Series: Covert-One
by Author Robert Ludlum
The Paris Option (2003)
I couldn't find Covert-One #2 in our local bookstores. So, from Covert-One #1 that I read last year, I jumped to Covert-One #3. Anyway, just like in any of the thrillers where there is one recurring character, that of an agent or spy, each part can stand alone.From his resignation from United Sta...
The Hades Factor (2001)
I have to admit now: Robert Ludlum is my guilty pleasure.His books are addictive. I don't mind having him as my most-read author. His stories give me cheap thrills. Cheap in both literal and figurative senses. Literal because his books are being sold for about $1 or $2 and they flood the second-h...
The Arctic Event (2007)
A Cold saga called "Arctic Event"Aah, people have often recommended Robert Ludlum to me as the best thriller author. But as the fate would have it, I've never before now had a chance to get my hands on him, thats before Arctic Event that is. Well one could very well argue that Arctic Event is not...
The Cassandra Compact (2002)
I am reviewing the novel The Cassandra Compact by Robert Ludlum et al which is an excellent thriller which I bought from a car boot sale. This book is the second book in the Covert One series and recently I reviewed the first book The Hades Factor. The series is about a fictional U S counterespio...
The Moscow Vector (2006)
Oh my. This book was bad. I was going to say really bad, but in the penultimate chapter I actually was engaged by the plot for about 3 pages.It bothers me when publishers deke the reader with a cover that screams ROBERT LUDLUM'S MOSCOW VECTOR then in tiny letters written by patrick larkin. I want...
The Altman Code (2004)
Robert Ludlum died in 2001. This book came out in 2003 with Gayle Lynds as the co-author. This is the fourth book of the Covert-One series. Covert-One is a top secret U. S. agency that fights corruption, conspiracy and bio-weaponary at the highest and most dangerous level in the society. It is co...
The Utopia Experiment (2013)
I really enjoyed this book. The first half was likable but a bit hard to follow due to all the point-of-view changes and a somewhat difficult-to-track passage of time. But the second half really took off and had some very enjoyable "wow" moments. :)I considered not reading this book since it's pa...
Robert Ludlum's The Utopia Experiment (2013)
Picked this one up at my local public library for a fun thriller read. These ghostwritten posthumous novels are often hit-or-miss. But Kyle Mills not only catches the true spirit of Ludlum's pacy, globe trotting thrillers. It's also well written and decently plotted. On the upper end of these lic...
Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Utopia Experiment (2013)
I thought this book was pretty good. Unexpectedly good, as a matter of fact, since I assumed it would be very boring.The idea, of inserting things inside your brain, so that your eyes act as movie screens, is something I find amazing. I really need it for history class.This is the first book in t...
Robert Ludlum's(TM) The Janus Reprisal (2012)
I've always enjoyed the Covert One books but I'm wondering if too many different authors will dilute the series. Lt. Col. Jon Smith returns, this time in The Hague at a conference. People start getting killed and as always people are trying to bump off Smith. He meets his match, this time not fr...
Robert Ludlum's The Ares Decision (2011)
Covert - One. An agency so secret that only the President knows it exists. In fact, he organized it and asked his closest advisor, Fred Klein, to run it. When no one else can handle an explosive global situation, you send in Covert - One.An American special forces team is sent into northern Ug...
The Infinity Affair (2011)
Riveting. Extremely intense. It is not for the faint of heart. It is gruesome, descriptive and having worked in two Hospital Emergency Rooms as a triage facilitator, I was not as grossed out as some may be with this wicked parasite and the damage to the mind and body, and the parasite, once at it...
Robert Ludlum's(TM) The Ares Decision (2012)
OMG! The mind-boggling concept and the constant heart-palpitating pace means this reader can only read a few short chapters at a time! I enjoy reading thrillers, but sometimes the thrill at the death of one, or more, of the "bad-guys" becomes overwhelming but not as much as the survival of the "g...