk off at the pass. And only one thing is certain: Robert Ludlum will keep us in nonstop suspense and side-splitting laughter-through the very last page.
El Caso Bourne/the Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum ( 1993)
El Circulo Matarese by Robert Ludlum ( 1993)
Robert Ludlum A Trio of Superthrillers by Robert Ludlum ( 1983)
The Robert Ludlum Companion by ( 1993)

Provides an overview of Ludlum's life and work and lists and describes significant characters, settings, and organizations in each of his novels.
The Robert Ludlum Value Collection The Robert Ludlum Value Collection The Bourne Identity/ the Bourne Supremacy/ the Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum ( 2005)

Eight CDs, 9 hrs.
performances by Darren McGavin

THE BOURNE IDENTITY-He is a man with an unknown past and an uncertain future. A man dragged from the sea riddled with bullets, his face altered by plastic surgery-a man bearing the dubious identity of Jason Bourne. Now he is running for his life, the target of professional assassins, at the center of a maddening deadly puzzle. Who is Jason Bourne? To answer that question, he must find the secret buried deep in his own past. And the only one who can help him is a beautiful stranger-the woman who once would do anything to escape him.

THE BOURNE SUPREMECY-The Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China is brutally slain in a Kowloon cabaret, and all the clues point to the legendary assassin, Jason Bourne. But Bourne never existed! The name was created as a cover for ace agent David Webb on his search for the notorious killer Carlos. Now someone else has resurrected the Bourne identity, and Webb is forced to use his murderous skills to stop him. Because once again, like a nightmare relived, the woman he loves is suddenly torn from his life. To find her, to trap his own imposter, Webb must launch a desperate odyssey into the killing fields of international espionage.

THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM-Thirteen years have passed since David Webb was last forced to assume the alias of the assassin Jason Bourne. Thirteen blissfully peaceful years: time enough to raise a family with his wife Marie, time enough to begin to put the violence and betrayal of the past behind him. Now with one phone call Webb is thrust back into the madness. His greatest enemy, Carlos, is hunting again-determined to stalk and eliminate the one man whose reputation as an assassin approaches his own, a determination that promises pain and death for David Webb and those who mean the world to him.
LA Carretera De Gandolfo/the Road to Gandolpho by Robert Ludlum ( 1984)

A discredited former United States Army general conceives of an intricate plot to kidnap the pope.
LA Progresion De Aquitania by Robert Ludlum ( 1998)
Apocalypsis Apocalypsis by Robert Ludlum ( 2000)
Robert Ludlum's The Arctic Event Robert Ludlum's The Arctic Event by James Cobb, Robert Ludlum ( 2008)

An army researcher specializing in infectious diseases who works secretly as a Covert-One agent leads a team of scientists to a remote, icy island off the coast of Canada where they discover a mysterious spy plane containing a deadly form of anthrax, a mission that is compromised by the arrival of a band of Russian pirates. Reprint.
Robert Ludlum's the Altman Code Robert Ludlum's the Altman Code by Gayle Lynds, Robert Ludlum ( 2003)

The killing of a photographer in Shanghai leads the U.S. Navy on the secret pursuit of a Chinese cargo ship rumored to be carrying tons of chemicals for Iraq's biological weapons program, a rumor that draws Covert-One into an investigation into the ship and its cargo and a discovery of long-hidden Chinese secrets that could involve the long-lost father of the president of the United States.
Robert Ludlum's the Altman Code A Covert-one Novel by Gayle Lynds ( 2003)

Covert-One agent Jon Smith gets involved in a dangerous mission: to discover whether a Chinese ship headed to the United States is secretly carrying dangerous biological weapons. Along the way, he encounters danger and adventure--and uncovers an amazing secret tied to the President of the United States.
Robert Ludlum's the Altman Code Robert Ludlum's the Altman Code A Covert-one Novel by Gayle Lynds, Robert Ludlum ( 2003)
Robert Ludlum's the Arctic Event Robert Ludlum's the Arctic Event by Robert Ludlum ( 2007)

