The Icarus Agenda
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the shadowy corridors of global power, one man's impossible mission ignites a conspiracy that threatens to reshape the world — The Icarus Agenda is Robert Ludlum's electrifying thriller that follows Evan Kendrick, a low-profile congressman who is thrust into a harrowing hostage crisis in Oman, where his unique knowledge of the Arab world makes him the only man capable of negotiating with ruthless terrorists. What begins as a desperate rescue operation rapidly uncovers a labyrinth of political manipulation, secret societies, and a shadowy cabal determined to place their own puppet in the White House, using Kendrick's heroism as the unwitting instrument of their design. Ludlum, a grandmaster of the modern espionage thriller, constructs his narrative with relentless momentum and intricate plotting, layering geopolitical authenticity with pulse-pounding action sequences that keep the reader perpetually off-balance. The Icarus Agenda stands as one of his most ambitious works, weaving together themes of patriotism, betrayal, and the corrupting machinery of power — a timely reminder that in the world of high-stakes politics, the greatest dangers are never the ones you can see coming. Will Kendrick outmanoeuvre the forces that have already written his fate, or has he flown too close to the sun?
Author: Robert Ludlum
Format: Hardback
Genre: Thriller
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the shadowy corridors of global power, one man's impossible mission ignites a conspiracy that threatens to reshape the world — The Icarus Agenda is Robert Ludlum's electrifying thriller that follows Evan Kendrick, a low-profile congressman who is thrust into a harrowing hostage crisis in Oman, where his unique knowledge of the Arab world makes him the only man capable of negotiating with ruthless terrorists. What begins as a desperate rescue operation rapidly uncovers a labyrinth of political manipulation, secret societies, and a shadowy cabal determined to place their own puppet in the White House, using Kendrick's heroism as the unwitting instrument of their design. Ludlum, a grandmaster of the modern espionage thriller, constructs his narrative with relentless momentum and intricate plotting, layering geopolitical authenticity with pulse-pounding action sequences that keep the reader perpetually off-balance. The Icarus Agenda stands as one of his most ambitious works, weaving together themes of patriotism, betrayal, and the corrupting machinery of power — a timely reminder that in the world of high-stakes politics, the greatest dangers are never the ones you can see coming. Will Kendrick outmanoeuvre the forces that have already written his fate, or has he flown too close to the sun?