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The Matarese Countdown (Hardcover)

by Robert Ludlum (Author)
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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 The Matarese Countdown. 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 The Matarese Circle, 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, The Matarese Countdown 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. --Rebekah Warren


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1.0 out of 5 stars The Swedish Chef Meets Dudley Do-Right, April 30 2003
By Barbara H. Allen "mistrial1" (Charleston, WV United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Matarese Countdown (Mass Market Paperback)
I bought the book-on-tape of The Matarese Countdown and have been listening to it in my car for the past few days. Big mistake. The dialogue in TMCis so hilariously awful -unintended, I'm sure, by the author and the actor who's reading the book to us -- that I'm laughing too hard to steer the car and see the road. Every German character sounds like Colonel Klink; every Swedish character sounds like the Swedish Chef; you get the picture. All of this comes at you in a pulsing staccato reminiscent of the urgent voiceovers on 50's newsreels. I see from other reviews that much of the dialogue in TMC is punctuated with !, which may explain the breathless narrative. Reading this book couldn't be any better than listening to it, so I recommend that you give it a miss.
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1.0 out of 5 stars pathetic, Mar 10 2003
By bob20799 "bob20799" (the magic theater) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Matarese Countdown (Mass Market Paperback)
Okay. Lets face it, Ludlum was never much of a writer, but there was a time when we was a great story teller. He is one of those writers that a reader keeps picking up in the hope that, desptie that last 5 - 10 - 20 years, whatever, he may have a return to what he could once do ( think Stephen King or Peirs Anthony). In this case he falls short of everything he has done since that stuff that was rejected before his name was known and since published just because his name was one it ( oops flash back to the others I mentioned but that is another story ).
There are really only two points needed in this book to dismiss it. The first being that it exists. This book is set up as a sequal to the Materese Circle in which the formerly thwarted bad guys have returned, but the end of the Materese Circle makes it clear that they don't need to return, despite that hero having won his battle he lost his war. In his pleasant retirement he contemplates their victory. Mow they are lost and trying again? The second point is even more grevious ( afterall, we all know that the first story will alway be thrown out the window for a sequal ), the bad guy tries to feed the hero to his pet birds. Even from a writer who would use the same metophores over and over until you were convinced it was simply a macro on his computer, you don't expect Snidely Whiplash villians. In this scean, as the birds turned on their master ( surprising, huh?) I fully expected him to rear up, twirl his mustache and say "curses, foiled again."
If that is what you like, enjoy.
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1.0 out of 5 stars An unbelievable letdown, Oct 18 2002
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This review is from: The Matarese Countdown (Mass Market Paperback)
Made the mistake of not scrolling through all reviews to see that the vast majority of readers panned this book. In this case, numbers tell the story. Like other readers, I just couldn't believe that the author of one of my favorite books, The Matarese Circle, could have written this sequel. The characters in The Matarese Countdown bear no relationship to the original cast of "Circle". The tension of the unlikely duo in "Circle", the intellectual and physical skills of two spies at the top of their game, is nowhere to be found in "Countdown". The new characters are never developed, and the old characters are no longer engaging. If, like me, you still find it difficult to believe how inferior this book is, at least try to borrow it from the library or buy it at a rummage sale for 50 cents.
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2.0 out of 5 stars What happened to Mr. Ludlum?
I have just finished "The Matarese Countdown". It was difficult to finish because I kept putting it down in irritation. Read more
Published on Aug 2 2002

1.0 out of 5 stars painfully bad attempt by the master
I can't even begin to descibe this one. The late great Ludlum must have been drunk while writing this horrid novel. Read more
Published on May 9 2002 by Plaque

4.0 out of 5 stars MATARESE COUNTDOWN
In this book there is a few main things that happen with the Matarese coming back and trying to rule and capture some main people that caused them harm, in many different attempts... Read more
Published on April 5 2002 by Zach

1.0 out of 5 stars Way to cliche - Overly dramatic
The main characters were over-blown with spy personalities. General plot was okay, but could have used some refinement. Read more
Published on Mar 14 2002 by Robert M. Darby

1.0 out of 5 stars A downer
With apologies to the late, great Ludlum, this is a snooze-fest. Mostly dialogue and very little action. Zzzzzzzz
Published on Aug 18 2001 by Marco Polo

1.0 out of 5 stars Old Players Never Die....
It's always sad to see a sports professional stay around for one season too many. Unfortuantely, that, in a nutshell, is all that needs to be said about The Matarese Countdown... Read more
Published on Jun 18 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars Far from his best--but not his worst, either...
I have been a Ludlum fan ever since my older brother informed me that 'The Bourne Identity' was easily one of the best thrillers ever written... Read more
Published on April 30 2001 by Jeff Edwards

5.0 out of 5 stars Ludlum's back on track - the best of his recent offerings!
A superb and fast-paced sequel to the classic thriller THE MATARESE CIRCLE! Beowulf Agate, aka Brandon Scofield, retired CIA operative is back, and so are his arch-enemies the... Read more
Published on Aug 30 2000 by Mr N Forbes-warren

1.0 out of 5 stars Extremely disappointed
This must be a joke! Ludlum could not have written this book. I've read everything he's written - and he's obviously not present in this deceptive piece of trash. Read more
Published on Aug 19 2000 by James M. Mulvihill

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Read
Despite what other people have said about this book I really enjoyed it. It was the first Robert Ludlum book that i actually managed to get to the end of and also read twice. Read more
Published on Jul 19 2000 by K.J Agnew

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