Lt. Col. Jon Smith and the daring operatives of Covert-One, a top-secret team of political, military, and technical experts, risk everything to stop a high-level conspiracy that once again threatens the world as we know it. Simultaneous.
Robert Ludlum's the Arctic Event Robert Ludlum's the Arctic Event A Covert-one Novel by Robert Ludlum ( 2007)

Lt. Col. Jon Smith and the daring operatives of Covert-One, a top-secret team of political, military, and technical experts, risk everything to stop a high-level conspiracy that once again threatens the world as we know it. Original. 500,000 first printing.
Robert Ludlum's the Bourne Deception Robert Ludlum's the Bourne Deception by Robert Ludlum ( 2009)

Somehow, despite being shoved into the frigid ocean, Jason Bourne's Russian arch-enemy survived, and now Leonid Arkadin wants revenge. He tracks Bourne to Egypt, where amidst the threat of war, international intrigue, and betrayals Bourne dodges bullets and tries to stay one step ahead of his adversary, all the while investigating a suspicious airplane crash. As fans have come to expect from the BOURNE series, this book is loaded to the gills with action and fast-paced thrills.
Robert Ludlum's the Bourne Deception Robert Ludlum's the Bourne Deception by Robert Ludlum, Eric Van Lustbader ( 2009)

A follow-up to The Bourne Sanction finds Jason Bourne badly injured in an ambush possibly orchestrated by the mysterious Arkadin, an event for which Bourne fakes his death and assumes a new identity while endeavoring to assist another team's investigation into a missile attack that resulted in a passenger plane crash.
Robert Ludlum's the Cassandra Compact Robert Ludlum's the Cassandra Compact by Robert Ludlum, Philip Shelby ( 2002)

The murder of a Russian colleague sends Lt. Colonel Jon Smith, a medical researcher, and his colleagues at Covert-One on the quest to find the terrorists threatening to steal Russia's remaining store of deadly smallpox virus before they can unleash an epidemic on the world's population. Reprint.
Robert Ludlum's the Cassandra Compact Robert Ludlum's the Cassandra Compact by Robert Ludlum, Philip Shelby, Frank Muller ( 2007)

Dr. Jon Smith, a member of a top-secret government intelligence agency, spearheads the effort to stop some would-be biological terrorists who plan to unleash the dreaded smallpox virus upon the world.
El Intercambio Rhinemann/ The Rhinemann Exchange by Robert Ludlum ( 1982)

An exchange of diamonds for gyroscopes between Germany and the United States in the autumn of 1943 is arranged so that each country can carry out its planned strategy for winning the war.
Robert Ludlum's the Bourne Deception Robert Ludlum's the Bourne Deception by Robert Ludlum, Eric Van Lustbader ( 2009)

A follow-up to The Bourne Sanction finds Jason Bourne badly injured in an ambush possibly orchestrated by the mysterious Arkadin, an event for which Bourne fakes his death and assumes a new identity while endeavoring to assist another team's investigation into a missile attack that resulted in a passenger plane crash.
Robert Ludlum's the Hades Factor Robert Ludlum's the Hades Factor by Robert Ludlum ( 2006)

The first installment in a series created by bestselling author Robert Ludlum, this military/medical thriller involves a love-struck Army doctor, his molecular biologist fiancée, and a horrific new virus that kills its victims by causing their lungs to fill up with blood. Just when the fiancée discovers a cure for the disease, crooks ransack her lab and viciously inject a dose of the virus into her system, causing her to die almost instantaneously. Now it's up to the grieving Colonel Jon Smith to find his beloved's killers and the serum that will cure the deadly disease. A two-part TV miniseries of THE HADES FACTOR, starring Stephen Dorff, Anjelica Huston, and Mira Sorvino, aired in 2006.
Robert Ludlum's the Lazarus Vendetta Robert Ludlum's the Lazarus Vendetta by Robert Ludlum, Patrick Larkin ( 2005)

As a violent anti-technology group led by an enigmatic figure known only as Lazarus prepares to strike against leading research facilities specializing in nano-technology, Lt. Col. Jon Smith is sent by Covert-One to uncover the truth about the mysterious Lazarus and stop a deadly scheme that not only could destroy billions of lives but also forever alter the world itself. Reprint.
Robert Ludlum's the Moscow Vector A Covert-one Novel by Robert Ludlum, Patrick Larkin ( 2007)
The Ambler Warning by Robert Ludlum ( 2006)

