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Summary: Different names same story
Review: Boy meets girl, the whole world turns against them, hundreds die, boy saves world. Version 14 enough said
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Summary: Waste of time.
Review: This book was a waste of my time. It is pointless. I was insulted by the frequent usage of french terms and phrases. France is one of most anti-American countries in the world and there is no positive purpose served by including words and terms of this despicable country in an American book.
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Summary: Prometheus Debacle
Review: I first read Scarlatti Inheritance in the 70's, and every book since, but this one borders on the ridiculous. The premise of the Directorate was interesting, but for Bryson to make the multitude of unbelievable escapes; buy, assemble, and set up sophisticated computer equipment in a matter of hours is just not plausible, along with most of the escapades. I'm sorry, but this one is just too far-fetched.
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Summary: Still disapointing
Review: I keep hoping that Ludlum will rise to the level of his early works.. I'm not a literary critic, but maybe more plain old people like me ought to review this kind of junk before it's released. Ludlum ought to fire whomever is writing this stuff for him... Example...Page 58. Bryson had "stowed his weapon in his glove compartment..." Page 59. "Bryson's Glock was nestled against the base of his spine, in his rear waist holster." Page 62. Bryson kills his enemy by twisting his Glock around and shooting his enemy in the face.. Tell me how anyone could survive shooting an automatic handgun in that kind of confined space without serious injury to the back caused by the ejection action of the automatic pistol... this junk goes on and on... Your reviewers either aren't reading this book or they have some financial interest in promoting it. It is awful.
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Summary: Mega Bust!
Review: Having been an avid Ludlum reader I find this a very disappointing read. Ludlum's main character is "super-human"; events are highly scattered,staged and unrealistic; characters appear/disappear in a random and chaotic manner. The thrills in the book where best viewed as stand alone events with no continuity. The ending was incoherent.Ludlum seems to be grasping and tired.
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Summary: One of Ludlum's best yet.
Review: My wife bought me "The Prometheus Deception" for Christmas and I couldn't put it down. I began reading Ludlum with "The Aquitaine Progression" and have read every one of his books since then. This one, in my opinion, may be his best yet. I was devouring the book page by page. There are so many twists in this book you will not want to put it down until you finish page 509, the end. Outstanding plots and characters with an in depth look at the possibilities of Signals Intelligence and the realm of the computer age functioning with telecommunications. I thoroughly enjoyed it and can't wait for the sequal!! Order it now, you wont regret it.
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Summary: Wow! Fabulous read!!
Review: I simply could not put this one down. Well done, Mr. L! After all these novels, you still have new ideas -- I hope I can be as creative as long. Here's to many more RL novels to come!
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Summary: one of his best
Review: While not the best of works it is clearly up there. I felt the confusion and uncertainy of the main character. Who was the bad guy, who do you trust? At times the central character is a bit unbelievable, but that would be my only criticism.
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Summary: Wait for the paperback
Review: While I enjoy Ludlum's work, and usually pick up a copy of his work as soon as it hits the shelves, I would have felt better about this book had I waited for the paperback. The book has an interesting, but not too believable plot, with some unusual twists and turns. Unless you are a hard-core Ludlum fan, save this for beach-reading next summer when you can pick up a paperback copy for seven or eight bucks.
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Summary: Authentic Ludlum, maybe a bit hackneyed though.
Review: Start with the good news: Ludlum is back! With "The Prometheus Deception", Ludlum has laid to rest the ghost of the awful Matarese Countdown which one can now forget as an unfortunate aberration. Prometheus is back to the classic Ludlum: fast paced action, complex plot, protagonist facing overwhelming odds, gripping deceptions. The story itself is quite ingenious and contemporary. As always Ludlum's protagonist (here Nick Bryson) is up against a global conspiracy that has managed to subvert conventional lines of authority and is so well buried that nobody realizes that what they see is only the tip of the iceberg. And as always, the conspiracy is on the cusp of taking over and our hero has just a few days to save the world. Ludlum's threat is quite clever; he has built on the acknowledged erosion of privacy that the Internet has resulted in. The big kahuna of the bad guys is a software genius who owns a gigantic Seattle based software corporation that dominates the business and owns a billion dollar "smart" lakeside mansion (now who does that remind me of........). Ludlum verges onto sci-fi territory however with his extrapolations of surveillance capabilities (imagine copter based equipment, let alone a satellite, able to identify not just a car license plate but the facial features of the driver and passenger in it - pretty fancy tech that). From any other author, this book would be top notch; for Ludlum though, it falls in comparison to his own high standards. The plot, for all its contemporary flavor, has been re-hashed once too often. Nick Bryson, unlike earlier Ludlum heroes, is literally invincible and can execute Houdini like escapes from any trap, leaving you with a feeling of disbelief. Ultimately, disbelief is what does you in; unlike earlier Ludlums where you were never quite sure if it was fact or fiction, Prometheus never quite convinces you it is more than a yarn. The old buzzwords of "mergers and acquisitions" that worked in the 80s seem out of place here and one gets the feeling that Ludlum is not exactly sure of his ground. The finale too is unconvincing and it stretches credulity that the billion dollar mansion has no fallbacks in security and damage control (I am being vague to avoid giving away the ending). All in all a good book, miles better than the execrable Matarese Countdown, but way below the Bourne Series. Worth a read. Incidentally, Ludlum's protagonists are always male; the token female interest is mostly ornamental and nurturing with occasional flashes of intellectual input. Not quite a new Millennium after all!
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