As a result, the area became, informally, a sort of rest-and-recreation center for orderlies who worked in more demanding wards. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) is a service we offer sellers that lets them store their products in Amazon's fulfillment centers, and we directly pack, ship, and provide customer service for these products. This story is plodding and I easily guessed the "surprise" ending about a third of the way through the book. Ambler made his way slowly to the dispensary, where the auburn-haired nurse was waiting with his morning's pills. I haven't checked to see the copyright date that would tell when this was printed, but it had to be when Ludlum was just getting started or when he was fading from his glory days. Far from prying eyes, it is a government-run hospital for former intelligence employees in possession of highly classified information. But there's one critical difference between Ambler and the other patients―Ambler isn't crazy. He had to make an effort to appear medicated, to feign the heavy-gaited Compazine shuffle that the orderlies were accustomed to. He experienced stretches of grim lucidity, intervals of a fugue state. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. St. Martin's Paperbacks; Reprint Edition (October 31, 2006), Once again, unfortunately, this story was NOT written by Robert Ludlum, Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2019. Laurel Holland: the letters were ghosted beneath the fabric tab. Former Consular Operations agent Hal Ambler is one of these patients whose mind is filled with secrets of state―and is considered such a security risk that he is kept heavily medicated and closely watched. stunning tale of how blood ties can save usor destroy usin Come Sundown. Some engaging characters but flimsy plot tries your tolerance. Half a dozen orderlies had gathered in the area this morning. This one will rivet your attention from beginning to end.” AudioFile on The Altman Code, ©1997-2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc. 122 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011. A casual passerby would not have given it a second look. The middle of the book is the main problem, as it drags like anything, and I found I was skimming sections. He had already registered the presence of six orderlies as well as the attending psychiatrist and — Ambler's one lifeline — the psychiatric nurse. Great, gripping fast read as usual - whether it's really Ludlum who wrote it or not - I'm never quite sure as I think he died a while ago!!! I'd love to know which bits are actually Ludlum's. The Parrish Island Psychiatric Facility, as unremarkable in appearance as it was, contained a greater wilderness than any that surrounded it: that of the human mind. A few minutes later, the orderly arrived with his lead-footed patient at a large semicircular area of Ward 4W called the lounge. A political rally on a steamy day in Taiwan: thousands of citizens assembled in a large square, cooled only by the very occasional breeze. Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2020, Suspense filled. Within a few days, he began to feel brighter eyed, more buoyant — more himself. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Somehow he had failed to do so, and his questions about duration went unanswered. "Your meds," she had said brightly, the next morning, placing three pills on his palm that looked slightly different from the usual dulling neuroleptics. Please try again. He was lighter on his feet, lighter, too, in spirit. Just some ghost writer plodding along in a mildly interesting story, characters that are cliches or at least barely believable, and a predictable plot. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. It was not unusual: only for the orderlies did the designation lounge make sense. In the dead of night, a clandestine order of monks embarks ... Salonika, Greece: December 1939. Click or Press Enter to view the items in your shopping bag or Press Tab to interact with the Shopping bag tooltip. In the dead of night, a clandestine order of monks embarks 5312 for the first time could be sure only of what could be seen: that he was six feet tall, perhaps forty years of age; that his close-cropped hair was brown, his eyes an unclouded blue. Please try your request again later. "Reading a Ludlum novel is like watching a James Bond film…slickly paced…all consuming. As an additional safeguard, the facility's clinical staff was rotated every three months, thus minimizing the possibility that inappropriate attachments might develop. You can view Barnes & Noble’s Privacy Policy. Ambler's movements were belied by the swift efficiency with which his gaze took in his surroundings. Pull up your favorite beach chair and savor this funny, inspiring story about four female On Parrish Island, off the coast of Virginia, lies a psychiatric facility. Grow Your Child's Library with Top Young Reader Series, 50% Off All Funko Wetmore Forest POP!, Plush, and More, Knock Knock Gifts, Books & Office Supplies, Buy One, Get One 50% Off Holiday Boxed Cards, Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser, Robert Ludlum's The Altman Code: A Covert-One Novel, Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Legacy (Bourne Series #4), Robert Ludlum's The Paris Option: A Covert-One Novel. He donned his "day suit," the white cotton smock and loose, elastic-waisted trousers that were the inmates' uniform. If you're scratching your head and thinking that Ludlum died a couple of years back, you're correct. Ambler had known true despair in recent months, and not as a matter of psychiatric disturbance; instead, his despair flowed from a realistic estimation of his prospects for release. