Robert
Ludlum’s character, Lt. John Smith, returns in “The
Janus Reprisal.” Smith, a microbiologist specializing
in infectious diseases, was attending a WHO conference at
The Hague, Netherlands, when the hotel where he was staying
was attacked by terrorists. They had three specific targets,
Smith, a MI6 agent named Roger Howell and a woman whose identity
is unknown. They had shooters on every floor of the hotel,
shooting people at random. They also took some coolers from
the hotel safe containing samples of viruses, some of which
had been mutated to be drug-resistant. One of those virus
samples wasn’t mutated, but the instructions for inducing
the mutation were also stolen.
Smith escaped the hotel by climbing out the window and edging
around the corner. He got help from a CIA sniper. Once out
of the hotel, the two men went after the terrorists to retrieve
the coolers. They had to have a plan for the viruses, because
they left valuable jewelry in the safe. It’s up to Smith
and Beckman, the CIA sniper, to locate the coolers and find
out what that plan was before it is carried out. In the meantime,
a dangerous terrorist escaped from jail during the attack
on the hotel. Is there a connection?
That’s just the beginning of a fast-paced, hair-raising
thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire
book. Needless to say, I found the story fascinating. The
characters are human and make mistakes, but those mistakes
have deadly consequences. The plot moves quickly from one
circumstance to the next as the characters deal with the crisis.
I have long been a Robert Ludlum fan and Jamie Freveletti
was up to the task of carrying on the master’s legacy.
Reader Jeff Woodman is more than capable of making the story
come to life. Listen to The Janus Reprisal and enjoy
a great story.
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