Robert Ludlum's The Ares Decision
A Covert-One Novel
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3.7 • 29 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
The brand new Covert-One thriller from a master storyteller and global bestseller.
When a US Special Forces team is wiped out by a group of normally peaceful farmers in Uganda, Covert-One operative Jon Smith is sent to investigate.
Video of the attack shows even women and children possessing almost supernatural speed and strength, consumed with a rage that makes them immune to pain, fear and all but the most devastating injuries.
Smith finds evidence of a parasitic infection that for centuries has been causing violent insanity and then going dormant. This time, though, it's different. And as Smith and his team are cut off from all outside support, they begin to suspect that forces much closer to home are in play...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The action never flags in the eighth entry in the Covert-One series (The Arctic Event, etc.), based on a concept created by the late Robert Ludlum. When a special ops team dispatched to Uganda to take out a vicious terrorist, Caleb Bahame, is quickly wiped out by unarmed civilians who appear to possess superhuman strength and speed, Fred Klein, the head of Covert-One, the supersecret intelligence unit created by the U.S. president, worries that a lethal bioweapon may have been used and that Bahame might share it with Iran. Dr. Jon Smith, the leader of the Covert-One team sent to investigate, discovers that Bahame is using a parasite to kill people. Smith and Namibian biologist Sarie van Keure race to prevent the parasite from being released on American soil. Mills (Lords of Corruption) nicely integrates relevant military and scientific details into the story line, while his skill at characterization will leave many hoping he'll become a permanent posthumous collaborator with Ludlum.
Customer Reviews
Disappointing
Took a couple hundred pages to get going and jumped from one scene to another a little too often for my liking. Occasionally confusing too. A bit of a let down after the last excellent C1 novel.
The Ares Decision
One of themost confusing, disjointed novels I have read. Lacked fluency and consistency. In my opinion.