- Hardcover: 640 pages
- Publisher: Grafton; First Edition edition (24 Mar 1988)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0246125748
- ISBN-13: 978-0246125743
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 16.2 x 4.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,437,079 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“Stuffs more suprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined”
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Five people want to change the world - and one man must pay the price... A fast-paced, brilliant thriller from the No.1 bestselling author
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book combines the best of Ludlums key strengths as a writer; the ability to combine diverse plots into a single conclusion, repeated action scenes that keep readers glued to the pages and a well realised hero that can be identified with - i.e. more believable than the Cussler style of character. I've read pretty much all of the Ludlum novels and this one stands out as one of the very best - right up there with the Bourne trilogy. Buy this, it will not disappoint you.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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If you thought that Ludlum would never better The Bourne Identity then you may be surprised. The Icarus Agenda has not only a plot that keeps getting more and more twisted as the story evolves but also it portarys a man that is charismatic enough to make the reader feel truly involved.
The story is, like with all Ludlum's books, a complicated mass of political and moral deceptions. But written masterly so that you're often be surprised at the new twist, yet never lost and confused by it. As always as unbelievable as the plot may seem it's also seems so feasible, as all Ludlum's book.
If, Like some have said, you believe the book has too many twist for you to follow, then perhaps you'd be better of reading a Colin Forbes novel...
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Published in 1988, this is one of Ludlum's longest and most detailed novels.
A secret organisation attempts to steer an obscure congressman from the mid west to the presidency of the United States. Evan Kendrick is that man, manipulated from the start, his past connected to the terror of the middle east, his future a reluctant hero to the american people.
If you can get through the confusion and chaos of the first 250 pages then the story builds into one of the master of the geopolitical thrillers' finest stories.
IT is however very dated now, despite the continued violence in the middle east.
No cell phones, old computers, no internet, sadly the original Ludlum books are being left behind in a bit of a time warp. He was a great story teller though and his characters have a depth and honesty about them that make them emotional as well as believable.
A secret organisation attempts to steer an obscure congressman from the mid west to the presidency of the United States. Evan Kendrick is that man, manipulated from the start, his past connected to the terror of the middle east, his future a reluctant hero to the american people.
If you can get through the confusion and chaos of the first 250 pages then the story builds into one of the master of the geopolitical thrillers' finest stories.
IT is however very dated now, despite the continued violence in the middle east.
No cell phones, old computers, no internet, sadly the original Ludlum books are being left behind in a bit of a time warp. He was a great story teller though and his characters have a depth and honesty about them that make them emotional as well as believable.
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