The Prometheus Deception

I do agree with some of the prior comments questioning the validity of factual situations that arise...as an example, I am still trying to figure out where the bolt cutter came from on page 101 allowing entry into the arm crates. With that aside however, the only real disappointment I personally had was with the length the book took to actually evolve into Mr.Ludlum's famous "spider web" (approx 170 pages). After that, this book is true Ludlum.....entwining, engrossing, ENJOYABLE!! I only wish that we "Ludlumites" did not have to wait so long for his books. Mr.Ludlum is and remains the master storyteller.....and yes, Mr.Manning does bear a "faint" resemblance to Mr.Gates, doesn't he? I would strongly urge any reader who is not familiar with Mr.Ludlum's work to read this....even though this may not be his best ever, I assure you that you will be buying another of his books very soon.....as I definately will; but I am going to have to wait for his next, as all of his prior books sit on my shelves.

Robert Ludlum writes excellent books in my opinion however, this book has, however, been underwhelming to me. I might have missed the picture at some crucial point since I failed completely to understand why would an organization obviously well organized such as prometheus would have such lapses in its executions. I failed to understand as well why was Bryson (the central figure and the story teller) ever necessary in the first place, was he a super agent whose moral compass was so right that he had to be neutralized for prometheus to achieve what they want?If he (Bryson) was a threat to Prometheus plans and advance why was he seemingly elusive, with various teams sent to eliminate him either imbeciles or downright inept? Why was it necessary for assistant to the slain british foreign secretary find it incumbent upon him to explain to Elena/Bryson that they were late? Why not just getting rid of them?The story line could have been re-worked to bring a better flow and reason to the story. To posit a Ludlum analogy as presented in the Bourne Identity the story line was believable and water tight. Here is a guy who suffered insomnia, desperate to know who he really was while at the same time the government that created him considers rogue and wants to eliminate him.As mentioned earlier, I failed to understand why it boiled down to Bryson, who in my opinion was redundant and not too original and the irony in the end was deafening, that Prometheus failed completely to have a Business Continuity framework in its thinking, that a 1960's technology could waste billions of scheming and innocent blood.

Fast paced as only Ludlum can do. It contains so many twists and turns it made my head spin. Thank you Robert.

I like the book

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i was a ludlum virgin until i read this fast-paced thriller, which for obvious reasons, kept me up for two nights reading. densely plotted, with subterfuge and deception playing a heavy hand, one questions the motives of the likable spy at the center, good ol' nick, who seems victimized by what i call "battered spy syndrome." his handlers, on both sides, keep mistreating him, keep lying him to him, keep setting him up, keep sending assassin squads after him, yet nick keeps wanting more of the same. if you want plenty of action, stuff about global surveillance, illegal arms trade, and authentic dialogue, read this book. occasional lapses in logic do crop out, and nick seems less a master of houdini disguises in these instances, than a casualty of carelessness on ludlum's part.

I admit that I am not a Ludlum expert. I read the Bourne series and thoroughly enjoyed them. Granted that was some time ago and my memory may me a little dusty. The Prometheus Deception caught my eye and since I liked the other Ludlum books I went for it. I was pretty disaapointed and read only about 1/4th of the book. The profanity laced dialogs were over the top, to the point of taking away from the story. I can handle some swearing, but the continual use of the F-bomb is a deal-breaker for me. But that's a personal preference. If you're OK with it, then you'll have to deal with the unrealist action that leaves every bad guy with a bullet to the forehead and the good guys never getting hit, even though the enemy are the best assassins from the underworld... It just got to be unreadable.

A few key unreasonable events or situations left me thinking , “that’s not likely”. I was to far in to stop. Those things, like squeezing through an 18”x20” air duct, left me disappointed.

Very repetitive in regards to other novels of his writing, however very Ludlum. Prefer some off his other older novels. Still worth the read.

I found the plot disjointed. IMO not up to the usual Ludlum standars

Another good read from Ludlum

There is no doubt that Robert Ludlum is a great writer but in all honesty I found this a very hard book to get into. I got fed up four times and went off to read other books. Eventually I skimmed through to the end. I found it very dark and complex and did not enjoy it at all.

A long enjoyable read.