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Robert Ludlum's The Altman Code

A Covert-One Novel
Covert-One: Book #4

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Narrator Don Leslie

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Length 6 hours 59 minutes
Language English
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The thrilling fourth volume in the bestselling Covert-One series

On the dark waterside docks of Shanghai, a photographer is recording cargo being secretly loaded when he's brutally killed and his camera destroyed. Two weeks later, on the dangerous high seas, the U.S. Navy covertly tracks a Chinese cargo ship rumored to carry tons of chemicals for Saddam Hussein to create new biological weapons. The president cannot let the ship reach Iraq. At the same time, he doesn't want the navy to attack and board it either, because decades of negotiations with China have at long last yielded a landmark human rights agreement that China is willing to sign. Fighting to keep the agreement on track, the president orders the head of Covert-One to find proof of what the Chinese ship is ferrying. Under cover of a medical conference, operative Col. Jon Smith is sent to Taiwan to rendezvous with another agent who has acquired the ship's true manifest. But the second agent is murdered, the proof is destroyed, and Smith is left only with a verbal message--the president's biological father is still alive, held prisoner by the Chinese for fifty years. Racing against the clock, Smith uncovers the truth about the ship, a truth that probes the deepest secrets of the Chinese ruling party and reveals a terrifying cabal whose diabolical plan thrusts the world to the very brink of war.

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.

Gayle Lynds is the bestselling, award-winning author of several international espionage thrillers, including Masquerade, The Coil, and The Last Spymaster. A member of the Association for Intelligence Officers, she is cofounder (with David Morrell) of ITW (International Thriller Writers). She lives in Santa Barbara.

Don Leslie has appeared on and off Broadway as well as in many feature films and various episodic television shows. He is an accomplished audiobook narrator and also voices commercials, on-air narrations, video games, and movie trailers.ย  Don's audiobook credits include reading more than forty audiobooks, several of which have won Earphones awards.ย  His narrations include Robert Ludlum's The Altman Code, Richard Conniff's The Ape in the Corner Office, and Orson Scott Card's Ender in Exile.

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Narrator:
Don Leslie

ISBN:
9781593973209

Length:
6 hours 59 minutes

Language:
English

Publisher:
Macmillan Audio

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Edition:
Unabridged

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Reviews

โ€œLudlum is light years beyond his literary competition in piling plot twist upon plot twist, until the mesmerized reader is held captive...[He] dominates the field in strong, tightly plotted, adventure-drenched thrillers. Ludlum pulls out all the stops and dazzles his readers.โ€ โ€”Chicago Tribune

โ€œLudlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six pack of thriller writers combined.โ€ โ€”The New York Times

โ€œReading a Ludlum novel is like watching a James Bond film.โ€ โ€”Entertainment Weekly

โ€œWelcome to Robert Ludlum's world...fast pacing, tight plotting, international intrigue.โ€ โ€”The Plain Dealer

โ€œRobert Ludlum is the master of gripping, fast-moving intrigue. He is unsurpassed at weaving a tapestry of stunningly diverse figures, then assembling them in a sequence so gripping that the reader's attention never wavers.โ€ โ€”The Daily Oklahoman

โ€œDon't ever begin a Ludlum novel if you have to go to work the next day.โ€ โ€”Chicago Sun-Times

โ€œIf a Pulitzer Prize were awarded for escapist fiction, Robert Ludlum undoubtedly would have won it. Ten times over.โ€ โ€”Mobile Register

โ€œAn exciting medical-military thriller that moves at a rapid pace to its climax...an exciting new series.โ€ โ€”Midwest Book Review

โ€œA pop hit...that should bounce right up the bestseller lists.โ€ โ€”Kirkus Reviews

โ€œGripping...robust writing and a breakneck pace.โ€ โ€”Boston Herald

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