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Fiction. Literature. Thriller. HTML:American agent Harry Latham has penetrated the fortresslike mountain hideaway of the Brotherhood of the Watch, a neo-Nazi organization that was born in the days after the fall of the Third Reich. But on the eve of his most spectacular success, after three years in deep cover, Harry disappears.Drew Latham, Special Officer for Consular Operations in Paris, is frantic to discover his older brother’s fate. But when Drew receives the good news that Harry show more has surfaced, gut-twisting doubts arise. For Harry has emerged with an explosive document: a list of secret supporters of the Brotherhood, among them high-ranking officials of the United States and its allies. But is it legitimate? The search for the truth about Harry and the growing Nazi threat will plunge Drew into a labyrinth of deceit and death. And whoever makes it out alive will hold the fate of the free world in his hands.
Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Apocalypse Watch
“A powerful, exploding novel . . . vintage Ludlum in fine form.”—Booklist
“If a Pulitzer Prize were awarded for escapist fiction, Robert Ludlam undoubtedly would have won it. Ten times over.”—Mobile Register
“Bloody great fun.”—Kirkus Reviews
BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Identity.. show less
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A book I loved, a real Ludlum.
Filled with history, espionage, lots of story lines, things that are never whatvthey seem.
Exciting, although the middle part was a bit slow and did not seem to lead anywhere in particular.
Liked it!
Filled with history, espionage, lots of story lines, things that are never whatvthey seem.
Exciting, although the middle part was a bit slow and did not seem to lead anywhere in particular.
Liked it!
When one brother is killed, the other assumes his identity and tries to find out whether the information the brother brought out of a neo-Nazi camp is true and what that group is planning. This is not quite the same caliber as other Ludlum books. There is action, but the conversations are stilted and some relationships seem forced and the characters stereotypes.
Good story, lots of detail. The vernacular terms for friends, like "chlopak", "lady", "tall man" got to be grating. A solid 3.5/4.
The plot concerns Drew Latham, a special officer for consular operations, who must discover why his brother was killed after a covert mission. He impersonates his brother, and uncovers a web of neo-Nazi supporters with members at high levels of the U.S. government and its allies. Latham must stop the neo-Nazis plot to take over Europe through terrorism and biological warfare. This book is well-written.
Good read, but it gets a bit juvenile at times. Not quite up to Ludlum's previous books.
Typical Ludlum. Many turns and twists and characters. There is a neo-Nazi plot to take over the world. One man can stop this. Will he be able to?
Another well crafted Ludlum story.
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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*
- Tuhon veljeskunta
- Original title
- The Apocalypse Watch
- Original publication date
- 1995
- People/Characters
- Drew Latham; Harry Latham
- Important places
- Paris, France
- Related movies
- The Apocalypse Watch (1997 | IMDb)
- Epigraph
- To any sane person there has always been an unfathomable mystery about the systematic evil the Nazi regime perpetrated. Like a moral black hole, it seems to defy the laws of nature while being part of that nature.
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Newsweek, December 20, 1993 - First words
- The Alpine pass, high in the Austrian Hausruck, was swept by the winter snow and assaulted by the cold north winds, while far below, a valley sprouted crocuses and the jonquils of early spring.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"We'll just talk, chlopak. . . . Now, let's survey the grounds."
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