Nothing except Peter Novak, a man who once saved Janson’s life when everyone else was powerless to help. No longer able to live with the brutality, bloodshed, and personal loss that marked his career, Janson has retired from the field and nothing could lure him back. For decades, Janson was an operative and assassin whose skills and exploits made him a legend in the notorious U.S. Running out of time and hope, Novak’s people turn to a man with a long history of defeating impossible odds: Paul Janson. Holding Novak in a near impenetrable fortress, The Caliph has refused to negotiate for his release, planning instead to brutally execute Novak in a matter of days. Nobel laureate, international financier, and philanthropist Peter Novak – a billionaire who has committed his life and fortune to fostering democracy around the world through his Liberty Foundation – has been captured by the forces led by the near-mythical terrorist known as The Caliph.
One of the world’s greatest men has been kidnapped. But wherever he turns, Smith finds that some unseen force has blocked his quest for information. Devastated and enraged, Smith quickly uncovers evidence that his lover’s death was no accident–that someone out there has the virus, and the pandemic that threatens hundreds of millions of lives is no accident.
By the time Smith eludes his pursuers and makes it home, he discovers that the virus has claimed its fourth victim, Dr.
Jonathan Smith, returns from overseas, he barely survives a series of well-orchestrated attempts made on his life. When the leading researcher from that lab, Lt. government laboratory has been frantically trying to unlock the virus’s secrets. For three days, a team of scientists is a U.S. Ī homeless man in Boston, an Army Major in California, and a teenage girl in Atlanta all die suddenly and painfully–each a victim of an unknown doomsday virus. Now, from the imagination of one of America’s greatest storytellers comes Robert Ludlum’s The Hades Factor–a thrilling new entry in the Covert-One series. His many books have thrilled millions of readers, reaching the top of bestsellers lists the world over and setting a standard that has never been surpassed.
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