- Hardcover: 509 pages
- Publisher: Orion Publishing Co.; 1st. UK Edition edition (28 Feb 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752842099
- ISBN-13: 978-0752842097
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.6 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 913,865 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Prometheus Deception begins with a deep-cover operative, a beautiful cryptographer with a shadowy past, a government organisation that's not what it seems, and an assignment that goes very, very wrong. Nicholas Bryson, a spy for a secret intelligence group known only as the Directorate, has his cover blown on a Tunisian operation and is retired to a new identity: Jonas Barrett, lecturer in Near Eastern history at a small liberal arts college. Five years later, the CIA corners Bryson/Barrett and tells him that his entire 15-year career in the Directorate was a fraud, that the organisation was really an elaborate front for the GRU--Soviet military intelligence--and that his former boss, Ted Waller, was actually Gennady Rosovsky, a GRU mandarin. Even Bryson's beloved estranged wife, Elena, was actually a Romanian Securitate agent assigned to keep him in line. And now...
"Damn it!" Bryson shouted. "This makes no sense! How ignorant do you think I am? The goddamn GRU, the Russians--that's all in the past. Maybe you Cold War cowboys at Langley haven't yet heard the news--the war's over!" "Yes," Dunne replied raspily, barely audible. "And for some baffling reason the Directorate is alive and well."
So far so good; after 22 thrillers in this vein, Robert Ludlum could probably have written this one in his sleep. Fortunately for his fans, he was not only awake at the wheel, but ready to race--on a track with more twists and bumps than a roller coaster in an earthquake. The CIA claims it needs Bryson to reinfiltrate the Directorate and help them bring it down, but when Bryson is cornered by an erstwhile Directorate acquaintance aboard a floating arms bazaar and rescued by a woman named Layla just before the ship blows up, he begins to realise how the years of retirement have dulled his formerly keen reaction time. While Bryson cautiously feels (and fights) his way from Virginia to Spain and back again, mistrustful of his new CIA colleagues even as he dodges murder attempts by his former Directorate henchmen, there are rumblings in the hallowed halls of the US Congress. Several respected statesmen are raising a ruckus about widespread invasions of privacy, behind which stand a Seattle software billionaire and a mysterious nexus of power called Prometheus. But is Prometheus allied with the Directorate--or with a different group altogether? Filled with post-Cold War double-crosses, New Economy high jinks, and even a few Wall Street shenanigans thrown in for good measure, The Prometheus Deception is pure old-style Ludlum, repackaged for the new millennium. --Barrie Trinkle
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The world's #1 bestselling international thriller writer joins Orion with his most explosive novel yet.
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Format:Hardcover
The plot of the Prometheus Deception reminded me of the idea behind the Bourne Trilogy. The similarities between Nick Bryson, who has to discover the truth about his past life, and Jason Bourne, who has to reconstruct his past following amnesia, are indeed striking. Both protagonists are lone fighters entangled in a web of conspiracies and their adversaries seem at first glance far more powerful. These motifs permeate most of Ludlum's plots and the Prometheus Deception is no exception. Ludlum once again manages to weave a lot of accurately researched historical and technical information into the story. Another ingredient, which makes his books enjoyable reads.
The basic plot of the story can be summarised in a few sentences: Nick Bryson used to work for the Directorate, a secret intelligence organisation, which is so well hidden, that most people do not know it even exists. Following his retirement, he works as a university lecturer until he is recruited by the CIA, who make him believe that the Directorate was a false - flag agency set up by KGB conspirators, who attempted to undermine the operations of the Western intelligence services. As an ex-operative, Nick is recruited to help destroy the Directorate. From then onwards the story twists and turns, and in the end the reader and Nick Bryson can no longer be sure who is friend, and who is foe.
For the first four hundred pages, I was not able to put this book down. Just like Nick Bryson the reader becomes obsessed with discovering the truth. Ludlum successfully manages to make you feel that nothing in the whole plot is what it seems to be, and that ultimately every protagonists is in some way connected to the Prometheans.
At the expense of the suspense created in the first part of the book, I felt that Ludlum lost himself in too many technical details in the last part of the book. The combat scenes are far too elaborately described and thereby distract from the plot. The overall denoument of the story is somewhat unsatisfactory and hurried.
The basic plot of the story can be summarised in a few sentences: Nick Bryson used to work for the Directorate, a secret intelligence organisation, which is so well hidden, that most people do not know it even exists. Following his retirement, he works as a university lecturer until he is recruited by the CIA, who make him believe that the Directorate was a false - flag agency set up by KGB conspirators, who attempted to undermine the operations of the Western intelligence services. As an ex-operative, Nick is recruited to help destroy the Directorate. From then onwards the story twists and turns, and in the end the reader and Nick Bryson can no longer be sure who is friend, and who is foe.
For the first four hundred pages, I was not able to put this book down. Just like Nick Bryson the reader becomes obsessed with discovering the truth. Ludlum successfully manages to make you feel that nothing in the whole plot is what it seems to be, and that ultimately every protagonists is in some way connected to the Prometheans.
At the expense of the suspense created in the first part of the book, I felt that Ludlum lost himself in too many technical details in the last part of the book. The combat scenes are far too elaborately described and thereby distract from the plot. The overall denoument of the story is somewhat unsatisfactory and hurried.
Format:Hardcover
First half of the book was twisty, fun and tense. As with all Ludlum's books you knew the main hero would always prevail, but a twisty story kept you wondering about everyone else.
Second half was a little silly on the other hand. Living in London I don't find fighting around it's tourist attractions that exciting, and would have rather the book had headed further from the beaten track at the end.
Also, and without spoiling the end, hasn't Ludlum finished a few books now with that same marginally morbid conclusion?
Second half was a little silly on the other hand. Living in London I don't find fighting around it's tourist attractions that exciting, and would have rather the book had headed further from the beaten track at the end.
Also, and without spoiling the end, hasn't Ludlum finished a few books now with that same marginally morbid conclusion?
Format:Hardcover
I am a great fan of Robert Ludlum's books. I found this while on a search for one of his other books, it was brand new, hot off the press, so I had to read it. As I have come to expect from Robert Ludlum, he gives the reader a taste of action that is enhanced by not letting the reader to second guess what is actually happening. The way he reveals bits of Nick Bryson's life slowly, and gives you all the information to point you in the direction that Bryson is thinking. Weaving a superb story that challenges your thinking and perception. You really get to feel what it is like for Nick, alone and confused as hell, with no idea as to who is his friend, and who is using him. Who IS telling the truth? Who was he really working for?
Leaves you guessing to the very end. Robert Ludlum was a fantastic writer, and when i start his later books, I just cannot put them down they are so good.
Robert Ludlum at his best again!
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Has done better!
After reading other books from Mr Ludlum, including the Bourne trilogy, I found "Prometheus" disappointing. Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2001
excellent read
I have read a number of Ludlum books, most are great, some OK, and a couple (his "humourous" attempts) pretty poor. This novel ranks right up there with his best. Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2001
Another great read that keeps you thinking!
I am a great fan of Robert Ludlum's books. I found this while on a search for one of his other books, it was brand new, hot off the press, so I had to read it. Read more
Published on 13 May 2001
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