Robert Ludlum Read Alikes
Ludlum's novels typically featured one heroic man, or a small group of crusading individuals, in a struggle against powerful adversaries whose intentions and motivations are evil, adversaries capable of using political and economic mechanisms in frightening ways. His vision of the world was one where global corporations, shadowy military forces, and government organizations all conspired to preserve (if it was evil) or undermine (if it was good) the status quo.
If you enjoy his books, you may also like the books and authors listed below.
- Zero Option
- by P T Deutermann
- When military investigator, David Stafford, travels from Washington, D.C. to a base outside Atlanta, Stafford stumbles onto a big secret. A cylinder of Wet Eye, a hazardous biochemical weapon with gruesome consequences, is missing, maybe stolen. But no one will admit it's gone. As he hunts for answers, he becomes trapped between an unstable weapon with deadly power and a military bureaucracy desperate to cover its mistakes, no matter what the cost.
- The Precipice
- by Colin Forbes
- Rejecting terrorist involvement, Tweed senses the danger but cannot identify the source. His search drives Paula Grey, Bob Newman and Philip Cardon underground in Europe, tracked by the sinister MOVAK. And Philip is trapped in an emotional situation with a strange woman, who could be the vital key.
- The Dogs of War
- by Frederick Forsyth
- A scary story that sounds only too plausible, about the president of a big mining company who hires a band of half a dozen mercenaries to stage a coup and seize control of a small African country possessing significant mineral deposits. Makes you review your knowledge of African countries in your head thinking "Is it this one, that one, ???".
- Mad Dogs
- by James Grady
- When their psychiatrist is murdered, leaving them as prime suspects in the crime, five deranged CIA killers, all dependent on their medications, are forced to break out of an asylum deep in the Maine forests in a desperate quest to clear their names.
- The Trojan Sea
- by Richard Herman
- RayTex Oil, a small but feisty company out of Dallas, believes it has found a huge oil field off the Cuban coast. The company, however, knows the only way it can stake a claim and drill is if it can topple Fidel Castro and install a government that will cut a deal. Foiling RayTex's plans is Pentagon-based air force fuel expert Lt. Col. Michael Stuart, who gets suspicious after spotting unusual movements of oil exploration ships.
- The Eagle Has Landed
- by Jack Higgins
- It is November 1943 and the war is not going well for Germany. Despite this Hitler still has hopes of winning. Seeking a significant propaganda victory he comes up with a daring plan. He orders the Abwehr to fly to England and kidnap Winston Churchill. This mission is assigned to Lt. Col. Kurt Steiner.
- Dead Halt
- by Alastair MacNeill
- Among thrillers of his own, MacNeill also writes under the name of the late popular thriller writer Alistair Maclean. In this one while investigating the events that led to a private schooner crash--and the subsequent discovery that the schooner was transporting assault weapons--UNACO agents Mike Graham and Sabrina Carver begin a round-the-world chase
- Long Lost
- by David Morrell
- Brad Denning is living a perfect life, or so it would be, if not for the haunting memory of his brother Petey who disappeared when they were kids. Now, a man claiming to be his sibling has mysteriously appeared with a reluctance to reveal anything about his past.
- Fire Wall
- by R. J. Pineiro
- When CIA agent Bruce Tucker loses his family to terrorists, he vows to leave the CIA forever. But he doesn't count on accidentally learning an important secret code known as the Ultimate Encryption, capable of launching enough nuclear missiles to blow the world's superpowers off the map.
- Dancing With the Dragon
- by Joe Weber
- During routine night operations off Southern California, an F/A-18 from the USS Abraham Lincoln is inexplicably blown from the sky. The Pentagon wants to throw a blanket over the incident, but then another navy fighter jet is mysteriously destroyed in midair. The president orders an investigation to find out who is responsible for the attacks-and why. Tagged for the job: ex-CIA operatives and former military pilots Scott Dalton and Jackie Sullivan.