Robert Ludlum's the Altman Code (Covert-one) - Softcover

Ludlum, Robert; Lynds, Gayle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312995458 ISBN 13: 9780312995454

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 2004

Synopsis

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. Reprint.

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About the Authors

Robert Ludlum was the creator of the Covert-One series as well as the author of more than twenty international bestsellers including The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy - the books on which the blockbuster films were based. Gayle Lynds is the co-author of two previous Covert-One novels (The Hades Factor and The Paris Option) as well as several bestselling thrillers of her own: Masquerade, Mosaic, Mesmerized and The Coil.

Robert Ludlum was the author of 25 thriller novels, including The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum—the books on which the international hit movies were based—and The Sigma Protocol. He was also the creator of the Covert-One series. Born in New York City, Ludlum received a B.A. from Wesleyan University, and before becoming an author, he was a United States Marine, a theater actor and producer.

Gayle Lynds is the bestselling, award-winning author of several international espionage thrillers, including Masquerade, The Coil, and The Last Spymaster. A member of the Association for Intelligence Officers, she is cofounder (with David Morrell) of ITW (International Thriller Writers). She lives in Santa Barbara.

From the Back Cover

For three decades, Robert Ludlum's bestselling novels have set the standard in almost every country in the world against which all other novels of international intrigue are measured. Now comes the latest volume in the series of novels featuring Robert Ludlum's Covert-One.

The Altman Code

When word reaches the President of the United States that a Chinese cargo ship is transporting chemicals to a rogue nation intent on creating new biological weapons, the president knows he must act quick to obtain the proof he needs.

Covert-One agent Jon Smith is sent to rendezvous in Taiwan with another agent who has acquired the ship's true manifest. But before Smith can get the document, he is ambushed, the second agent is murdered, and the evidence is destroyed. Smith escapes with only his life and a verbal message-the president's biological father is still alive, held prisoner by the Chinese for fifty years. As the mysterious ship draws closer to its end port, Smith is losing time in uncovering the truth about the vessel and its cargo-a truth that probes the 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 brink of war...


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From the Inside Flap

A Chinese cargo ship is remored to be carrying tons of chemicals for biological weapons. A President is in conflict, because decades of negotiations with China have a long last yielded a landmark human rights agreement that China is willing to sign. It's up to operative Col. Jon Smith to find proof of what the ship's cargo really is. Racing against the clock, Smith uncovers the truth - a truth that probes the deepest secrets of the Chinese ruling party and reveals a terrifying international cabal whose diabolical plan thrusts the world to the very brink of war.

Edition details

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312995458
• ISBN 13: 9780312995454
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback