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Loading... The Scorpio Illusionby Robert Ludlum (otherwise under Ludlum Robert)
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Disappointing, some of the conclusions seem jumped to. The information acquired isn't well supported by events. The book isn't one of his better works. (  ) Nodosaurus | Oct 5, 2009 |  Espionage from the Baaka Valley, terrorism. (  ) FMRox | Mar 18, 2009 | Not one of Ludlum's finest. Unnecessarily convoluted and complex meaning most of the time you have very little idea what's happening, the shallow characters then make random leaps of intuition and arrive at the correct conclusion. Unfortunetly the reader is as bewildered as before. Tyller Hawthorne is a retired navy Commander who suffered some personal upset in a misquided intelligence operation in Amsterdam. He allows himself to be rercuited by MI6 and the French (the significance of this is never explained) to help hunt for a suspected terrorist - we don't get much in the way of details about how this woman and boy were identified! Considering they have all the resources of Bekka valley plus at least two shadowy subversive groups, her plan is known, but then they can't trace her?! Oh well the plot twists and turns, with narrow escapes by the woman and the hero. Annoying flashbacks introduce various characters of significance, which is normally an indication they're about to be killed a chapter or two later. The bodycount here is huge! The POV skips between Tyller and Baj the terrorist, and this actually works quite well as you can see the dramatic moments coming, and realise the misinturpretations of evidence the other side makes. However both characters are sketchy and the various bit parts even more so. There is a little banter between two of Tyllers surviving colleagues, but it's stilted and doesn't really work. Overall, it's over long, over complex, tries too hard and just about enjoyable on a long train ride when the alternative is people watching. ( ) reading_fox | May 27, 2008 | The Scorpio illusion does have a professional spook as its protagonist. Or an ex spook anyway. Again, we have someone who gives the game away when his bedwarmer and better half gets killed because of an operation gone wrong. He gets pulled back in because they need him to stop and find a female assassin who can lead him to information to uncover and stop a sinister plot. http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2006/12... (  ) bluetyson | Dec 21, 2006 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0553566032, Mass Market Paperback)Amaya Bajaratt is beautiful, elusive, deadly—and she has set in motion a chilling conspiracy that a desperate government cannot stop. An accomplished assassin and mistress of disguise and deception, she has set in motion the boldest act of terrorism yet conceived.Tyrell Hawthorne was a naval intelligence officer—one of the best—until the rainswept night in Amsterdam when his wife was murdered, an innocent victim of the games spies play. Since then he's been sailing charters in the islands. Now he's called out of retirement for one last assignment. For Hawthorne is the only man alive who can track down the world's most dangerous terrorist. Now, with his life and the life of the President hanging in the balance, Hawthorne must follow Amanya's 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. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:55 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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