Robert Ludlum's The Paris Option: A Covert-One Novel

On the whole, I would recommend anyone to read this short and enjoyable novel by Robert Ludlum and Gayle Lynds. Having read this novel, I can't wait to read others in the same series such as "The Bourne Legacy".


Rubbish   September 2, 2004
 1 out of 2 found this review helpful

Badly written and difficult to read. A childish approach reminiscent of Enid Blyton's Famous Five - an insult to the memory of Robert Ludlum. Should be read as a new novelist - Gayle Lynds and not trade on the Ludlum name. I found it impossible to complete, something I can say of very few novels.


Not for the computer-savvy   August 2, 2004
 1 out of 3 found this review helpful

The action and urgency of this book were as expected, and should Hollywood decide to film it a straightforward translation to screen would give them a typical action film. However, the key premise of the book is very poorly understood by the authors. They've taken the explanation of the potential impact of a DNA computer on cryptography and transmuted it into something approaching black magic which allows one to waltz through firewalls and break into computers which aren't running any daemons. If you know what a daemon is or how a firewall works, you may have to resist the temptation to rip your hair out.


Brill   November 23, 2003
 3 out of 4 found this review helpful

When an explosion destroys the esteemed Pasteur Institute in Paris, cyber-wizard Marty Zellerbachis left in a coma, while one of the world's top computer scientists, Emile Chabord goes missing. Although a terroist group takes credit for the bombing. American and British officialsbegin o wonder wheather their might be a more sinister plot. A DNA computer starts to terroize the world!!!

I thought it was a great book, it was the best ludlum book I've read. It was full of action, and all the way through as well. To make a book full o action is very difficult.

I would recommend it to anyone over 16 because their is some swearing and difficult words. It was like any other Ludlum book, brilliant. So any ludlum fan would love it.

A brilliant book, definately read it


Badly written rubbish   July 7, 2003
 1 out of 2 found this review helpful

There is so little to enjoy in this book. While the pace is fast and it is full of action, there is so little depth and tension that the reader is either bored or amazed by the plot directions.
I doubt Mr Ludlum had anything to do with this and it is a shame that his name is being used to sell this pile of rubbish.
Anyway, covert operative Jon Smith, who (despite being a doctor) would put both James Bond and Indy Jones to shame, joins his spy chums in a round the world romp which goes: follow lead/have shoot out/just escape a number of times until you wish the bad guys would shoot him and put us all out of our misery.
Absolutely nothing in this to recommend I am afraid, except to avoid it.