Decline in talent (The Prometheus Deception - Robert Ludlum)

Member Name: LukeCroll

Product:	The Prometheus Deception - Robert Ludlum
Date:	18/09/01 (52 review reads)
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Advantages: Deals with modern technology

Disadvantages: Main character too good, Author trying to show off what he knows

This is the last (to date) book to come from the pen of the late Robert Ludlum, who passed away at home in Florida earlier this year. Nick Bryson worked for a top-secret government agency called The Directorate until one of his missions went bad and he walked away.

His satisfaction at having served his country well is ruined when he learns that has been working for the Kremlin. He decides that he has to bring down the entire operation and is launched into a battle for his life.

Whilst ‘The Prometheus Deception’ is an interesting thriller, Ludlum’s main character is just too good. We are told that he is a genius with languages, including Basque, he can travel the world with ease and he was one of the best operatives ever. He easily slips through security and defeats assassins who have never failed before. Bryon seemed to be portrayed as some sort of God figure and it did not ring true. One would imagine that a character would have some form of weakness, but he appears to have none.

Bryson hops planes around the world and Ludlum describes places, throws in samples of the language and shows that he has clearly done his research. Rather than plot developments, it seemed as though the author was showing off about just how much he knows. This country-hopping plot will be familiar to fans of the genre, especially those who have read anything by Colin Forbes.

Although, the points above do detract from the novel as a whole, it is an interesting novel with a good plot, based on the very heights of modern technology today. The ending may leave some people slightly unfulfilled, but overall, this is a reasonable novel from Robert Ludlum.

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