The Janus Reprisal by Robert Ludlum

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Genre -Thriller


Top covert operative Jon Smith, who is also a qualified scientist with skills attributing to infectious diseases, is attending a WHO conference (infectious diseases) which has suddenly turned into a terrorist attack. London has housed one of the world’s deadliest terrorists Oman Dattar who is being held and tried for crimes against humanity. Dattar escapes with his men and heads to the conference where a new strain of deadly bacteria is being shown. One that is almost impossible to eradicate once let out with dire devastational consequences to the Western world.


This is a very fast action story. With Ludlum’s twists and turns, the main characters are challened to survive what the ordinary civilian could not. Once you start reading this book, it is hard to put down until it is finished.


---- Reviewed by Judy, Rowville Bookchat

The Janson Command by Robert Ludlum

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 This is an extremely fast action story involving the main character Paul Janson, a reformed assassin trying to put right his bad history. He accepts a job from one of his old friends and has to work with a sharpshooter, Jessica Kincaid. Janson takes the job to rescue a doctor who has been kidnapped by West African rebels during the ambush of an American super oil service boat. What appears to be a straight out job turns out to be absolute chaos, involving other countries with designs on oil reserves. Janson’s gut feeling ends up distrusting those that offered him the job and almost comes to a sticky end more than once. Janson's job involves many countries including Australia, in particular Luna Park in Sydney.

Excellent reading for those that like a fast-action around the world chase, and plenty of the usual nasty rebels equipped with state of the art power and less brain power, to keep you wondering, who is Janson fighting for; his employer’s enemy or someone within his employer’s organization. This is one good story you can’t put down.

---- Reviewed by Judy, Rowville Bookchat