Fearless and incorruptible, Andrew Trevayne is a self-made millionaire, former undersecretary of state, and current head of one of the nation’s most prestigious foundations. Now, at the express wish of the president, Trevayne undertakes an investigation into the “secret government”—and is soon swept up in a tidal wave of intrigue and danger. Beyond the corridors of official power he discovers a nightmare maze where billionaires mingle with Mafia dons, where sinister forces are poised to enact a chilling conspiracy, where Congress and even the presidency itself can be bought and sold, where survival hinges on a hair trigger. In this world, a man like Trevayne can easily become a pawn, an enemy—or a king.

Praise for Robert Ludlum and Trevayne

“A taut novel that spares no one.”—The New York Times

“Brilliant . . . a story of power, intrigue, ambition, greed, corruption, and horror.”—King Features Syndicate

“Don’t ever begin a Ludlum novel if you have work the next day.”—Chicago Tribune

“A fascinating, meaty spine tingler.”—Library Journal

Alex McAuliff has received an offer he can’t refuse: two million dollars for a geological survey of Jamaica. All Dunstone Limited requires is his time, his expertise, and his absolute secrecy. No one—not even McAuliff’s handpicked team—can know of Dunstone’s involvement. But British Intelligence is aware of the deal, and they’ve let Alex in on a secret of their own: The last survey team Dunstone dispatched to Jamaica vanished without a trace. Now it’s too late to turn back. Alex already knows about Dunstone—which means he knows too much. From the moment he lands in Jamaica, Alex is a marked man. On an island paradise where a beautiful woman might be a spy and every move could be his last, Alex’s only clue to survival is a single mysterious word: Halidon.

Praise for Robert Ludlum

“Don’t ever begin a Ludlum novel if you have to go to work the next day.”—Chicago Sun-Times

“Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined.”—The New York Times

Salonika, Greece; December 1939. In the dead of night, a clandestine order of monks embarks on a desperate mission: to transport a mysterious vault to a hiding place high in the Italian Alps. Its sinister contents, concealed for centuries, could rip apart the Christian world. Now, as the Nazi threat marches inexorably closer, men both good and evil will be drawn into a violent and deadly hunt, sparking a relentless struggle that could forever change the world as we know it.

Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Gemini Contenders

“[Robert Ludlum’s] most ambitious novel . . . Its twist and turns carry the reader on a fast bobsled run. . . . A marvelously unflagging imagination.”—The New York Times

“A winner . . . one of those books you intend to put down after just one more chapter . . . suddenly it’s two in the morning and you’ve read the whole thing.”—United Press International

“A skyrocket of a book . . . The action never stops for a second.”—The Plain Dealer

“Packed full of excitement.”—The Denver Post

Her weapons: money and power. Her target: the most dangerous man in the world—her own son. Elizabeth Wyckham Scarlatti has a plan, a desperate, last-minute gamble designed to save the world from her son, Ulster, an incalculably cruel man who is working for the Third Reich under the name of Heinrich Kroeger. If Elizabeth cannot stop him, Ulster will give Hitler the most powerful instrument on earth.

Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Scarlatti Inheritance

“[Robert Ludlum] has that sense of drama and pace that only the best storytellers have.”—San Francisco Chronicle

“Gripping . . . Ludlum writes with imagination and convincing authority.”—Baltimore Sun

“Great, astonishing, the most spellbinding suspense in years!”—Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Drive and excitement from first page to last.”—Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather

In Zurich . . . in Moscow . . . in Washington, D.C. . . . the machinery has already been set in motion. In a quiet suburb, an odd assortment of men and women gather for a momentous weekend. At stake is nothing less than the very existence of the United States of America—and, with it, the future of the entire free world.

Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Osterman Weekend

“Shattering . . . [The Osterman Weekend] will cost you the night and the cold hours of the morning.”—The Cincinnati Enquirer

“Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined.”—The New York Times

“Powerhouse momentum . . . as shrill as the siren on the prowl car.”—Kirkus Reviews

“A complex scenario of inventive double-crossing.”—Chicago Sun-Times

Michael Havelock’s world died on a moonlit beach on the Costa Brava as he watched his partner and lover, double agent Jenna Karas, efficiently gunned down by his own agency. There’s nothing left for him but to quit the game, get out. Then, in one frantic moment on a crowded railroad platform in Rome, Havelock sees Jenna. Racing around the globe in search of his beautiful betrayer, Havelock is now marked for death by both U.S. and Russian assassins, trapped in a massive mosaic of treachery created by a top-level mole with the world in his fist: Parsifal.

Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Parsifal Mosaic

“[Robert] Ludlum’s narrative imagination is a force of nature.”—The New York Times

“As fast-paced and absorbing as any he’s written.”—Newsday

“The suspense never lets up.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“A crackling good yarn.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review

Did J. Edgar Hoover die a natural death? Or was he murdered? When a group of high-minded and high-placed intellectuals known as Inver Brass detect a monstrous threat to the country in Hoover’s unethical use of his scandal-ridden private files, they decide to do away with him—quietly, efficiently, with no hint of impropriety. Then bestselling thriller writer Peter Chancellor stumbles onto information that makes his previous books look like harmless fairy tales. Now Chancellor and Inver Brass are on a deadly collision course, spiraling across the globe in an ever-widening arc of violence and terror. All roads lead to a showdown that will rip the nation’s capital apart—leaving only one damning document to survive.

Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Chancellor Manuscript

“[The Chancellor Manuscript] exerts a riveting appeal, as it seems to justify our worst nightmares of what really goes on in the so-called intelligence community in Washington.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined.”—The New York Times

“Powerhouse momentum . . . as shrill as the siren on the prowl car.”—Kirkus Reviews

“A complex scenario of inventive double-crossing.”—Chicago Sun-Times

An international circle of killers, the Matarese will undoubtedly take over the world within just two years. Only two rival spies have the power to stop them: Scofield, CIA, and Talaniekov, KGB. They share a genius for espionage and a life of explosive terror and violence. But though these sworn enemies once vowed to terminate each other, they must now become allies. Because only they possess the brutal skills and ice-cold nerves vital to their mission: destroy the Matarese.

Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Matarese Circle

“A blockbuster . . . Ludlum’s best.”—The Wall Street Journal

“A spellbinder.”—The Dallas Morning News

“Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined.”—The New York Times

“Don’t ever begin a Ludlum novel if you have to go to work the next day.”—Chicago Sun-Times

The name on the computer screen is James Barbour Matlock, college professor and Vietnam veteran. He’s Washington’s choice to stop a far-reaching conspiracy in an undercover assignment destined to put his neck against the razor’s edge of danger. But the faceless men behind the scenes don’t care if it means savaging the woman he loves or trapping him in a maze of unrelenting terror. They just care about one thing: Matlock is the perfect man for the job—and the reason why is disturbing, explosive, and extremely deadly.

Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Matlock Paper

“A sure winner . . . fast paced, suspenseful, and bound to keep you turning the pages.”—The Denver Post

“A 110% story all in overdrive . . . Ludlum writes better and better.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Suspense, violence, and total readability.”—Chicago Tribune

In quel maledetto taxi, lanciato come un proiettile per le strade di Città del Messico, Jason Bourne non ha perso solo una cara amica. Stretta fra le sue braccia c'è il corpo senza vita di Rebeka, l'unica donna che abbia mai amato. Non importa a che prezzo, non importa con quali rischi o conseguenze: Rebeka avrà la vendetta che merita. Il suo assassino non può farla franca. Ma Bourne non è l'unico a essere assetato di sangue. Anche la sensuale ed esotica Maricruz Encarnaciòn pretende la testa di chi ha ucciso suo padre, il torbido Maceo, l'eminenza grigia che gestiva dall'alto i più pericolosi e feroci cartelli della droga messicani. Nel frattempo, dall'altra parte del mondo, il ministro cinese Ouyang Jidan, marito di Maricruz, sta combattendo una guerra senza esclusioni di colpi per aggiudicarsi il favore del Politburo e dettare le nuove linee guida per il governo della Cina. "La vendetta di Bourne" è una partita cieca con il destino, una corsa furiosa e disperata verso il lato più oscuro del potere dove nessuno è disposto ad arrivare secondo. Perché perdere vuol dire morire.

War hero and infamous ladies’ man General MacKenzie Hawkins is a living legend. His life story has even been sold to Hollywood. But now he stands accused of defacing a historic monument in China’s Forbidden City. Under house arrest in Peking with a case against him pending in Washington, this looks like the end of Mac’s illustrious career. But he has a plan of his own: kidnap the Pope. What’s the ransom? Just one American dollar—for every Catholic in the world. Add to the mix a slew of shady “investors,” Mac’s four persuasive, well-endowed ex-wives, and a young lawyer and fellow soldier who wants nothing more than to return to private life, and readers have in their hands one relentlessly irreverent page-turner.

Praise for Robert Ludlum

“Don’t ever begin a [Robert] Ludlum novel if you have to go to work the next day.”—Chicago Sun-Times

“Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined.”—The New York Times

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“First-rate suspense.”—People
 
Twenty years ago, top agents from the CIA and KGB banded together to bring down the Matarese Circle, an international cabal of power brokers and assassins whose sole objective was to achieve worldwide economic domination. Now the bloody Matarese dynasty is back—and the only man with the power to stop it may have already run out of time.
 
