The Apocalypse Watch - Robert Ludlum

Having read a fair few of Ludlum's novels, though by no means all, I bought this as an enjoyable summer read. While the plot is fairly standard Ludlum, the suspense and intensity which is present within all of Ludlum's work remains intact. In the novel Harry Latham, an American agent, has uncovered a neo-Nazi base with a grip upon the political centres of the world. Having disappeared, his younger brother, Drew Latham, also an American agent, is desperate to discover the fate of his brother. Having eventually uncovered his brother, Drew becomes embroiled is a struggle to discover whether his brother's evidence is accurate and the depth of the infiltration of the neo-Nazi ...  Read the complete review

The Apocalypse Watch is the second of Robert Ludlum's novels to feature a neo-Nazi group, the first being The Holcroft Covenant. Apocalypse was published in 1995, and has been made into a film of the same name. The film never really hit it big, going straight to TV, but was actually very well made and was relatively true to the book. The Plot Superspy Harry Latham has infiltrated a band known as the Brotherhood of the Watch, performing experiments in the hope of promoting neo-Naziism since the Third Reich. When Harry disappears, his younger brother Drew leads the search, amidst specualtion that Harry has turned traitor. Can Drew locate Harry and the ...  Read the complete review