Dès son plus jeune âge, cet auteur est fasciné par l'histoire, en particulier par l'histoire militaire, une fascination qui alimente ses récits pleins d'action et de suspense. Après avoir étudié l'anglais, il s'est plongé dans la politique et la rédaction de discours, mais sa passion innée pour la création d'histoires d'aventure l'a finalement conduit à une carrière à temps plein en tant que romancier. La co-écriture d'œuvres à succès avec des personnalités de premier plan dans le genre du thriller militaire a renforcé sa confiance pour poursuivre une carrière d'écrivain indépendant. Ses romans se caractérisent par un mélange d'intrigues internationales, de technologies de pointe et d'action palpitante, plongeant le lecteur dans des mondes de suspense et d'enjeux élevés.
Le Mouvement Lazare, organisation mysterieuse et presente a travers le monde entier, se rassemble devant l'Institut Teller pour protester contre la recherche sur les nanotechnologies, acclamee par les uns, mais critiquee par les autres. Soudainement, explosions et morts a l'interieur de l'Institut. Accident ou acte terroriste? Ce n'est peut-etre que la repetition d'une catastrophe sans precedent.
At an international conference in Prague, Lt. Col. Jon Smith, an Army research doctor specializing in infectious diseases and secretly an agent attached to Covert-One, is contacted by a Russian colleague, Dr. Valentine Petrenko. Petrenko is concerned about a small cluster of mysterious deaths in Moscow and about the Russian government's refusal to release publicly any information or data on the outbreak. When the two meet, they are attacked by a group of mysterious men and Petrenko is killed, his notes and medical samples are lost, and Smith barely escapes with his life. At the same time, a series of government officials around the world are coming down with a mysterious, fast-acting virus with a 100% fatality rate. These deaths are somehow related to the increasing militarism from the new Russian government, headed by the autocratic and ambitious President Victor Dudarev. With few clues and precious little time, Smith and Covert-One must unravel this mysterious plot and find the mysterious figure who stands at the center of it all...
For the past three decades Robert Ludlum's bestselling novels have been enjoyed by hundreds of millions of readers worldwide and have set the standard against which all other thrillers are measured. His Covert-One series has been among his most beloved creations and now comes the latest thrilling novel in the series. The Lazarus Movement, the dominant force in the eco-conscious, "anti-technology" protest movement, has sent rumblings down the halls of the world's intelligence agencies. Led by a mysterious, never-seen figure known only as Lazarus, this increasingly prominent group is believed by some to be preparing a bold strike. When an attack on a nano-technology research facility leaves thousands dead--- protestors and scientists alike---from what appears to be a cloud of inadvertently released but gruesomely deadly nanobots, pandemonium reigns. Lt. Col. Jon Smith is activated by Covert-One to find and uncover the truth about Lazarus where all others have failed. As Smith slowly uncovers the deadly underpinnings of the group, he soon learns that the Lazarus Movement is only the very tip of the iceberg in a deadly scheme that threatens billions of lives and will forever change the nature of the world itself.
„Hydra“ – ein neues, weltbedrohendes Virus bricht aus In Moskau sterben US-Diplomaten an einem tödlichen, neuartigen Virus. Es lässt sich nicht diagnostizieren, nicht aufhalten und es gibt kein Gegenmittel. Die perfekte Biowaffe, die ihr Ziel in der DNA ihrer Opfer findet und diese rasend schnell zerstört. Jon Smith von der amerikanischen Sondereinheit Covert One wird von Prag nach Moskau beordert, um die Attentäter ausfindig zu machen. Er kommt einer weltweiten Verschwörung auf die Spur, die von einem geheimnisumwitterten Mann geleitet wird.