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    The Scorpio Illusion: A Novel

    Written by Robert Ludlum

    Narrated by Michael Prichard

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    Amaya Bajaratt is beautiful, elusive, deadly-and she has set in motion a chilling conspiracy that a desperate government cannot stop. An accomplished assassin and mistress of disguise and deception, she has set in motion the boldest act of terrorism yet conceived.

    Tyrell Hawthorne was a naval intelligence officer-one of the best-until the rainswept night in Amsterdam when his wife was murdered, an innocent victim of the games spies play. Since then he's been sailing charters in the islands. Now he's called out of retirement for one last assignment. For Hawthorne is the only man alive who can track down the world's most dangerous terrorist.

    Now, with his life and the life of the President hanging in the balance, Hawthorne must follow Amanya's serpentine trail, a path of seduction, betrayal, an instant death.

    Racing from a millionaire recluse's fortress to the social whirl of Palm Beach and from the Oval Office to treacherous Caribbean waters, Hawthorne will uncover a sinister network of well-placed men and women who exist to help this consummate killer-and the shattering truth behind the Scorpio Illusion.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMar 13, 2012
    ISBN9781415928240
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    The Scorpio Illusion: A Novel
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    Robert Ludlum

    Robert Ludlum (1927-2001) was the author of 25 thriller novels, including The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum--the books on which the international hit movies were based--and The Sigma Protocol. 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.

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    • 2/5
      Ludlum has this habit of creating character A who is holding a weapon on character B and must dispatch, yet goes into a lengthy monologue, giving B the opportunity to overcome A. Not only is this repeated flaw annoying, it is highly unbelievable. Constant brutal conspiracies abound and they too, become tedious and equally unbelievable. I know Ludlum has many fans, but I am not one of them
    • 2/5
      I had started this book shortly before 9/11. The plot of an Arab terrorist trying to commit an act that would put the U.S. and the world in turmoil, whose mission was death to all authority, who randomly kill innocents -- not exactly escapism anymore. It is fiction and the good guys do win and there was one particularly likable character so it was OK, but I couldn't stop thinking of 9/11 and the death and devastation.
    • 3/5
      A good story but with too many foreign phrases and texts.
    • 3/5
      Disappointing, some of the conclusions seem jumped to. The information acquired isn't well supported by events. The book isn't one of his better works.
    • 3/5
      Not one of Ludlum's finest. Unnecessarily convoluted and complex meaning most of the time you have very little idea what's happening, the shallow characters then make random leaps of intuition and arrive at the correct conclusion. Unfortunetly the reader is as bewildered as before.Tyller Hawthorne is a retired navy Commander who suffered some personal upset in a misquided intelligence operation in Amsterdam. He allows himself to be rercuited by MI6 and the French (the significance of this is never explained) to help hunt for a suspected terrorist - we don't get much in the way of details about how this woman and boy were identified! Considering they have all the resources of Bekka valley plus at least two shadowy subversive groups, her plan is known, but then they can't trace her?!Oh well the plot twists and turns, with narrow escapes by the woman and the hero. Annoying flashbacks introduce various characters of significance, which is normally an indication they're about to be killed a chapter or two later. The bodycount here is huge!The POV skips between Tyller and Baj the terrorist, and this actually works quite well as you can see the dramatic moments coming, and realise the misinturpretations of evidence the other side makes. However both characters are sketchy and the various bit parts even more so. There is a little banter between two of Tyllers surviving colleagues, but it's stilted and doesn't really work. Overall, it's over long, over complex, tries too hard and just about enjoyable on a long train ride when the alternative is people watching.