Robert Ludlum’s The Hades Factor is an international thriller and the opening novel in the Covert-One series, centered on a deadly unknown virus and the covert struggle to uncover who is using it as a weapon. Lt. Col. Jonathan Smith, a researcher connected to a U.S. government laboratory, returns from overseas to find that the outbreak has already reached people across the country and has taken the life of Dr. Sophia Russell, his fiancée. Driven by grief, suspicion and the urgent threat of a spreading pandemic, Smith gathers a private team and begins following clues that lead from scientific secrecy to political power and global conspiracy. The novel combines medical suspense, espionage and action, while raising questions about trust, loyalty and the human cost of decisions made far from public view.
Author: Robert Ludlum and Gayle Lynds
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Year published: 2000
Number of pages: 432