{"product_id":"robert-ludlums-the-cassandra-compact-a-covert-one-novel-9781250770523","title":"Robert Ludlum's the Cassandra Compact: A Covert-One Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat they're going to do, I never would have believed it...\u003c\/i\u003eThese were among the final words spoken by Yuri Danko, an officer in the medical division of Russia's security service, before his body was ripped apart by a spray of assassins' bullets. Danko's confidential appointment in Venice with Covert-One operative Jon Smith might have ended in death--but his secret didn't die with him...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Now, in possession of Danko's classified papers, Smith and CIA undercover agent Randi Russell have unearthed a terrifying global conspiracy. A Serb terrorist, backed by Russians, is on a mission to spirit hazardous vials of deadly bacteria to a U.S. government agent--a shadowy figure whose motives for acquiring the bioweapon are made all the more unfathomable when both men are found murdered--and the strain is stolen. Time is running out for Smith and Russell to track it down, find the madman who possesses it, and stop him before he holds a defenseless world hostage with the power to render the human race extinct.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Ludlum\u003c\/b\u003e was the author of 25 thriller novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bourne Ultimatum\u003c\/i\u003e--the books on which the international hit movies were based--and \u003ci\u003eThe Sigma Protocol\u003c\/i\u003e. He was also the creator of the Covert-One series. Born in New York City, Ludlum received a B.A. from Wesleyan University, and before becoming an author, he was a United States Marine, a theater actor and producer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip Shelby\u003c\/b\u003e is a screenwriter and author of numerous books including the bestselling novels \u003ci\u003eDays of Drums\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLast Rites\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The Gatekeeper\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50528605208850,"sku":"9781250770523","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_611479ce-cf0e-4708-a0cc-43892f57bd19.jpg?v=1731333350","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/robert-ludlums-the-cassandra-compact-a-covert-one-novel-9781250770523","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}