The Good Old Political Spy Thriller!! (The Prometheus Deception - Robert Ludlum)

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Product:	The Prometheus Deception - Robert Ludlum
Date:	23/08/01 (84 review reads)
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The good old political spy thriller. It seems that Robert Ludlum, writer of over 22 novels, is a master in this particular genre, and this, The Prometheus Deception, is no exception. It is a fast paced thriller centred on the world of international espionage, spies, high-tech gadgetry, murder and cover-up. Oh, and saving the world.

The plot focuses on a spy by the name of Nicholas Bryson, who works for an ultra-secret underground intelligence agency known simply as “The Directorate”.
The Directorate is so secret, that only a handful of top people officially know of its existence.

The Directorates brief seems to be to do all of the dirty jobs that the traditional agencies of the Western World, like the CIA and MI6, don’t want to do. The deniable ops., so to speak. And Nick Bryson is the best of the best.

However, while on operation in Tunisia, things go badly wrong, and our intrepid spy is pensioned off, into a relatively safe world, lecturing history in University and leading a somewhat ‘normal’ life.

Until 5 years later, that is, when he is paid a visit by one Harry Dunne, deputy director of the CIA. All of a sudden, Bryson’s world is torn apart and turned upside down.

Who was he really working for?
What were their underlying motives?
Who can he trust?
And, more importantly, who is he? Was his whole life one great big lie?

Without wanting to give too much away, nothing and nobody is quite what or who they seem. This novel contains more twists and turns than in a standard pack of curly pasta.

From here starts a fast-paced and intriguing story of our Bryson as he searches out the answers to the above questions, and more.

The strong point of this novel, for me, was the fact that just as you think you had something/someone sussed out, it seemed to turn it up on its head and dump it down again, leaving you absolutely bewildered as to what was goin
g on. You just had to keep reading to find out.

Soon enough though, the plot gently unfolds to an inspiring climax where things soon become clear.

So, if you like your thrillers and spy novels, you certainly won’t be disappointed with this offering. Overall, a superb book, and one I can’t recommend enough.

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