The Cassandra Compact

THE CASSSANDRA COMPACT by Robert Ludlum was the first Covert-One Novel that I had read. I did, however , read all of the Jason Bourne series and I found them to be thrilling and heartracing. Well, if you have read any of the Bourne novels, you will love The Covert-One Novels as well. If I could just make a recommendation, however, I would read them in the order in which that they were written. I am reading at the present time THE HADES FACTOR and I can see how THE CASSANDRA COMPACT flows right from it. Either way, you will find these novels full of intrigue and waiting on your seat to read the next chapter !

Dr. Jon Smith was sent deep into Venice to bring out a man named Yuri Danko, a Russian General who got his hands on vital information he thought the United States should know. As Jon was going to the meet him Danko was shot and killed right in front of him with out a passing of information. They discovered that a virus was going to be stolen out of Russia. At Bioaparart in Russia the world's most deadliest virus was kept, SMALLPOX. Unfortunately the virus was stolen. It was brought to America, all the people who helped get the virus to America were killed by an assassin named Beria. Viruses in space grow a lot faster and bigger in space as they do on land. There was a space shuttle that is leaving to go up into space to run tests on viruses. On the shuttle there was a man by the name of Dylan Reed whose plan is to secretly test the smallpox virus and makes it much more deadly on earth than it used to be. After making the virus stronger he released it in the shuttle and used the astronauts as human guinea pigs. They remote controlled the landing into a secrete decontamination center. Bauer discovered were the decontamination center is located and got there before Jon. Bauer rushed inside got a sample of the smallpox virus and punctured Dylan's suit so he would get infected with the virus...They turned on the burners and the shuttle was burned... The book pleased me... It was action packed with something new every time you turn the page. There is another gun fight, chase or someone getting killed or kidnapped. The way the author describes what is happing is amazing. The detail and the mood he sets is amazing. I loved it's theme about chemical warfare with corruption and the need to go around the world to get information. I recommend this book to anyone who likes an action packed book with something new happening every time your turn the page.

I almost did'nt pick this book up because of the reviews I had read. What a mistake that would have been. I enjoyed this book very much. Highly recommend it in spite of some purist reviews. It's FICTION! Read the Hades Factor first though. Another great book.

a great ludlum book. i like most, but this new "covert one" novel is one of his best - right up there with the bourne series. anxiously awaiting a new "covert one" series book.

A great book. Something that could happen. Good reasons why the US should not only preserve it's vaccine kept in Atlanta but should enlarge it's stock. Characters are believable. It is hard to believe that American citizens would betray their country, as some do in this book, but we have seen this happen repeatedly lately. READ THIS BOOK. You won't be able to put it down!