The Matarese Circle By Robert Ludlum Hardcover 1979 3rd Impression

Description: See photos for condition details. Very good condition with few signs of wear. Does babe Ex Libris sticker with former owner’s name on inside cover. Brandon Scofield, a ranking intelligence officer in America's clandestine services, is a veteran of twenty-two years--a lifetime of secrecy and violence. He has seen more of that world than he cares to remember. He is a tired man, but he remains the best in the field. Vasili Taleniekov, master strategist, KGB, the Soviet Union's most brilliant intelligence tactician, is both executioner and negotiator, hunter and quarry. He has spent twenty-five years in ruthless pursuit of Moscow's enemies. He, too, is tired, weary of the futility, but there is no one better in all Russia. Scofield and Taleniekov_-profession-als to the core- are also deadly enemies who have vowed to kill one another if ever they should meet. Their motives: Taleniekov was responsible for the death of Scofield's wife; Scofield engineered the murder of the Russian's brother. The deaths took place a decade ago. Now, both men have aged and are at the end of their careers. The tensions of the years have taken their toll; both are mistrusted by their own governments, both slated for termination. Or more final methods to insure their silences. But Taleniekov has come upon one of the most frightening secrets of our time. He has discovered an organization called The Matarese that has been financing terrorist groups around the world. No one really knows the aim of The Mata-rese only that it must be stopped. And the only men who can stop it are Brandon Scofield and Vasili Talenickov_-working together. In a tense and dramatic scene that rivals the best Ludlum has ever done-the best that any author of thrillers has ever written the two men confront one another. But their confrontation does not result in either's death. Instead, Talenie-kov and Scofield pool their expertise and begin to track the leaders of The Mata-rese- a search that. takes them from Corsica, through Essen, Leningrad, London, Rome, and finally to Boston, Massachusetts, and a heart-stopping climax as surprising as it is unexpected. Once again Robert Ludlum writes a story of complexity, nonstop action, incredible timeliness and fabulous sur-prise. In his two protagonists, he has created believable men of such skill that you admire them, are awed by their genius, will them to win. They are two of the author's finest creations, and they grace what is undeniably Robert Ludlum's finest novel. Jacket design by JACK RIBIK and LYNN HOLLYN

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