Robert Ludlum's (Tm) the Janus Reprisal: 9 (Covert-One) - Hardcover

Freveletti, Jamie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0446547182 ISBN 13: 9780446547185

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

With U.S. intelligence agencies wracked by internal power struggles and paralyzed by bureaucracy, the president was forced to establish his own clandestine group--Covert-One. It is activated only as a last resort, when the threat is on a global scale and time is running out.

THE JANUS REPRISAL

It begins with a terrorist attack. Covert-One operative Colonel Jon Smith is attending a conference in The Hague on infectious diseases, together with leading scientists and political figures from around the world. Without warning, the conference hotel is consumed in a bloodbath. Smith is caught in the crossfire and barely escapes . . . but not before discovering a picture of himself and two other targets in the pocket of one of the shooters.

But the hotel is not the only location under attack in The Hague. Bombs are going off at the train station, the airport, and the International Criminal Court, where Pakistani warlord Oman Dattar is being held while he's tried for crimes against humanity. In the resulting chaos, the prisoner escapes.

Dattar nurses a special hatred for the United States and its allies. With his freedom, and access to a mysterious new weapon, Dattar puts in motion a murderous, ambitious plot to exact his revenge and bring down the West once and for all--unless Covert-One can stop him.

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Review

"Fast-paced and action-filled, with iconic characters and contemporary themes . . . Fans of Ludlum . . . thrillers will find The Ares Decision right on target."-- Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star on The Ares Decision

"A tight and tense pageturner."-- Booklist on The Ares Decision

"Fast-paced, exciting . . . a winner."-- Booklist on The Arctic Event

"Packed with all the classic Ludlum elements . . . the intricately engineered plot thunders forward at breakneck pace. Bottom line: Perfectly executed."-- People on The Altman Code

"Jamie Freveletti shows once again why she is one of the top thriller writers working today"--Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author

"Just terrific--full of thrills and tradecraft, pace and peril. An outstanding debut."--Lee Child on Running From the Devil

"A tight and tense pageturner." "Booklist on The Ares Decision""

"Fast-paced, exciting . . . a winner." "Booklist on The Arctic Event""

"Award-winning novelist Jamie Freveletti lends her imaginative talents to the Covert One series with a book that is nearly impossible to put down and moves at the speed of light without pause....races forward with the energy of a super-charged Bourne film."--BookReporter.com

"From the opening sentence that literally starts with a bang, the latest Covert One novel speeds along at a breakneck pace.... Freveletti, who has an amazing talent for action scenes, has written one of the top entries in the Covert One series, which has established itself as the best of the numerous series based on Ludlum characters."--Booklist

Book Description

The brand new Covert-One novel in the series created by the undisputed master of the thriller genre and creator of Jason Bourne, Robert Ludlum.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0446547182
• ISBN 13: 9780446547185
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 528