CIA case officer Cameron Pryce is hot on the trail of the new Matarese alliance. His only chance to terminate its ruthless activities is to follow the trail of blood money and stone-cold killers right to the heart of its deadly conspiracy. From the Hamptons to London's Belgrave Square, Matarese assassins have already struck with brutal efficiency, eliminating all who stand in their way. Their chain of violence is impossible to stop—until Pryce gets a rare break. One of the Matarese's victims survives long enough to whisper dying words that will blow the case wide open: the top secret code name for legendary retired CIA agent Brandon Scofield—the only man who has ever infiltrated the Matarese inner circle and lived to tell about it.
 
“Welcome to Robert Ludlum's world . . . fast pacing, tight plotting, international intrigue.”—The Plain Dealer

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“Don't ever begin a Ludlum novel if you have to go to work the next day.”—Chicago Sun-Times
 
Tyrell Hawthorne was a naval intelligence officer—one of the best—until the rain-swept night in Amsterdam when his wife was murdered, an innocent victim of the games spies play. 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.
 
Amaya Bajaratt is beautiful, elusive, and deadly—and she has set in motion a chilling conspiracy that a desperate government cannot stop. With his life and the life of the president hanging in the balance, Hawthorne must follow Bajaratt's serpentine trail, a path of seduction, betrayal, and the looming threat of death. Racing from a millionaire recluse's fortress to the social whirl of Palm Beach, 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.
 
“Breakneck . . . readability.”—The New York Times Book Review
 
“A high-voltage tale of drama and suspense.”—The Denver Post

American agent Harry Latham has penetrated the fortresslike mountain hideaway of the Brotherhood of the Watch, a neo-Nazi organization that was born in the days after the fall of the Third Reich. But on the eve of his most spectacular success, after three years in deep cover, Harry disappears.

Drew Latham, Special Officer for Consular Operations in Paris, is frantic to discover his older brother’s fate. But when Drew receives the good news that Harry has surfaced, gut-twisting doubts arise. For Harry has emerged with an explosive document: a list of secret supporters of the Brotherhood, among them high-ranking officials of the United States and its allies. But is it legitimate? The search for the truth about Harry and the growing Nazi threat will plunge Drew into a labyrinth of deceit and death. And whoever makes it out alive will hold the fate of the free world in his hands.

Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Apocalypse Watch

“A powerful, exploding novel . . . vintage Ludlum in fine form.”—Booklist

“If a Pulitzer Prize were awarded for escapist fiction, Robert Ludlam undoubtedly would have won it. Ten times over.”—Mobile Register

“Bloody great fun.”—Kirkus Reviews

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Robert Ludlum’s wayward hero, the outrageous General MacKenzie Hawkins, returns with a diabolical scheme to right a very old wrong—and wreak vengeance on the [redacted] who drummed him out of the military. Discovering a long-buried 1878 treaty with an obscure Indian tribe, the Hawk, a.k.a. Chief Thunder Head, hatches a brilliant plot that will ultimately bring him and his reluctant legal eagle, Sam Devereaux, before the Supreme Court. Their goal is to reclaim a choice piece of American real estate: the state of Nebraska, which just so happens to be the headquarters of the U.S. Strategic Air Command. Their outraged opposition will be no less than the CIA, the Pentagon, and the White House. And only one thing is certain: Ludlum will keep us in nonstop suspense—and side-splitting laughter—through the very last page.

Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Road to Omaha

“A very funny book . . . No character is minor: They’re all hilarious.”—Houston Chronicle

“Don’t ever begin a Ludlum novel if you have to go to work the next day.”—Chicago Sun-Times

In Geneva, American lawyer Joel Converse meets a man he hasn’t seen in twenty years, a covert operative who dies violently at his feet, whispering words that hand Converse a staggering legacy of death: “The generals . . . they’re back . . . Aquitaine!” Suddenly Converse is running for his life, alone with the world’s most shattering secret. Pursued by anonymous executioners to the dark corners of Europe, he is forced to play a game of survival by blood rules he thought he’d long left behind. One by one, he traces each thread of a lethal progression to the heart of every major government, a network of coordinated global violence that no one believes possible—no one but Converse and the woman he once loved and lost, the only two people on earth who can wrest the world from the iron grasp of Aquitaine.

Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Aquitaine Progression

“You won’t be able to put it down. (Don’t ever begin a Ludlum novel if you have to go to work the next day).”—Chicago Sun-Times

“Ludlum at his best.”—Publishers Weekly

The Fourth Reich is waiting to arise—and the only man who can stop it is about to sign its birth certificate. In 1945 the children of the Third Reich were secretly hidden all over the world, to be concealed until they came of age in the 1970s, at which point $780 million would be waiting in a Swiss bank. But all of these elaborate plans need an unsuspecting outsider to set them in motion: Noel Holcroft, the American son of a high-ranking Nazi officer. He has just been shown an incredible document known as the Holcroft Covenant. If he signs, he will inadvertently deal a serious blow to an already fragile world—and authorize his own death warrant.

Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Holcroft Covenant

“Pleases and seduces . . . [Robert] Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined. . . . I sprained my wrist turning his pages and didn’t notice until an hour later.”—John Leonard, The New York Times

“Don’t ever begin a Ludlum novel if you have to go to work the next day.”—Chicago Tribune

Autumn 1943. American agent David Spaulding is among the global espionage elite who have converged on Buenos Aires. His top-secret mission can bring World War II to an explosive end. But what happens in this city of assassins, betrayals, and sensual encounters is the most sinister and terrifying deal ever made between two nations. Intense, high-level covert negotiations will soon bear dangerous fruit with the aid of expatriate German industrialist Erich Rhinemann. But suddenly the game changes, and Spaulding is the man caught in the middle. Struggling furiously to save his sanity, the woman he loves, and his very life, Spaulding might be the only one who can rescue the world from a shattering fate.

Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Rhinemann Exchange

“A superb plot filled with exciting chases, double crosses, secret codes, and beautiful women . . . a picture of the beastliness underlying the espionage world, a world of brilliance without scruples, brutality without restraint.”—Chicago Tribune

“A breathtaking pace . . . The plot is extraordinary.”—Bestsellers

“A paragon in the field.”—The New York Times

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Colorado Congressman Evan Kendrick is trying to live out his term quietly when a political mole reveals his deepest secret: Kendrick was the anonymous hero who freed the hostages held by Arab terrorists in the American embassy in Masqat, and then silently disappeared. Now, brought into the light, Kendrick is a target, pursued by the terrorists he once outwitted. Together with the beautiful woman who saved his life, Kendrick enters a deadly arena where the only currency is blood, where frightened whispers speak of violence yet to come, and where the fate of the free world may ultimately rest in the powerful hands of a mysterious figure known only as the Mahdi.

Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Icarus Agenda

“[Robert] Ludlum is light-years beyond his literary competition in piling plot twist upon plot twist, until the mesmerized reader is held captive. . . . Ludlum pulls out all the stops.”—Chicago Tribune

“[An] intricate story of conspiracies within conspiracies . . . Once you start reading you just can’t stop.”—Library Journal

“Readers will be hooked.”—The New York Times

In quel maledetto taxi, lanciato come un proiettile per le strade di Città del Messico, Jason Bourne non ha perso solo una cara amica. Stretta fra le sue braccia c'è il corpo senza vita di Rebeka, l'unica donna che abbia mai amato. Non importa a che prezzo, non importa con quali rischi o conseguenze: Rebeka avrà la vendetta che merita. Il suo assassino non può farla franca. Ma Bourne non è l'unico a essere assetato di sangue. Anche la sensuale ed esotica Maricruz Encarnaciòn pretende la testa di chi ha ucciso suo padre, il torbido Maceo, l'eminenza grigia che gestiva dall'alto i più pericolosi e feroci cartelli della droga messicani. Nel frattempo, dall'altra parte del mondo, il ministro cinese Ouyang Jidan, marito di Maricruz, sta combattendo una guerra senza esclusioni di colpi per aggiudicarsi il favore del Politburo e dettare le nuove linee guida per il governo della Cina. "La vendetta di Bourne" è una partita cieca con il destino, una corsa furiosa e disperata verso il lato più oscuro del potere dove nessuno è disposto ad arrivare secondo. Perché perdere vuol dire morire.

Quando la Dresner Industries presenta la sua ultima creazione, il Merge, un dispositivo destinato a rivoluzionare il mondo e a rendere obsoleti il computer e lo smartphone, il colonnello Jon Smith di Covert-One viene incaricato di valutare la sua possibile applicazione militare. Subito, Smith si rende conto che - grazie al potenziamento della vista, al controllo in tempo reale del campo di battaglia attraverso un display sofisticato, alla garanzia di una mira pressoché perfetta e all'inviolabilità del sistema - il Merge è il precursore e il protagonista assoluto di una tecnologia che cambierà per sempre la nozione stessa di guerra. Una tecnologia che per nessuna ragione dovrà mai cadere in mani nemiche. Intanto, sulle montagne dell'Afghanistan, l'agente della CIA Randi Russell scopre che un villaggio è stato teatro di un massacro e che tutti i miliziani morti erano equipaggiati con tecnologia Merge, ancora sconosciuta all'Intelligence. Russell e Smith cominciano allora a indagare sulla carneficina, ma l'indagine viene prontamente bloccata da qualcuno che sembra far parte dei gradi più alti dell'apparato militare, e che agisce all'insaputa dello stesso Presidente. Il Merge è davvero così sicuro come sostiene il suo ideatore? E perché il Pentagono sembra così ansioso di mantenere il segreto più assoluto sul suo sviluppo? Smith e Russell sono determinati a svelare la verità. Anche a costo della loro stessa vita.