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Liked It “A random photo taken in the wilds of the Canadian Arctic contained the image of an airplane, vintage WW II and apparently Russian. This image started a hastily arranged covert operation to seek out this airplane that had disappeared with its crew some fifty-years ago. The Russians and the United...” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “Not my favorite bit of brain candy. While the premise is certainly a very appealing holdover from the cold war, the "exciting" conclusion is a bit insulting to the reader. Anyone who has paid attention to actual special forces operations would question many of the lucky breaks that seem to...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“A random photo taken in the wilds of the Canadian Arctic contained the image of an airplane, vintage WW II and apparently Russian. This image started a hastily arranged covert operation to seek out this airplane that had disappeared with its crew some fifty-years ago. The Russians and the United States government joined forces to find this wreckage and seek out what had happened to cause this crash and what cargo was aboard. Smith, a medical doctor with the US army is teamed with an old acquaintance, Randi Russell, a CIA operative, and Valentina (Val) Metrace, Professor of History, to become the Covert One team to go and investigate the wreckage.
Carol wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The author of this is now on my list to read more. Very well done, exciting. Almost as good as the original Robert Ludlum books. It's almost like Ludlum is still with us.”
“The plot was ok, just ok ”
JT wrote this review Sunday, March 24, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Excellent. I love the Covert One series. Jon and Randi are awesome, and new character, Valentina Matrace, is fantastic. Great story and character development. Must read other books in the series first though.”
Robert wrote this review Wednesday, February 6, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Russian plane crash in the Arctic. What was the mission and what is on the plane that was recently discovered in the Canadian Arctic.”
Eugen Domke wrote this review Thursday, December 20, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The Arctic Event is the seventh book in the Covert-One Series originally created by Robert Ludlum, and I'm willing to say it's my favorite so far. The Gayle Lynds novels are particularly good (and some of the best in the series), but Cobb did a fantastic job of capturing his readers' attention in this unique addition to the Covert-One family. The storyline features a new character - Valentina Metrace (a bond-girl type agent and future love interest to Jon Smith), and a killer setting - The Canadian Arctic. I simply love the foreboding, adventuresome, melancholy of the arctic cold, and this novel made it come alive. Here's to hoping that Mr. Cobb considers writing again!
Biggzipp wrote this review Monday, December 19, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
4.5 of 5 cups of black coffee!!!”
“The largest lettering on the cover says "Robert Ludlum's" but if you read the smaller print, it says "series created by Robert Ludlum; a new novel written by James H. Cobb." I do feel somewhat ripped off here, but Cobb is a reasonably good writer. He's no Ludlum, but then few people are.
AuntB93 wrote this review Thursday, May 10, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
This continues Ludlum's Covert One Series, about a presumably fictional group of operatives drawn from the CIA, FBI, and a variety of other sources to be a super-secret operations team. For people hungry for hero stories, this is a treat. The basic idea is to set up a really terrifying situation and put these people in the middle of it, where it seems they cannot possibly survive, let alone complete their mission. But of course they do. They are very smart, well-trained, creative thinkers with wonderful physical prowess and endurance. In short, they are heroes. They are also both male and female.
In this case a downed airplane is discovered on a small, remote arctic island in Canadian territory. Turns out it has been there for some 50 years. It was launched by the Soviet Union all those years ago, and now the modern Russians want the United States to help them retrieve it. Why? Because it was carrying a huge tank of anthrax toxin, and the Russians figure they should take it back before some smuggling no-goodnik grabs it.
You can see where this is going, can't you? First there were the scientists that discovered it quite by accident, then three different groups converging on the spoils: Covert One, another group of Russians with a different agenda, and the arms dealer/smuggler/thief.
As with any good spy novel, there are many questions about who can trust whom, who is working for whom, who knows what. It soon becomes clear that there's another secret in the plane wreckage, not just the anthrax. Something from the cold war days that the modern Russians will do almost anything to suppress.
Enjoy it, but don't expect writing as finely crafted as Robert Ludlum at his best.”
“read this covert-one novel,very interesting and suspencefull.”
terrence souch wrote this review Tuesday, February 28, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“An absolute nail-biter of a book. Although not really 'written' by Robert Ludlum, I consider it to be one of 'his' books...and probably my favorite of his books read (which certainly no where near all of them...probably have read 6 to 8 of his books)”
PJ wrote this review Tuesday, January 4, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Not my favorite bit of brain candy. While the premise is certainly a very appealing holdover from the cold war, the "exciting" conclusion is a bit insulting to the reader. Anyone who has paid attention to actual special forces operations would question many of the lucky breaks that seem to benefit the protagonists.”
Matt T wrote this review Sunday, December 19, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
