The Janson Directive
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| Author | Robert Ludlum |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Fiction |
| Publisher | St. Martin's Paperbacks |
| Released | 2002 |
| Pages | 704 Pages |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-312-98938-5 |
The Janson Directive is a novel by Robert Ludlum, published in 2002, a year after Ludlum's death.
This book was written 90% by Robert Ludlum and completed by his editor and his manager.
[edit] Plot
Paul Janson is an ex-Navy SEAL and former member of a U.S. government covert agency called Consular Operations. He is haunted by his memories of the Vietnam War and his brilliant commander and mentor, Alan Demarest. Unfortunately, Demarest was also a sadistic psychopath who loved to toy with the lives of both friend and foe; he arranged for Janson to be captured and tortured by the Viet Cong. Janson eventually escaped and provided evidence of war crimes, which led to Demarest's execution.
Janson now makes his living as a corporate security consultant who is so much in demand that he can pick and choose which jobs he takes. After a mysterious woman makes contact with him while Janson is waiting for a plane, he finds himself taking on a job to repay a debt. She asks Janson to rescue her boss, Peter Novak, who has been taken hostage by a militant organization which intends to kill him.
But when the rescue goes horribly wrong, Janson finds himself the target of a "beyond salvage" termination directive (the directive of the title) issued from the highest levels of the U.S. government. Meanwhile, several senior U.S. government officials are assassinated. Janson is then faced with the difficult question of finding out who wanted to frame him for Novak's death, while dodging bullets from his former comrades at Consular Operations.