On Parrish Island, a restricted island off the coast of Virginia, is a little-known and never-visited psychiatric facility. There, far from prying eyes, the government stores former intelligence employees whose psychiatric states make them a danger to their own government, people whose ramblings might endanger ongoing operations or prove dangerously inconvenient. One of these employees, former Consular Operations agent Hal Ambler, is kept heavily medicated and closely watched. But there's one difference between Hal and the other patients, Hal isn't crazy. With the help of a sympathetic nurse, Hal manages to clear his mind of the drug-induced haze and then pulls off a daring escape. Now he's out to discover who stashed him here and why, but the world he returns to isn't the one he remembers. Friends and longtime associates don't remember him, there are no official records of Hal Ambler, and, when he first sees himself in the mirror, the face that looks back at him is not the one he knows as his own.
Robert Ludlum's the Lazarus Vendetta Robert Ludlum's the Lazarus Vendetta by Patrick Larkin ( 2004)

This technothriller is part of a series created by the late Robert Ludlum, concerning the activities of Covert-One, a top-secret intelligence agency that responds to biowarfare threats and answers directly to the President. The Lazarus Movement is an environmental group that provides a cover for a scientist's deadly, megalomaniacal plans. When their latest action sets loose a plague of nanophages--microscopic machines programmed to dissolve human tissue--Covert-One must stop the spread of this tiny yet powerful weapon and prevent the scientist's plot from reaching final, devastating completion.
Robert Ludlum's the Lazarus Vendetta Robert Ludlum's the Lazarus Vendetta by Patrick Larkin ( 2004)

As a violent anti-technology group led by an enigmatic figure known only as Lazarus prepares to strike against leading research facilities specializing in nano-technology, Lt. Col. Jon Smith is sent by Covert-One to uncover the truth about the mysterious Lazarus and stop a deadly scheme that not only could destroy billions of lives but also forever alter the world itself.
Robert Ludlum's the Lazarus Vendetta A Covert-one Novel by Robert Ludlum, Patrick Larkin ( 2007)

This technothriller is part of a series created by the late Robert Ludlum, concerning the activities of Covert-One, a top-secret intelligence agency that responds to biowarfare threats and answers directly to the President. The Lazarus Movement is an environmental group that provides a cover for a scientist's deadly, megalomaniacal plans. When their latest action sets loose a plague of nanophages--microscopic machines programmed to dissolve human tissue--Covert-One must stop the spread of this tiny yet powerful weapon and prevent the scientist's plot from reaching final, devastating completion.
Robert Ludlum's the Moscow Vector Robert Ludlum's the Moscow Vector by Robert Ludlum, Patrick Larkin ( 2005)

Contacted by Dr. Valentine Petrenko, a Russian specialist in rare diseases, about a mysterious cluster of deaths in Moscow, American Dr. Fiona Devin becomes the target of the assassins who kill Petrenko, and Covert-One operative Lt. Col. Jon Smith, sent to rescue Devin, finds himself taking on an enigmatic figure armed with an undetectable, unstoppable, and incurable bioweapon. Simultaneous.
Robert Ludlum's the Moscow Vector Robert Ludlum's the Moscow Vector by Robert Ludlum, Patrick Larkin ( 2005)

Contacted by Dr. Valentine Petrenko, a Russian specialist in rare diseases, about a mysterious cluster of deaths in Moscow, American Dr. Fiona Devin becomes the target of the assassins who kill Petrenko, and Covert-One operative Lt. Col. Jon Smith, sent to rescue Devin, finds himself taking on an enigmatic figure armed with an undetectable, unstoppable, and incurable bioweapon.
Robert Ludlum's the Moscow Vector by Patrick Larkin ( 2005)

A Russian biological weapon uniquely tailored to its victims serves as the threat in this political conspiracy thriller, the sixth in a series concerning a fictitious spy agency called Covert-One that was originally created by Robert Ludlum. Alerted by a series of unexplained deaths within the Russian government and the worldwide intelligence community, U.S. army biologist and Covert-One operative Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Smith searches for the cause of the deaths--and uncovers a plot to restore the Soviet Union.
Robert Ludlum's the Moscow Vector Robert Ludlum's the Moscow Vector by Patrick Larkin, Robert Ludlum ( 2005)

