The start of what could be an exciting series. the movie followed the book well.
Published by bernie4444 , 4 months ago
In Prolog, three seemingly unrelated people die of a uniquely fast-acting virus. Prepare for gushing blood and more.
Our hero, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jonathan (“Jon”) Smith, M.D., from USAMRIID, is warned by an old friend to beware of the Ides of March. Oops, I mean that the friendwarn s him that he is in trouble. The warning is too little too late to save the love of his life. He spends the rest of the story with the help of some extraordinary friends, tracking down the culprits.
All the characters are bigger than life. They can go anywhere and do anything without the annoying details that would make the story impossible. Of course, Robert Ludlum is a tad over-descriptive and fluffs a 100-page tale into a 400-page tale mostly with gushy stuff (I suspect the influence of Gayle Lynds). The very thing that makes this story surreal is the very thing that makes this story fun. I am looking forward to the next book in the “Covert-One” series.
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