At an international conference in Prague, Lt. Col. Jon Smith, an Army research doctor specializing in infectious diseases and secretly an agent attached to Covert-One, is contacted by a Russian colleague, Dr. Valentine Petrenko. Petrenko is concerned about a small cluster of mysterious deaths in Moscow and about the Russian government’s refusal to release publicly any information or data on the outbreak. When the two meet, they are attacked by a group of mysterious men and Petrenko is killed, his notes and medical samples are lost, and Smith barely escapes with his life.
At the same time, a series of government officials around the world are coming down with a mysterious, fast-acting virus with a 100% fatality rate. These deaths are somehow related to the increasing militarism from the new Russian government, headed by the autocratic and ambitious President Victor Dudarev. With few clues and precious little time, Smith and Covert-One must unravel this mysterious plot and find the mysterious figure who stands at the center of it all…
A novel packed with absolute thrill and adventure, one of Robert Ludlum’s best Covert One novels.
The plot is set in backdrop of a Russian plan to launch a war on neighboring states. Their secret weapon is HYDRA, the deadly chemical solution that impinges one’s DNA and completely disrupts it. To say such a drug is lethal is underestimation. The precision and effectiveness of the concept of HYDRA is in itself compelling.
Colonel Jon Smith , journalist Fiona Devin and CIA Agent Randi Russel are all thrown in this one crazy roller coaster ride travelling Moscow, Germany, USA. Acting as the guardian angel more than once, a retired military General Oleg plays a brave role too. The multimillionaire Malkovic is a shady character for whom money is everything.
It isn’t very different from other novels based on the theme of war and science joining hands and then USA coming to play the big daddy to save all nations. But still, Robert Ludlum’s style of writing has always been special. The nail biting moments are one too many and all the time you are definitely on the edge.
Very cunningly the story reveals how political power controls science and vice versa, how money minters and money seekers are so dependent on eachother; and moreover, how the threads of secrecy and trust are so much like two sacred entities, not daring to cross the line of each other.
In this cat and mouse game of the goodies and the baddies, read the book to know how the last HYDRA is delivered, what happens to the long dead scientist, do they kill the president?
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