The Gemini Contenders, Robert Ludlum
The Gemini Contenders, Robert Ludlum
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The Gemini Contenders

Author: Robert Ludlum

Narrator: Anthony Heald

Abridged: 4 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 07/05/2000


Synopsis

Salonika, Greece: December 1939. In the dead of night, a clandestine order of monks embarks on a desperate mission: to transport a mysterious vault to a hiding place high in the Italian Alps. The sinister cache, concealed for centuries, could rip apart the Christian world. Now, as the Nazi threat marches inexorably closer, men both good and evil will be drawn into a violent and deadly hunt, sparking a relentless struggle that could forever change the world as we know it.
 
Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Gemini Contenders
 
“[Robert Ludlum’s] most ambitious novel . . . Its twist and turns carry the reader on a fast bobsled run. . . . A marvelously unflagging imagination.”—The New York Times
 
“A winner . . . one of those books you intend to put down after just one more chapter . . . suddenly it’s two in the morning and you’ve read the whole thing.”—United Press International
 
“A skyrocket of a book . . . The action never stops for a second.”—The Plain Dealer
 
“Packed full of excitement.”—The Denver Post

About The Author

Robert Ludlum was the author of twenty-one novels, each 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. In addition to the Jason Bourne series—The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum—he was the author of The Scarlatti Inheritance, The Chancellor Manuscript, and The Apocalypse Watch, among many others. Ludlum passed away in March, 2001.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jake on July 25, 2016

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

Goodreads review by Christian on December 06, 2020

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

Goodreads review by David on September 20, 2015

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

Goodreads review by Lawrence on June 24, 2011

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

Goodreads review by Glen on June 21, 2020

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


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Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Gemini Contenders
 
“[Robert Ludlum’s] most ambitious novel . . . Its twist and turns carry the reader on a fast bobsled run. . . . A marvelously unflagging imagination.”The New York Times
 
“A winner . . . one of those books you intend to put down after just one more chapter . . . suddenly it’s two in the morning and you’ve read the whole thing.”—United Press International
 
“A skyrocket of a book . . . The action never stops for a second.”The Plain Dealer
 
“Packed full of excitement.”The Denver Post