The Ambler Warning

By Robert Ludlum

Book Overview

On Parrish Island, a restricted island off the coast of Virginia, is a little-known and never-visited psychiatric facility. There, far from prying eyes, the government stores former intelligence employees whose psychiatric states make them a danger to their own government, people whose ramblings might endanger ongoing operations or prove dangerously inconvenient. One of these employees, former Consular Operations agent Hal Ambler, is kept heavily medicated and closely watched. But there's one difference between Hal and the other patients - Hal isn't crazy. With the help of a sympathetic nurse, Hal manages to clear his mind of the drug-induced haze and then pulls off a daring escape. Now he's out to discover who stashed him here and why - but the world he returns to isn't the one he remembers. Friends and longtime associates don't remember him, there are no official records of Hal Ambler, and, when he first sees himself in the mirror, the face that looks back at him is not the onehe knows as his own.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312316712
• ISBN13: 9780312316716
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 489 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

Opened up a New World

Ambler Warning, about government (US) operatives who were too out of control of their mind, and emotions, are being housed off the Virginia Coast. The manuscript was done before Robert Ludlum who died (unrelated to book's actions) was completed by another writer. I was led to it when doing research on US Gov't supplying LSD to Ken Kesey (Cockoo's Nest) Whitey Bulger (Boston hood on Most Wanted List for dacades) and others. Fascinating reading, even believable. Donn Doyle

I wanted to be Ambler...

I thought this book was pretty cool. I wanted to be the main character or at least have his abilities. I enjoyed reading it and would recommend it to a friend. I might even keep it and read it again someday.

Great book!!

Loved this book. This author does a great job of keeping your interest and getting inside the mind of the characters.

A page turner

I really enjoyed this book. If you like spy thrillers you will love this book. It is fast-paced, engaging and well-written. Best of all, the plot is plausible. I spoke to a Navy Seal friend of mine and told him of some of the "gifts" that Ambler purportedly has in this novel and my friend said that there actually are people that have those abilities in real life, that he has met in his work, but very few. I don't want to give away the plot so I'm not going to say any more except--read this book, you'll be glad you did.

The Ambler Warning

Ludlum never fails to write a great story with good twists. Just enough description to let you "see" the action.