Contacted by Dr. Valentine Petrenko, a Russian specialist in rare diseases, about a mysterious cluster of deaths in Moscow, American Dr. Fiona Devin becomes the target of the assassins who kill Petrenko, and Covert-One operative Lt. Col. Jon Smith, sent to rescue Devin, finds himself taking on an enigmatic figure armed with an undetectable, unstoppable, and incurable bioweapon. Simultaneous.
Robert Ludlum's The Altman Code A Covert-One Novel by Gayle Lynds, Robert Ludlum ( )

On the dark waterside docks of Shanghai, a photographer is recording cargo being secretly loaded when he's brutally killed and his camera destroyed. Shortly thereafter Covert-One director Fred Klein brings the word to the President that there's a Chinese cargo ship rumored to be carrying tons of chemicals to be used by a rogue nation to create new biological weapons. Klein is ordered to get the President solid proof of what the Chinese ship is ferrying.

Covert-One agent Jon Smith is sent to Taiwan to meet with another agent who has acquired the ship's true manifest. But before Smith can get it, they are ambushed, the second agent is murdered, the proof is destroyed, and Smith escapes with only his life and scant clues to mystery behind the cargo ship. As the Chinese cargo ship draws ever closer to its end port, Smith must race against the clock to uncover the truth about the ship and its cargo, a truth that probes the deepest secrets of the Chinese ruling party, the faction in Washington working to undermine the elected government, and the international cabal who is thrusting the world to the very brink of war.

Covert-one 12-copy Backlist With 3 Each Altman Code, Paris Option, Cassandra Compact, Hades Factor by Robert Ludlum ( 2004)
Robert Ludlum's the Moscow Vector Robert Ludlum's the Moscow Vector by Robert Ludlum, Patrick Larkin ( 2006)

Contacted by Dr. Valentine Petrenko, a Russian specialist in rare diseases, about a mysterious cluster of deaths in Moscow, American Dr. Fiona Devin becomes the target of the assassins who kill Petrenko, and Covert-One operative Lt. Col. Jon Smith, sent to rescue Devin, finds himself taking on an enigmatic figure armed with an undetectable, unstoppable, and incurable bioweapon. Reprint.
Robert Ludlum's the Paris Option Robert Ludlum's the Paris Option A Covert-one Novel by Gayle Lynds, Robert Ludlum ( 2006)

The world's top computer scientist is missing after a Paris bombing. Did he die in the blast, or was he kidnapped, and was the bomb just a distraction? The case is complicated by the fact that the scientist was working on a weapon that could destroy much of the world, and if the wrong side has him in their power, who knows what could happen....?
Robert Ludlum's the Paris Option Robert Ludlum's the Paris Option by Gayle Lynds, Robert Ludlum ( 2002)

The bombing of Paris's Pasteur Institute and the disappearance of Emile Chambord, the world's leading computer scientist, sends Covert-One operative Jon Smith--along with MI5 agent Peter Howells, CIA agent Randi Russell, and cyber-whiz Marty Zellerbach--on a race against time to find Chambord before the deadly weapon on which the scientist had been working falls into the wrong hands. Read by Paul Michael.
Ludlum on Ludlum by Robert Ludlum ( )

Few writers have skyrocketed to the top of best seller lists as quickly as Robert Ludlum. In this memoir, the renowned author of The Parsifal Mosaic, The Aquitaine Progression, and The Bourne Supremacy tells the untold story behind his famous fiction. Hear the author reveal the "privileged" sources for many of his intricate plots and relate behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the novels and some of his favorite characters. He explains how his own views on politics, violence, and relationships motivate him to write. And he talks about life before his first novel, his early career in show business, and the novelistic techniques that made him an "overnight" success. A rare and stimulating glimpse at a creative mind at work, Ludlum on Ludlum is an indispensable hour with the master of modern espionage.
El Caso Bourne/ the Bourne Identity El Caso Bourne/ the Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum ( 2005)
The Scarlatti Inheritance The Scarlatti Inheritance by Robert Ludlum ( 1987)

