The Gemini Contenders

This is up there with Ludlum's best work, which for me includes "The Matarese Circle" and "The Holcroft Covenant." A superbly written thriller spanning almost 5 decades and WWII. Plus if you're into books with religious intrigue by author's not named "Dan Brown," you might wanna give this one a try.......more

THE GEMINI CONTENDERS Another one of Robert Ludlum’s (R.I.P.) novels that I first read as a middle school-aged kid back in the late 1980s that I’ve now re-read as an adult with the added experience of military and foreign travel experience. Admittedly the book’s title was an additional motivational f......more

I first read The Gemini Contenders a little under forty years ago and remembered that I enjoyed it very much. I was looking forward to a second read. I'm disappointed to say I was slightly underwhelmed. Like all off Ludlum's novels, the plot is convoluted, twisting and full of red herrings. It's also......more

I should know better by now that I shouldn't start reading a Ludlum novel when I have other things I have to do (homework, mowing the yard, feeding my children, sleep), but I still get them, and I love them! In the first 4 chapters, Ludlum has a conspiracy that involves the disciples of Christ, the......more

Turgid espionage novel, like a 70's version of Dan Brown. In WWII, the Italian Fascists execute an entire family save one member, who makes his way out of Italy, and joins the resistance. Eventually we get to the 1970's, where there a train is taken over by religious zealots. I had trouble keeping int......more