Book Review : The Gemini Contenders by Robert Ludlum

FROM THE PUBLISHER
Dead of night. Salonika, Greece, December 1939. A clandestine order of monks embarks on a desperate mission: to transport a mysterious vault to a hiding place high in the Italian Alps. Its sinister contents, concealed fro centuries, could rip apart the Christian world. Now, as the Nazi threat marches inexorably closer, good men and evil will be drawn into a violent and deadly hunt, sparking a relentless struggle that could forever change the world as we know it.



This is a gripping story spanning 3 generations. It begins with a train transporting an important cargo that is handed over to the Savarone Fontini-Cristi. Yes, a powerful man deserving a 'the'. Savarone fears the worst and wants to share the secret with his eldest son, Vittorio who is a brilliant business man but an indulgent character. Before father and son meet, the son witnesses his family - his brothers, their wives and children, their father - all gunned down. His life is saved by an old stablehand. Before dying his father is able to send across some clues that make no sense to him. He flees the scene, country. The British forces rescue him; but they have their own reasons. They believe he knows what his father hid and where he hid it.
A few years later, after the war is over, Vittorio heads back to the old family home. But his enemies are waiting for him and beat him to pulp, leaving him to die a slow and painful death. He survives.
Years later, he gets a letter from a priest and decides to relaunch the operation. But on his own, the old handicapped hero is almost done in. He survives long enough to pass on the mission to his twin sons - Adrian and Andrew. One of them has noble intentions the other has not. One is strong, the other is weak, and both are headed towards a one-to-one final encounter.
Who wins? How? What happens in the end? I cannot tell you the story. If I told you, I would have to kill you. ;-)) hehehe

Another must read Ludlum book. I just picked up one more at Page One. Tell you about it later.

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