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...high-octane action - bags of it, leavened with the kind of narrative energy that made Ludlum's thrillers such invigorating experiences. It's a page-turner - Cobb has the measure of his late mentor. (Good Book Guide )
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"...high-octane action - bags of it, leavened with the kind of narrative energy that made Ludlum's thrillers such invigorating experiences. It's a page-turner - Cobb has the measure of his late mentor." Good Book Guide
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
There's a lot to like about this book - it's generally exciting, there are several interesting threads that weave their way together as the story progresses, there are some strong characters. There are also some annoyances, such as some rather cardboard cut-out characters (Professor Trowbridge springs to mind here), a couple of very cheesy scenes and some rather unlikely events. However this book has the sort of action you'd expect in this genre of story and it doesn't disappoint.
When a scientific party discover a crashed aeroplane on remote Wednesday Island in the Canadian Arctic it sets in train a whole series of actions. It turns out that the Russian plane is over fifty years old and that when it crashed it may have been carrying an anthrax payload. The Americans want to recover the plane and make the anthrax safe, if it's still on board; the Russians know that there might actually still be something significantly worse on the plane and so send one of their men along with the American team.
The US team is led by Colonel Jon Smith and one of the other members of the party is Randi Russell, a young woman whose sister was John's fiancée. Randi and John have had problems with each other for several years and so at the beginning of the story their relationship is prickly. The third US member is Valentina Metrace, a rather scary woman historian who is a knives and weapons expert. She felt rather like a black widow spider character, especially after she fixed her attention on John Smith as her future lover. All three characters seem superhumanly skilled in their chosen fields and are, of course, also very attractive.
It's not just the Americans messing around on Wednesday island; Gregori Smyslov, a Russian liaison, is working with them - or is he? There is also a team of Russian Spetsnaz fighters as well as a renegade arms dealer, all there for their own reasons. When battle breaks out in the freezing arctic environment it takes a special kind of bravery and teamwork to prevail.
There's action in the snow, firefights, helicopter chases, running and hiding, double-crossing and disobeying orders. The dialogue is often rather bland and cheesy and the action sequences nothing new but it's still an exciting read if one can overlook the distinct plot improbability of the cause of the whole story, the Russian plans to go to any length to keep the March 5th event under wraps. This book may not win any literary prizes but it's good entertainment value.
When a scientific party discover a crashed aeroplane on remote Wednesday Island in the Canadian Arctic it sets in train a whole series of actions. It turns out that the Russian plane is over fifty years old and that when it crashed it may have been carrying an anthrax payload. The Americans want to recover the plane and make the anthrax safe, if it's still on board; the Russians know that there might actually still be something significantly worse on the plane and so send one of their men along with the American team.
The US team is led by Colonel Jon Smith and one of the other members of the party is Randi Russell, a young woman whose sister was John's fiancée. Randi and John have had problems with each other for several years and so at the beginning of the story their relationship is prickly. The third US member is Valentina Metrace, a rather scary woman historian who is a knives and weapons expert. She felt rather like a black widow spider character, especially after she fixed her attention on John Smith as her future lover. All three characters seem superhumanly skilled in their chosen fields and are, of course, also very attractive.
It's not just the Americans messing around on Wednesday island; Gregori Smyslov, a Russian liaison, is working with them - or is he? There is also a team of Russian Spetsnaz fighters as well as a renegade arms dealer, all there for their own reasons. When battle breaks out in the freezing arctic environment it takes a special kind of bravery and teamwork to prevail.
There's action in the snow, firefights, helicopter chases, running and hiding, double-crossing and disobeying orders. The dialogue is often rather bland and cheesy and the action sequences nothing new but it's still an exciting read if one can overlook the distinct plot improbability of the cause of the whole story, the Russian plans to go to any length to keep the March 5th event under wraps. This book may not win any literary prizes but it's good entertainment value.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book opens innocently, with an Arctic expedition chancing on the unexpected sight of a crashed bomber. Unusually, there is no record of any such aircraft having gone missing - the reason being that it was a secret Soviet flight loaded with weaponised anthrax that has quietly lain there for fifty years and which the Russians had hoped would never be found. The Americans, despite their well founded suspicions, agree to help the Russians to get to it, but the Russians have a second agenda, while a third party with much more sinister intent is also pursuing the aircraft wreckage. This is a well written, tense book that is in the style of the best that Robert Ludlum produced. Once started on this book, you may find it hard to do much else for a while, but consider that problem no more than the happy symptom of an excellent novel.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Covert One has been a hit and miss series of adventures featuring Colonel John Smith since the late, great thriller writer Robert Ludlum created the series in 2000.The Arctic Event is a return to form under the new authorship of James Cobb.
This is an exciting story with a very good plotline and enjoyable characters. In the Ludlum tradition the action is often and very fast paced. This novel is almost entirely set in one location..the arctic and often reminded me of a good early Alistair Maclean yarn, with its intrigue and unseen enemies.So much better than the awful post Ludlum Bourne series.
This is an exciting story with a very good plotline and enjoyable characters. In the Ludlum tradition the action is often and very fast paced. This novel is almost entirely set in one location..the arctic and often reminded me of a good early Alistair Maclean yarn, with its intrigue and unseen enemies.So much better than the awful post Ludlum Bourne series.
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The Covert-One novels are a rather poor series branded under the name of Robert Ludlum. To date they have been surprisingly poor with nothing to remind us of the best elements of... Read more
Published 10 months ago by N. Brett
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A 1950s-era Soviet bomber is found by a scientific research team, on a uninhabited frozen island in Arctic Canada. Read more
Published on 20 July 2009 by J.Flood
Tightly Wrapped Thriller
An academic institution discovers a crashed bomber in the ice on Wednesday Island in the arctic. An investigation uncovers some startling revelations. Read more
Published on 4 Dec 2008 by Douglas P. Murphy
Fans opinion
As a fan of the covert one books I am of course biased. The action is relentless, the setting a fresh change for the series and on top of that there are some essential character... Read more
Published on 1 Nov 2008 by Mr. S. J. Holland
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