false 573202 16 On a snowy night in northern Russia, balding and bedridden Maria Yuriskaya prepares herself for the last rites of death. When a priest approaches her bed and asks for a confession, she unloads a whopper of a secret and sets off <I>The Matarese Countdown</I>. Apparently, the accidental killing of her world-class nuclear physicist husband by a wild bear was not an accident after all. The death was a set up and Maria knows who did it. The priest thinks she's having a senile fit, but she's serious. So serious, that uttering the dreaded words, "The Matarese ... the consummate evil" seems to vacuum the life right out of her. The legendary Matarese, the planet-threatening dynasty of killers from <I>The Matarese Circle</I>, is back and up to their evil tricks. The grandson of The Matarese, a laissez-faire fundamentalist with a bad case of ancestor-worship plans to finish his grandfather's wicked designs. However, political-science prodigy and CIA rookie Cameron Pryce is on the case. Armed with several languages and even more degrees, Pryce races around the world and against the clock to stop the deadly posse. Fast-paced and action-packed, <I>The Matarese Countdown</I> is a must for Ludlum fans, but it's not for sissies. Rugged, macho observations abound: "They waded into shore as the clattering motors came to a stop, and as women tend to do, Leslie and Toni embraced," and "Maybe the women would change your mind. After all, it was the women, the mothers, who got us all through the Ice Age. In the animal kingdom, the female is the most vicious in protecting her young." In other words, if a post Ice Age feminist read this book and ran into Ludlum, she probably wouldn't embrace him. <i>--Rebekah Warren</i> 3246881 1997 The Matarese Countdown total:433|5:83|4:149|3:162|2:34|1:5| 433 1570 582 14 2 0 true false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 08:30:19 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 09:09:21 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 27 02:24:34 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 10 09:07:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 22 07:34:27 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 07:39:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 true false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Aug 06 19:43:49 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 19:46:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 08 03:06:15 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 03:25:13 -0700 2008 7 Captivating this one is - to me atleast]]> 1 0 false false Sat Dec 01 16:53:06 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 01 16:54:01 -0800 2007 3 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 11:01:43 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 11:03:57 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 21:21:02 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 08:28:48 -0700 2008
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