The Cassandra Compact

For over thirty years, Robert Ludlum has been acknowledged as the master of international suspense and intrigue. With an unbroken string of bestsellers in nearly every country around the world, his books have been read by hundreds of millions of readers. Ludlum’s book The Prometheus Deception and The Hades Factor are part of his Covert-One series. Now Covert-One is back with a novel that could only come from the imagination of the world's greatest storyteller. Lt. Colonel Jon Smith, a medical researcher, is approached by a Russian colleague who is killed before passing on vital intelligence about someone trying to steal Russia's smallpox virus. Smith and his team must prevent a potential epidemic by stopping the conspirators before they unleash disaster on the world.