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HarperCollins. Very Good. 18 cm. Paperback. 2001. 432 pages. Two bestselling authors collaborate to spin a dea dly tale of science, espionage and government gone fatally wrong. A homeless man in Boston, an Army Major in California, and a t eenage girl in Atlanta all die suddenly and painfully - each a vi ctim of an unknown doomsday virus. For three days, a team of scie ntists in a US government laboratory has been frantically trying to unlock the virus's secrets. Lt. Col. Jonathan Jon' Smith, a leading researcher from the lab, barely survives a series of well -orchestrated attempts made on his life. When he discovers that t he virus has claimed its fourth victim, his fiancee, he is devast ated and enraged. Smith quickly uncovers evidence that his lover' s death was no accident. But wherever he turns, some unseen force blocks his quest for information. Not knowing whom to trust, S mith assembles a private team to search for the truth behind the deadly virus. While the death toll mounts, their quest leads to t he highest levels of power and the darkest corners of the earth, as they match wits with a determined genius - and as the future o f the world lies in the balance. Reviews In his first book sin ce 1997's The Matarese Countdown, onetime thriller superstar Ludl um teams up with Lynds (Masquerade; Mosaic) for a lackluster trad e paperback original, the first volume in a Tom Clancy-like serie s called Covert-One. The novel stars ace doctor (and former milit ary spook) Lt. Col. Jonathan Smith, who now works for the U.S. Ar my Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases in Fort Det rick, Md. We first meet Dr. Smith in London, where a childhood fr iend and rogue FBI agent warns him not to get involved in USAMRII D's latest investigation; the institute is looking into the baffl ing deaths from an unknown killer virus of three people in three widely separated states. But Smith's colleague and wife-to-be, Dr . Sophia Russell, is already trying to link the virus with a myst erious disease that decimated the Monkey Blood tribe she had work ed with during her student days in Peru. What she doesn't know is that the slickly evil scientist who investigated the virus then is now the head of a giant chemical company with links to Third W orld terrorism. When Russell herself falls victim to the virus ea rly on, Smith must forge ahead with the assistance of her sister, Randi, a CIA agent in Baghdad. Ludlum and Lynds keep things movi ng at a capable pace, but the familiar plot and uninspired writin g (Smith wore his restlessness like another man wore his skin) do little to foment interest in future installments on the series. (June) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information. The new team has a pop hit on their hands that should bounce right up the bes tseller lists.' Kirkus Reviews .

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