Her weapons: Money and Power. Her target: The most dangerous man in the world--her son. Elizabeht Wyckman Scarlatti has a plan--a desperate, last-minute gamble--designed to save the world from her own son, Ulster, an incalculably dangerous man who is working under the name of Heinrich Kroeger: Unless she can stop him, he is about to give Hitler's Third Reich the most powerful triumph on earth.
The Cassandra Compact by Robert Ludlum, Philip Shelby ( )

Yuri Danko, a deep-cover Russian asset for Covert-One, is on the run. His last communication was a cryptic and urgent plea for extraction. With no hint of what could have driven Danko to such extreme action, operative Jon Smith is sent to the pre-arranged meeting place in Venice to bring Danko out. Days later, Danko arrives at the rendezvous - but before he can reveal what he knows, he is ripped apart by a spray of assassins' bullets.

With only some scant clues left behind by Danko to go on, John Smith quickly concludes that someone is out to do the unthinkable: steal a sample of smallpox from Russia's cache of bioweapons. The deadliest of viruses, if a new mutation of smallpox were developed and released, it could cause an epidemic of unparalleled destruction.

Working to stop the theft, Covert-One finds the adversaries are several steps ahead of them. The virus is smuggled out of Russia to the United States. Now Jon Smith and his colleagues must unravel the mystery of the Cassandra Compact, overcome their powerful and invisible opponents, and recover or destroy the virus - before the power of Armageddon falls into the hands of a madman.

The Bancroft Strategy by Robert Ludlum ( 2006)

In this gripping bestseller, master thriller writer Robert Ludlum weaves a nail-biter tale about two innocent people thrown together in a dangerous government conspiracy operation.
Robert Ludlum's The Altman Code A Covert-One Novel by Gayle Lynds, Robert Ludlum ( )

On the dark waterside docks of Shanghai, a photographer is recording cargo being secretly loaded when he's brutally killed and his camera destroyed. Shortly thereafter Covert-One director Fred Klein brings the word to the President that there's a Chinese cargo ship rumored to be carrying tons of chemicals to be used by a rogue nation to create new biological weapons. Klein is ordered to get the President solid proof of what the Chinese ship is ferrying.

Covert-One agent Jon Smith is sent to Taiwan to meet with another agent who has acquired the ship's true manifest. But before Smith can get it, they are ambushed, the second agent is murdered, the proof is destroyed, and Smith escapes with only his life and scant clues to mystery behind the cargo ship. As the Chinese cargo ship draws ever closer to its end port, Smith must race against the clock to uncover the truth about the ship and its cargo, a truth that probes the deepest secrets of the Chinese ruling party, the faction in Washington working to undermine the elected government, and the international cabal who is thrusting the world to the very brink of war.

The Scorpio Illusion by Robert Ludlum ( 1994)

Tyrell Hawthorne was a naval intelligence officer--one of the best--until the rain-swept night in Amsterdam when his wife was murdered, an innocent victim of the games spies play. Now hes called out of retirement for one last assignment. For Hawthorne is the only man alive who can track down the worlds most dangerous terrorist. Amaya Bajaratt is beautiful, elusive, deadly--and she has set in motion a chilling conspiracy that a desperated government cannot stop. Now, with his life and the life of the President hanging in the balance, Hawthorne must follow her serpentine trail, a path of seduction, betrayal, an instant death. Racing from a millionaire recluse's fortress to the social whirl of Palm Beach and from the Oval Office to treacherous Caribbean waters, Hawthorne will uncover a sinister network of well-placed men and women who exist to help this consummate killer--and the shattering truth behind The Scorpio Illusion.
The Tristan Betrayal The Tristan Betrayal by Robert Ludlum ( 2003)

Working for the U.S.'s secret intelligence forces in Europe during the second World War, Stephen Metcalf undertakes a plan which involves locating and possibly betraying a former lover in order to protect free-world interests.
Robert Ludlum's the Infinity Affair by Robert Ludlum, James Cobb ( 2010)
Robert Ludlum's the Moscow Vector A Covert-one Novel by Robert Ludlum, Patrick Larkin, Erik Bergmann ( 2005)

