Robert Ludlum's The Janson Command

Former government assassin/spy, Paul Janson has reformed himself into an independent contractor with a new mission. He will take only those jobs that will contribute to the greater good and he will work to rehabilitate disillusioned covert operatives and help them find new lives. Working with Jessica Kincaid, Janson is hired to rescue a doctor who was kidnapped by West African rebels during an ambush of an American oil exploration ship. At first, it appears that the doctor's life was spared in order to treat the rebel's wounded leader Ferdinand Poe, a beacon of hope against a cruel dictator. But when the mission goes f.u.b.a.r., Janson realizes he's in the middle of something much bigger. Amidst an increasingly violent conflict supported by mysterious foreign backers who covet the natural resources of this struggling nation, Janson begins to wonder if he's working for the right side.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ROBERT LUDLUM was the author of twenty-one novels, each one a New York Times bestseller. There are more than 210 million of his books in print, and they have been translated into thirty-two languages. He is the author of The Scarlatti Inheritance, The Chancellor Manuscript, and the Jason Bourne series--The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum--among others. Mr. Ludlum passed away in March, 2001. http://www.ludlumbooks.com/

PAUL GARRISON was born in New York and currently lives in Connecticut. He has spent a lot of time on boats, and had published five thrillers, mostly sea-oriented: Fire And Ice; Red Sky At Morning; Buried At Sea; Sea Hunter; The Ripple Effect before writing the first of the new Janson novels.