The Matarese Series is a thriller series by Robert Ludlum. It follows two rival agents, one American and one Russian, who must work together against the Matarese, a secret group with deep reach into world affairs. The series began in 1979 with The Matarese Circle and was followed by The Matarese Countdown in 1997.
In Robert Ludlum’s The Matarese Countdown, retired CIA agent Brandon Scofield is drawn back into action when the deadly Matarese organisation resurfaces, aiming for global economic domination through mergers and assassinations.
In Robert Ludlum’s The Matarese Circle, a thrilling Cold War mystery, two top-secret spies, American Brandon Scofield and Soviet Vasili Taleniekov, bitter rivals with a shared past, must team up to stop a mysterious global plot.