The Covert-One Series

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The Covert-One Series is a thriller series created by Robert Ludlum. It follows the secret unit Covert-One, formed by the President of the United States to handle threats too sensitive for normal agencies. Army doctor and microbiologist Lieutenant Colonel Jon Smith leads many of the missions. After Ludlum's death the series was continued by other authors using his outline and style.

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The Patriot Attack by Robert Ludlum

In Robert Ludlum’s The Patriot Attack, co-authored with Kyle Mills, Covert-One's Jon Smith investigates a brewing war between Japan and China driven by a powerful new metal.

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The Geneva Strategy by Robert Ludlum

In Robert Ludlum’s The Geneva Strategy, co-authored with Jamie Freveletti, Covert-One's Jon Smith hunts kidnappers who seized officials at a Geneva summit and threaten a cyberattack.

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The Utopia Experiment by Robert Ludlum

In Robert Ludlum’s The Utopia Experiment, co-authored with Kyle Mills, Covert-One's Jon Smith looks into a new brain-computer device that may not be the gift its inventor claims.

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The Janus Reprisal by Robert Ludlum

In Robert Ludlum’s The Janus Reprisal, co-authored with Jamie Freveletti, Covert-One's Jon Smith survives a terrorist attack in The Hague and chases a Pakistani warlord across Europe.

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The Ares Decision by Robert Ludlum

In Robert Ludlum’s The Ares Decision, co-authored with Kyle Mills, Covert-One's Jon Smith goes to Uganda to track a drug that turns ordinary people into killers, with Iran behind the supply.

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The Arctic Event by Robert Ludlum

In Robert Ludlum’s The Arctic Event, co-authored with James H. Cobb, Covert-One's Jon Smith leads a team to a crashed Soviet bomber in the Arctic that holds a deadly biological cargo.

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The Moscow Vector by Robert Ludlum

In Robert Ludlum’s The Moscow Vector, co-authored with Patrick Larkin, Covert-One's Jon Smith hunts a deadly virus killing Russian leaders before a hardliner can seize the Kremlin.

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The Lazarus Vendetta by Robert Ludlum

In Robert Ludlum’s The Lazarus Vendetta, co-authored with Patrick Larkin, Covert-One's Jon Smith investigates a deadly attack on a nanotech laboratory linked to the shadowy Lazarus Movement.

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The Altman Code by Robert Ludlum

In Robert Ludlum’s The Altman Code, co-authored with Gayle Lynds, Covert-One's Jon Smith tracks a Chinese cargo ship suspected of carrying chemical weapons material before a major treaty signing.

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The Paris Option by Robert Ludlum

In Robert Ludlum’s The Paris Option, co-authored with Gayle Lynds, Covert-One's Jon Smith hunts a DNA computer after a lab explosion in Paris.

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The Cassandra Compact by Robert Ludlum

In Robert Ludlum’s The Cassandra Compact, co-authored with Philip Shelby, Covert-One agent Jon Smith pursues a stolen smallpox sample from Russia.

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The Hades Factor by Robert Ludlum

In Robert Ludlum’s The Hades Factor, a gripping medical thriller co-authored with Gayle Lynds, a deadly virus threatens global catastrophe.

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