The Gemini contenders

by Robert Ludlum

1989

Status

Available

Publication

New York : Bantam, 1989.

Description

Fiction. Literature. Thriller. HTML:Salonika, Greece: December 1939. In the dead of night, a clandestine order of monks embarks on a desperate mission: to transport a mysterious vault to a hiding place high in the Italian Alps. The sinister cache, concealed for centuries, could rip apart the Christian world. Now, as the Nazi threat marches inexorably closer, men both good and evil will be drawn into a violent and deadly hunt, sparking a relentless struggle that could forever change the world as we know it.   Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Gemini Contenders   �??[Robert Ludlum�??s] most ambitious novel . . . Its twist and turns carry the reader on a fast bobsled run. . . . A marvelously unflagging imagination.�?��??The New York Times   �??A winner . . . one of those books you intend to put down after just one more chapter . . . suddenly it�??s two in the morning and you�??ve read the whole thing.�?��??United Press International   �??A skyrocket of a book . . . The action never stops for a second.�?��??The Plain Dealer   �??Packed full of exciteme… (more)

Media reviews

[Ludlum's] most ambitious, and I think it is also his best... Mr. Ludlum brings off his long story with a marvelously unflagging imagination.

User reviews

LibraryThing member nkmunn
secrecy, generational conflict, WWII aftermath, but author's development of characters is excellent at the beginning of the story and then becomes unbelieveable as the story progresses.
LibraryThing member TadAD
Typical formula Ludlum. Not his best writing, though not as horrible as some of his work in the 90s.

Language

Original publication date

1976

Physical description

411 p.; 24 cm

ISBN

9780553282092

Barcode

1600303
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