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. The rest of his profile was contained in his psychiatric records. The least interesting sections of the book by quite some way are those set in China, where it becomes obvious that the president's life is in danger. Yet there was no such thing as a casual passerby here. A larger sense that he had been abducted, not just his body but also his soul. ISBN: 0752857495. [ Home ] I suspect it was written by the same person who wrote The Bancroft Strategy, so went to the review I wrote for that book and will copy some of it here because the same concerns are true. It was nothing objective, nothing physical, nothing observable. Ludlum pulls out all the stops and dazzles his ... Once, Jason Bourne was notorious in the clandestine world of covert-ops as one of the ... Once, Jason Bourne was notorious in the clandestine world of covert-ops as one of the Former Consular Operations agent Hal Ambler is one of these patients whose mind is filled with secrets of stateand is considered such a security risk that he is kept heavily medicated and closely watched. But the institution's concern was not peace so much as pacification. When he reaches the mainland and once the drugs that have kept him a zombie are out of his system, he starts to track his life. I did wonder if these had been added in after Ludlum's death to vary the political climate of the story. HE'S SEARCHING FOR SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T EXIST--HIMSELF. And — it was as simple as this — she was on his side. Rarely, there would be a patient who was deemed an especially high risk, either because of the nature of his psychiatric disorder or because of the particular sensitivity of what he knew. In Robert Ludlum's The Ambler Warning, an agent breaks out of a top-security institution where the government has kept him drugged for years only to discover that he's not the person he thinks he is. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. But it was dangerous to allow just any psychiatrist access to such a patient. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser. Lounge: neither the noun nor the verb was necessarily appropriate. Judging from this latest book, there's very little unpublished Ludlum left. Ambler walked slowly, lumberingly, as if he were wading through water. Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. This edition of the book is the deluxe, tall rack mass market paperback. Ambler was permitted to bathe every other day; this was not one of them. There was a problem loading your book clubs. He was permitted precisely 120 seconds of use before he had to return the sensor-tagged device to its security compartment; otherwise an alarm would chime. But there's one critical difference between Ambler and the other patients―Ambler isn't crazy. With each posthumously released Ludlum novel, you have to question just how much Ludlum there actually is in the book. It could have been so much better - like if Ludlum had written it. by Robert Ludlum Had it been six months, a year, more? Far from prying eyes, it is a government-run hospital for former intelligence employees in possession of highly classified information. [ Home ]. "I don't want to die in this place," he had murmured to her one morning. These items are shipped from and sold by different sellers. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Well wiorth reading one of Ludlum’s best, Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2010. The belt could be activated from as far away as three hundred feet and was set to deliver an eight-second charge of fifty thousand volts. Quietly and efficiently, he completed his personal calisthenics regimen, finishing with a hundred one-armed pushups, alternating between left and right. Ships from and sold by Global Music Media. "Candy time," one of the orderlies said; the others snickered. "Welcome to Robert Ludlum's world...fast pacing, tight plotting, international intrigue." Cleveland Plain Dealer. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Submit your email address to receive Barnes & Noble offers & updates. Those who had trained him for the life of an operative had tried to prepare him for such eventualities. He had learned her name by accident; she'd spilled a cup of water on herself, and the fabric that was supposed to conceal her acetate nameplate became wet and translucent. until the mesmerized reader is held captive...[He] dominates the field in strong, tightly plotted, adventure-drenched thrillers. Enabling JavaScript in your browser will allow you to experience all the features of our site. More precisely, she would. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, + No Import Fees Deposit & $9.63 Shipping to Germany. He studied her face, her posture, her voice, her manner. She made no reply, but her stricken look told him all he needed to know. As Ambler had come to learn, the contents of those bottles could be as incapacitating as manacles of steel. On Parrish Island, off the coast of Virginia, lies a psychiatric facility. Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2016. As Ambler turned and nodded at a pair of orderlies seated at a low foam-cushioned bench, he allowed a slow rivulet of drool to roll down his chin; the gaze he turned toward them was unfocused and hazy. She was in her thirties, he figured, with hazel eyes flecked with green and a lithe frame. Hal's search for his true identity is padded out with finding out who he can and can't trust, and trying to stay alive as he careers round Europe and the US with the bad guys half a pace behind him. After he finished, Ambler splashed water on his face and ran his wet fingers through his hair, finger-combing it into some sort of order. The first 50 or so pages of Robert Ludlum's THE AMBLER WARNING are absolute dynamite.
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