Title: Failing talent, but still Ludlum
Product review: It was good to get away from the "Road to..." books and back to a genre that Ludlum handles better. I only wish that this most recent effort measured up to his earlier work.In "Countdown" Ludlum revisits his storytelling skills in fine fashion. However, some of the facts seem a bit irregular and characters unreal. It is too bad to see a fine author, perhaps, begin to "run out of gas". Regardless, I will continue to read any future books of this sort that he writes because Robert Ludlum with less than a full tank is still infinitely more enjoyable to read than most of his imitators.
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