At an international medical conference in Prague, Dr. Fiona Devin, an American scientist attached to the Department of Defense, is contacted by one of her Russian colleagues. Dr. Valentin Petrenko, a specialist in rare diseases, is concerned about a small cluster of deaths in Moscow but even more concerned by the Russian government's refusal to publicly release any information or data on the outbreak. When he meets with Devin to pass on his case notes and samples, the two are attacked; Petrenko is killed while Devin barely escapes with the notes and medical samples. Covert-One operative Lt. Col. Jon Smith is dispatched to Prague to get Devin and her information safely back to the U.S.

As Devin begins to analyze the information, a series of highly placed figures in the U.S. government become ill with a mysterious illness that bears a close resemblance to the disease described in Petrenko's notes. The disease is the perfect assassination tool: a bioweapon that, using each target's DNA, is undetectable, unstoppable, and incurable. With few clues and little time, Jon Smith must find the mysterious figure who stands at the center of this nefarious plot.

UN Nome Senza Votto by Robert Ludlum ( 2002)
Robert Ludlum's the Infinity Affair by Robert Ludlum, James Cobb ( 2010)
Trevayne Trevayne by Robert Ludlum ( 1989)

Brilliant, fearless, incorruptible, Andrew Trevayne was a self-made millionaire at thirty-five, former Undersecretary of State, current head of one of the nations most prestigious foundations. Now, at the express wish of the president, Trevayne undertakes an investigation into the "secret government"--and is swept up in a tidal wave of intrigue and danger beyond the corridors of official power...into a nightmare maze where Mafia leaders and billionaires mingle...where Congress and even the presidency itself can be bought and sold. Here, in this sizzling world of mystery, seduction, and betrayal...where his family's survival and his own hinge on a hair trigger...where sinister forces are poised to exact a chilling conspiracy...here, a man like Trevayne can become a dreaded enemy, a duped pawn--or a king.
Robert Ludlum's the Infinity Affair by Robert Ludlum, James Cobb ( 2010)
La Peur Dans La Peau by Robert Ludlum, Eric Van Lustbader ( 2008)
Robert Ludlum's the Bourne Deception by Robert Ludlum, Eric Van Lustbader ( 2009)

Somehow, despite being shoved into the frigid ocean, Jason Bourne's Russian arch-enemy survived, and now Leonid Arkadin wants revenge. He tracks Bourne to Egypt, where amidst the threat of war, international intrigue, and betrayals Bourne dodges bullets and tries to stay one step ahead of his adversary, all the while investigating a suspicious airplane crash. As fans have come to expect from the BOURNE series, this book is loaded to the gills with action and fast-paced thrills.
The Bourne Deception by Robert Ludlum, Eric Van Lustbader ( 2010)
Trevayne/Audio Cassettes by Robert Ludlum ( 1990)

Asked by the President to head an important government group, Andrew Trevayne's wife and daughter are attacked.
El ultimatum de Bourne/ The Bourne Ultimatum El ultimatum de Bourne/ The Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum ( 2007)

David Webb must once again assume the identity of assassin Jason Bourne as he matches wits with his mortal enemy, Carlos, a deadly and elusive terrorist known as ""the Jackal,"" in a final confrontation.
LA Vengeance Das LA Peau LA Vengeance Das LA Peau by Robert Ludlum ( 2002)
El protocolo Sigma/ The Sigma Protocol El protocolo Sigma/ The Sigma Protocol by Robert Ludlum ( 2009)
El mito de Bourne / The Bourne Supremacy El mito de Bourne / The Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum ( 2004)
Robert Ludlum's the Paris Option A Covert-one Novel by Robert Ludlum ( 2010)

The bombing of Paris's Pasteur Institute and the disappearance of Emile Chambord, the world's leading computer scientist, sends Covert-One operative Jon Smith on a race against time to find Chambord before the deadly weapon on which the scientist had been working falls into the wrong hands. Reissue. A best-selling novel.
Trece En Zurich by Robert Ludlum ( 1999)
El Protocolo Sigma/ The Sigma Protocol by Robert Ludlum ( 2009)

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