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Summary
To atone for the sins he committed serving his country, ex-covert government agent Paul Janson is determined to save the world: one person, one mission, one redemption at a time.
The Janson Option
Paul Janson--a former Consular Ops legend known as "The Machine" for his deadly speed and accuracy--has a new mission. Sickened by the "sanctioned serial killings" ordered by the state department, Janson has left covert operations and is now a private security consultant. In partnership with deadly sharpshooter Jessica Kincaid, he only takes assignments that he believes will lead to the greater good.
When American Synergy Corporation oil executive Kingsman Helms begs Janson to rescue his wife, Allegra, from Somali pirates, Janson and Kincaid view it as the perfect opportunity to infiltrate ASC and disrupt the company's scheme to subvert independent oil-rich African countries into wholly-owned ASC subsidiaries.
Once on the ground, Janson and Kincaid discover that the pirates may be the least lethal threat in the violent chaos of anarchic Somalia. Is Allegra's kidnapping for real, or is she merely a pawn in her husband's machinations for control of the country? Janson and Kincaid quickly find themselves embroiled in a bewildering storm of plots and counterplots, and their fight to survive threatens to disrupt the entire region, and beyond...
Author Notes
Robert Ludlum was the author of twenty-seven novels, each one a New York Times bestseller. There are more than 210 million of his books in print, and they have been translated into thirty-two languages. He is the author of The Scarlatti Inheritance, The Chancellor Manuscript, and the Jason Bourne series--The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum--among others. Mr. Ludlum passed away in March, 2001. To learn more, you can visit www.Robert-Ludlum.com.
Reviews (2)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Garrison's second contribution to the Ludlum franchise (after 2012's The Janson Command) offers action aplenty, along with a surfeit of subplots. Allegra Helms, a 30-year-old Italian countess, is aboard the superyacht Tarantula in the Indian Ocean when Somali pirate Maxammed seizes the ship and takes the passengers hostage. Allegra's husband, Kingsman Helms, the president of the petroleum division of American Synergy Corp., hires Paul Janson's Catspaw Associates to rescue his wife. To Janson and his partner and girlfriend, Jessica Kincaid, it appears to be a fairly straightforward assignment, but they quickly find themselves enmeshed in a murky stew of politics and international intrigue, which they must take time to sort out before making their rescue run on the Tarantula. Readers will hope that next time Garrison keeps the focus on the enterprise's more thrilling aspects. Agent: Henry Morrison, Henry Morrison Literary Agency. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
This is Ludlum's novel only in the sense that the late best-selling author created the character in 2002's The Janson Directive. It was Garrison who wrote the follow-up, 2012's The Janson Command, turning the character from a one-shot to a series lead. Now, in the third Paul Janson novel, the former U.S. covert operative (he runs a private security firm now) is hired by an unlikable oil exec to rescue his young wife from Somali pirates. But Janson soon begins to suspect there's more to the story than he's been told. Could the oil exec know more about his wife's kidnapping than he's letting on? Garrison, who under his real name, Justin Scott, is coauthor (with Clive Cussler) of the splendid Isaac Bell thrillers, keeps the pace moving steadily, and Janson and his partner, Jessica Kincaid (a world-class sharpshooter), make a good team. Think of it as a streamlined, more polished version of a Robert Ludlum thriller without Ludlum's clunky prose and expository style.--Pitt, David Copyright 2014 Booklist