Ludlum, Robert 1927-2001

The Bourne supremacy by Robert Ludlum ( Book )
160 editions published between 1986 and 2010 in 23 languages and held by 4,120 libraries worldwide
Super-diplomat Raymond Havilland sets up the kidnapping of Jason Bourne's wife, in order to draw Bourne out of retirement and into a Taiwanese plot to seize Hong Kong and incite China against the West.

The Bourne identity by Robert Ludlum ( Book )
188 editions published between 1980 and 2011 in 21 languages and held by 3,962 libraries worldwide
Jason Bourne, a deep-cover CIA agent, loses his memory in an accident which was originally intended to kill him. In re-tracing his steps, he confounds Agency officials to the extent that they are not sure that he is the same man they sent into the field. The CIA orders him killed, as does his original enemy, the most dangerous assassin in the world.

The Bourne ultimatum by Robert Ludlum ( Book )
145 editions published between 1987 and 2011 in 22 languages and held by 3,921 libraries worldwide
David Webb must once again assume the identity of assassin Jason Bourne as he matches wits with his mortal enemy, Carlos, a deadly and elusive terrorist known as "the Jackal," in a final confrontation.

The Icarus agenda by Robert Ludlum ( Book )
87 editions published between 1927 and 2010 in 16 languages and held by 3,661 libraries worldwide
Colorado congressman Evan Kendrick is trying to live out his term of office quietly--when a political mole reveals to the world Kendrick's deepest secret...that Kendrick was the anonymous man in Masqar, the man who courageously freed the hostage held in the American embassy by Arab terrorists; the unknown hero who performed an act of outrageous daring then silently disappeared. Now, suddenly, Kendrick is a living target pursued by the terrorists he outwitted. Together with the beautiful woman who once saved his life, Kendrick enters a deadly arena where the only currency is blood, where frightened whispers speak of violence yet to come and where Kendrick's life--and the fate of the free world--may ultimately rest in the powerful hands of a mysterious and deadly figure known only as the Mahdi.

The Aquitaine progression by Robert Ludlum ( Book )
104 editions published between 1984 and 2010 in 17 languages and held by 3,471 libraries worldwide
A conspiracy called Aquitaine acts to realize a hegemony over the Free World, and ex-North Vietnamese prisoner Converse faces death as he tries to expose it.

The Scorpio illusion by Robert Ludlum ( Book )
113 editions published between 1993 and 2011 in 20 languages and held by 3,239 libraries worldwide
His name defines the international thriller. Now Robert Ludlum has crafted his most suspenseful, most surprising novel since The Bourne Identity - a multileveled, deftly plotted story of a brilliant and seductive woman who lives single-mindedly for revenge; the Scorpios, the powerful, shadowy forces that support her; and the one man who must find her before it is too late. Amaya Bajaratt is beautiful, elusive - and deadly. Born in a remote Basque village, she watched, a wide-eyed ten-year-old, as bayonet-wielding soldiers brutally beheaded her parents - and at that moment vowed death to all authority. Now the one man she loved has been killed in a terrorist raid and Bajaratt, an accomplished assassin and mistress of disguise and deception, has set in motion a bold act of vengeance: a masterful plan to strike with one violent blow at the heads of Israel, England, France, and the United States.

The Matarese circle by Robert Ludlum ( Book )
116 editions published between 1979 and 2010 in 19 languages and held by 3,203 libraries worldwide
Intelligence experts of the United States and the Soviet Union join forces to foil an attempt by a group of terrorists to topple the world's governments.

The road to Omaha by Robert Ludlum ( Book )
82 editions published between 1991 and 2010 in 19 languages and held by 3,161 libraries worldwide
The outrageous characters from The Road to Gandolfo continue their madcap adventures in a romp around Nebraska that is spurred by the discovery of a secret 1878 treaty with an obscure Indian tribe.

The Parsifal mosaic by Robert Ludlum ( Book )
78 editions published between 1982 and 2010 in 18 languages and held by 3,149 libraries worldwide
Czech-born CIA agent Michael Havelock discovers a maniacal, potentially disastrous conspiracy at the highest levels of the U.S. government and must act on his own to thwart that conspiracy and ensure his own future.

The Prometheus deception by Robert Ludlum ( Book )
83 editions published between 2000 and 2010 in 15 languages and held by 3,096 libraries worldwide
Nicholas Bryson, an agent for a covert American group called the Directorate, comes out of retirement after learning the Directorate is actually a traitorous group and joins forces with the CIA to put a stop to their actions. Robert Ludlum is the acknowledged master of suspense and intrigue. This is his first hardcover novel in three years, and he is at the pinnacle of his craft. His latest character, Nicholas Bryson is a retired deep cover operative who learns that the organization he worked for was actually using him as a pawn against the country's interests. The CIA recruits Bryson to stop the organization, and he will have to rezone his rusty skills to survive in this wilderness of mirrors where no one can be trusted.