Robert Ludlum's The Moscow Vector

A Covert-One Novel

By: Patrick Larkin

Narrated by: Erik Bergmann

Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

At an international medical conference in Prague, Dr. Fiona Devin, an American scientist attached to the Department of Defense, is contacted by one of her Russian colleagues. Dr. Valentin Petrenko, a specialist in rare diseases, is concerned about a small cluster of deaths in Moscow but even more concerned by the Russian government's refusal to publicly release any information or data on the outbreak. When he meets with Devin to pass on his case notes and samples, the two are attacked; Petrenko is killed while Devin barely escapes with the notes and medical samples. Covert-One operative Lt. Col. Jon Smith is dispatched to Prague to get Devin and her information safely back to the U.S.

As Devin begins to analyze the information, a series of highly placed figures in the U.S. government become ill with a mysterious illness that bears a close resemblance to the disease described in Petrenko's notes. The disease is the perfect assassination tool: a bioweapon that, using each target's DNA, is undetectable, unstoppable, and incurable. With few clues and little time, Jon Smith must find the mysterious figure who stands at the center of this nefarious plot.

©2005 Myn Pyn, LLC (P)2005 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC

One of the best

Well written and timely material.

Didnt like it...

The book took too many liberties in jumping back and forth without explanation. The narrator did not know how to pronounce certain words which is distracting...example...the word 'bas-relief' is not pronounced 'bass-relief'...anyway I have listened to many of the Ludlum stories, which I liked, this one, not so good...

Try something else

The only thing similar to a real Robert Ludlum novel is the use of the author's name. The book has a Ludlum-like plot, but it reads like it was assigned to a seventh grade English class to complete the prose. It's poorly written.

I have listened to hundreds of books and this is the worst because of the narrative and the narrators. The narrators try their best to make the book come to life but the lousy narrative fights them with every line.

If you want a great spy novel, try the recent ones by Vince Flynn. These are great audio books with an exciting plot line and excellent narrator.