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Twenty years ago, top agents from the CIA and KGB banded together to bring down the Matarese Circle, an international cabal of powerbrokers and assassins whose sole objective was to achieve worldwide economic domination. Now the bloody Matarese dynasty is back--and the only man with the power to stop it may have already run out of time.... CIA case officer Cameron Pryce is hot on the trail of the new Matarese alliance. His only chance to terminate its ruthless activities is to follow the show more trail of blood money and stone-cold killers right to the heart of its deadly conspiracy. From the Hamptons to London's Belgrave Square, Matarese assassins have already struck with brutal efficiency, eliminating all who stand in their way. Their chain of violence is impossible to stop--until Pryce gets a rare break. One of the Matarese's victims survives long enough to whisper dying words that will blow the case wide open: the top secret code name for legendary retired CIA agent Brandon Scofield--the only man who has ever infiltrated the Matarese inner circle and lived to tell about it. show lessTags
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Definitely not as good as The Matarese Circle but entertaining nonetheless. It was fun to see what happened to the aging super-spy and his beloved, although they were a bit cliche and dated. The younger pair lacked the intensity of the older. And the plot was not as riveting and lacked the constant sense of danger. I shouldn't complain though because it wasn't as formulaic as the earlier Ludlum.
Sweet Jesus, it's awful, stay away!
I don't believe it's actually written by Ludlum. Or if it was, maybe he was going through a phase of experimenting with heavy doses of cough syrup.
I don't believe it's actually written by Ludlum. Or if it was, maybe he was going through a phase of experimenting with heavy doses of cough syrup.
An enjoyable story with superman likes heroes and heroines who were able to range across generations and the world in pursuit of the villains. Guess who is victorious? But how they do it is what will keep you reading!
Don't read Ludlum sequels...period!
The Bourne books are still my favorite Ludlums.
Multi-international busniness mafia. Don't remember, so didn't rate.
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Robert Ludlum was born May 25, 1927 in New York City. He enlisted in the Marines at the age of eighteen and received a B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1951. He began acting professionally at the age of sixteen in the 1943 Broadway production of Junior Miss. He also had roles in summer stock and appeared in over 200 television dramas for such live show more programs as Studio One and Kraft Television Theater. He then tried producing with the 1956 Broadway production of The Owl and the Pussycat. He took the play, four years later, to his creation of Shopping-Center Theater at Playhouse-on-the-Mall in Paramus, New Jersey. His first novel, The Scarlatti Inheritance, was published in 1971. His other works include The Matlock Paper, The Chancellor Manuscript, The Bourne Identity, The Scorpio Illusion, The Matarese Countdown, and The Bancroft Strategy. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd. He died on March 12, 2001 at the age of 74. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Le complot des Matarèse
- Original title
- The Matarese Countdown
- Original publication date
- 1997
- People/Characters
- Cameron Pryce; Brandon Scofield; Leslie Montrose; Antonia Scofield; Luther Considine; Jamie Montrose
- Important places
- Langley, Virginia, USA; Monte Carlo, Monaco; Russia; Lake Como, Lombardy, Italy
- Dedication*
- Pour Karen - "Suzie"
Elle est venue avec son rire lorsqu'il en manquait
Et a semé la joie, une fois de plus, autour elle. - First words*
- Tapi dans les forêts de Chelyabinsk, à environ mille cinq cents kilomètres de Moscou, se cache un pavillon de chasse qui était fort prisé de l'Union Soviétique.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Je ne voudrais rater cela pour rien au monde.
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