Ben Hartman, international financier and heir to the throne of Hartman Capital Management, is in Zurich for a ski vacation when all hell breaks loose. His old friend, Jimmy Cavanaugh, unexpectedly shows up with a gun as Ben is leaving his hotel and begins attempting to end Ben's life. Although narrowly escaping death, Ben begins to ponder why him and why here, where his twin brother Peter suspiciously died in a small plane accident. As Ben begins his investigation, he finds that his brother Peter had been investigating a very strange cabal named Sigma. As Ben gets deeper into his quest, he realizes that Peter's "death" is anything but an accident and that the Sigma force is set on Ben joining his brother's fate.
Meanwhile, DOJ agent Anna Navarro is curiously assigned to locate the whereabouts of several old men on a list begrudgingly supplied by superspook Alan Bartlett. The connection between these men, while seemingly unrelated, comes from a CIA file dating back to the 1940s - code word Sigma. As she begins her search for these aged men, she finds that each subject has mysteriously died just before she can reach them. Those remaining alive on the list begin to wane but Anna smells a rat. Just as she begins to put together a case that each of these men have been murdered, many dramatic attempts are made on her life.
In only a fashion brought to life by Mr. Ludlum, Ben and Anna are thrust together and soon come to the common conclusion that they seek the same answers: Who and what is Sigma and why does this shrouded group want them dead? Determined to find the answers and coming to the obvious conclusion that their only hope is to work together, they crisscross Europe to uncover the secrets behind Sigma. They soon find that Sigma's tentacles are threaded through all levels of industry and law enforcement placing the odds overwhelming against them. These secrets threaten everything Ben and Anna hold sacred, everything they knew of history, their friends and, incredibly enough, their families. These secrets actually hold the fate of world and it's future.
Only Ludlum could pull it off. And he does.
Ludlum passed on March 12, 2001 but Ludlum fans, while saddened by his passing, should take heart in the fact that Ludlum's publisher will publish at least two more significantly complete novels Mr. Ludlum had been working on prior to his death.
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