Robert Ludlum's The Altman Code: A Covert-One Novel (Covert-One, 4) - Softcover

Ludlum, Robert; Lynds, Gayle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312388322 ISBN 13: 9780312388324

Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2010

Synopsis

Covert-One agent Jon Smith is sent to rendezvous in Taiwan with another agent who has acquired the ship's true manifest. But before Smith can get the document, he is ambushed, the second agent is murdered, and the evidence is destroyed. Smith escapes with only his life and a verbal message: The President's biological father is still alive, held prisoner by the Chinese for fifty years. As the mysterious ship draws closer to its end port, Smith is losing time in uncovering the truth about the vessel and its cargo―a truth that probes the secrets of the Chinese ruling party, a faction in Washington working to undermine the elected government, and an international cabal thrusting the world to the brink of war...

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"Reading a Ludlum novel is like watching a James Bond film."―Entertainment Weekly

When word reaches the White House that a Chinese cargo ship is transporting chemicals to a rogue nation intent on creating new biological weapons, the President knows he must act quick to obtain the proof he needs.

ROBERT LUDLUM'S

THE ALTMAN CODE
Covert-One agent Jon Smith is sent to rendezvous in Taiwan with another agent who has acquired the ship's true manifest. But before Smith can get the document, he is ambushed, the second agent is murdered, and the evidence is destroyed. Smith escapes with only his life and a verbal message: The President's biological father is still alive, held prisoner by the Chinese for fifty years. As the mysterious ship draws closer to its end port, Smith is losing time in uncovering the truth about the vessel and its cargo―a truth that probes the secrets of the Chinese ruling party, a faction in Washington working to undermine the elected government, and an international cabal thrusting the world to the brink of war...

From the Inside Flap:

A Chinese cargo ship is remored to be carrying tons of chemicals for biological weapons. A President is in conflict, because decades of negotiations with China have a long last yielded a landmark human rights agreement that China is willing to sign. It's up to operative Col. Jon Smith to find proof of what the ship's cargo really is. Racing against the clock, Smith uncovers the truth - a truth that probes the deepest secrets of the Chinese ruling party and reveals a terrifying international cabal whose diabolical plan thrusts the world to the very brink of war.

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0312388322
• ISBN 13: 9780312388324
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 640