"What they're going to do, I never would have believed it. It's insanity!"

They were the final words spoken by Yuri Danko, an officer in the medical division of Russia's security service, before his body was ripped apart by a spray of assassins' bullets. In possession of Danko's classified papers, Covert-One operative Jon Smith and CIA undercover agent Randi Russell have unearthed a terrifying global conspiracy that threatens to unleash a plague of immeasurable proportions. A Serb terrorist has been dispatched from Russia to spirit hazardous vials of deadly bacteria into the United States. His mission: deliver it to an unknown American government agent– a shadowy figure whose own motives for acquiring the bioweapon are made all the more unfathomable when both men are found murdered, and the strain is stolen. Now Smith and Russell must track it down, find the madman who possesses it, and stop him before he holds a defenseless world hostage with the power to render the human race extinct.

The Cassandra Compact by Robert, Shelby, and Philip Ludlum is a thrilling addition to the Covert-One series. Written by the talented Ludlum trio, this book promises an engaging and suspenseful read. Dive into the world of covert operations and intrigue with this gripping novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end.