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Only one man can stop Russia's dangerous slide back into totalitarianism -- and the key to success lies fifty years in his own past Moscow is a city under siege by Communists who are threatening to turn back the clock and plunge the country into darkness with a new Stalinist regime. Into the heart of the firestorm, American ambassador Stephen Metcalf has been summoned to find the one man who can stop it. He's the one who controls the levers of power in absolute secrecy -- an official known as the Dirizhor. His support of the bloody coup will bring the entire world to the brink of nuclear war. Metcalf is the only man with the cunning to reach him and to convince him to resist. It's up to him to change the course of history -- something he's done before.
About the Author
Robert Ludlum was the author of twenty-seven novels, each one a New York Times bestseller. There are more than 225 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.
