The Sigma Protocol - Softcover

Ludlum, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312982518 ISBN 13: 9780312982515

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 2002

Synopsis

Robert Ludlum's trademark skills of intricate plotting, breakneck pacing, and high-wire drama are all on display in this gripping thriller. After his twin brother dies in a plane crash, Ben Hartman reluctantly takes his place in the investment firm started by their father, a Holocaust survivor. But then an old college buddy tries to kill Ben on a crowded Zurich street, setting off a chain of events that ultimately leads Ben into the thick of a worldwide conspiracy.

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Review

Robert Ludlum's trademark skills of intricate plotting, breakneck pacing, and high-wire drama are all on display in the gripping thriller Sigma Protocol. After his twin brother dies in a plane crash, Ben Hartman reluctantly takes his place in the investment firm started by their father, a Holocaust survivor. But then an old college buddy tries to kill Ben on a crowded Zurich street, setting off a chain of events that ultimately leads Ben into the thick of a worldwide conspiracy. Behind it is Sigma, a multinational cartel built on the rubble of World War II by industrialists and financiers bent on exploiting wartime technology and protecting their wealth from the threat of communism.

Accompanied by a beautiful American justice department agent, Ben eludes the assassins on his trail and follows Sigma's tentacles across Europe, to Brazil, Washington and finally to a sanitarium known as the Clockworks in the Austrian Alps, where the horrifying agenda of a perverted new world order is revealed. Ludlum, who died between the writing and publishing of this book, was a master of the genre he helped popularise, and The Sigma Protocol shows him at the peak of his craft. --Jane Adams, Amazon.com

Review

"Perfectly executed...thunders forward at breakneck pace."--"People"

"Dazzling."--"Publishers Weekly"

"Vintage Ludlum."--"Houston"" Chronicle"

"Ludlum still dominates the field in adventure-drenched thrillers."--"Chicago"" Tribune"

“Perfectly executed...thunders forward at breakneck pace.”—"People"

 “Dazzling.”—"Publishers Weekly"

“Vintage Ludlum.”—"Houston"" Chronicle"

“Ludlum still dominates the field in adventure-drenched thrillers.”—"Chicago"" Tribune"

"Perfectly executed...thunders forward at breakneck pace."--"People"

"Dazzling."--"Publishers Weekly"

"Vintage Ludlum."--"Houston"" Chronicle"

"Ludlum still dominates the field in adventure-drenched thrillers."--"Chicago"" Tribune"

Perfectly executed...thunders forward at breakneck pace. "People"

Dazzling. "Publishers Weekly"

Vintage Ludlum. "Houston Chronicle"

Ludlum still dominates the field in adventure-drenched thrillers. "Chicago Tribune""

"Perfectly executed...thunders forward at breakneck pace." --People

"Dazzling." --Publishers Weekly

"Vintage Ludlum." --Houston Chronicle

"Ludlum still dominates the field in adventure-drenched thrillers." --Chicago Tribune

Edition details

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0312982518
• ISBN 13: 9780312982515
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 662