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    The Ambler Warning: A Novel
    The Ambler Warning: A Novel
    The Ambler Warning: A Novel
    Audiobook (abridged)7 hours

    The Ambler Warning: A Novel

    Written by Robert Ludlum

    Narrated by Scott Sowers

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    "Welcome to Robert Ludlum's world...fast pacing, tight plotting, international intrigue." — Cleveland Plain Dealer

    In Robert Ludlum's The Ambler Warning, an agent breaks out of a top-security institution where the government has kept him drugged for years only to discover that he's not the person he thinks he is.

    On Parrish Island, a restricted island off the coast of Virginia, there is a little known and never visited psychiatric facility. There, far from prying eyes, the government stores former intelligence employees whose psychiatric state make them a danger to their own government, people whose ramblings might endanger ongoing operations or prove dangerously inconvenient.

    One of these employees, former Consular Operations agent Hal Ambler, is kept heavily medicated and closely watched. But there's one difference between Hal and the other patients—Hal isn't crazy. With the help of a sympathetic nurse, Hal manages to first clear his mind of the drug-induced haze and then pulls off a daring escape. Free, he's out to discover who stashed him there and why—but the world he returns to isn't the one he remembers. Friends and longtime associates don't remember him, there are no official records of Hal Ambler, and when he first sees himself in the mirror, the face that looks back at him is not the one he knows as his own.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateOct 18, 2005
    ISBN9781593978013
    The Ambler Warning: A Novel
    Author

    Robert Ludlum

    Robert Ludlum (1927-2001) was the author of 25 thriller novels, including The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum--the books on which the international hit movies were based--and The Sigma Protocol. He was also the creator of the Covert-One series. Born in New York City, Ludlum received a B.A. from Wesleyan University, and before becoming an author, he was a United States Marine, a theater actor and producer.

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    • 2/5
      Interesting premise, not well-executed. The writing was okay, but the story seemed to drag quite a bit.
    • 3/5
      This story would make a better movie than a book. The story is OK and ripe for the big screen if it can be done as well as the other Ludlam books. I listened to this on CD and the writing just isn't great. It's OK. The story was better than the narrative and had an unpredictable twist near the end with plenty of killing and action. Yes, it would make a very fine movie, as the Bourne series has. Some bits of the story seemed muddy or confusing, at least upon listening. Maybe those are clearer if read.
    • 4/5
      Good book. Very well written. I was anxious to find out how it ends.
    • 1/5
      This is a Ludlum - so it's at least got some kind of page-turner quality to it which earns it its one and only LT star.Because that being said, let's be honest - the book is complete crap. Unnecessarily complex plot, stereotypical characters (guess what? the hero is tall, muscular and lean, and he gets to meet this distressed but brilliant and gorgeous girl, and then...), and as usual Ludlum has his characters travelling all over the world (that is to say in all those under-developped countries that aren't the US), and strangely enough the natives don't seem to be able to speak their own language properly (I'm French and it just pisses me off that he can't get a francophone person to check the three and a half lines of French text he insists on putting into his books)...Still... Give it a shot if you're on BookMooch - my copy's available! :)Marc.
    • 3/5
      Despite the writing style and Ludlum's routine, his factual sheet of the-behind-the-scene global security industries is tremendous; quite well-researched.
    • 3/5
      This is like most Ludlums, a little predictable, but still engaging. I didn't expect the crisis, but I'm sure others did. Unfortunately, for most of the book, I couldn't help thinking the whole thing was a lot like Bourne. Supreme op, no memory, unknown enemies chasing .... The auditor was a good and funny addition.
    • 3/5
      It's ages since I read a Ludlam. This one was fast-paced and with a complex-enough plot to keep me guessing. It didn't quite live up to my fond memories of earlier readings, but it was still definitely entertaining and worth the read.
    • 4/5
      Written posthumously from notes and outlines left behind by Ludlum, The Ambler Warning was completed by a ghost writer for the estate, as such it does lack the usual oomph that a Ludlum thriller has.There is also a few small problems with the flow of the story, where scenes simply cut off rather than explain how they eventuated, this seems more like lazy writing than a method of building intensity. I also felt the whole memory altering aspect had an air of the Bourne Identity to it, albeit implemented in a different way, perhaps this was why Ludlum hadn't written it whilst alive.Asides for this, it's an alright book, it's certainly engaging once you put aside the short comings and air of deju vu around the circumstances surrounding Harrison Ambler vis-à-vis the Bourne circumstances. I'd give it a 3.5/5, not terrible, but nor was it outstanding, strictly middle of the road good.
    • 4/5
      Written before the popularization of microexpressions, Ludlum delivers a suspenseful thriller that I found to be one of his best. There are several layers to every character and each new layer to the plot adds an interesting twist. I think of fresh-squeezed lemonade. (Or I might just be thirsty right now.)
    • 1/5
      Another story much like the Bourne series. A guy who has been betrayed by his own government employer. locked in a psych facility, stripped of identity, etc. Did not finish reading it. Probably seen the Bourne films too many times to find this story novel.
    • 4/5
      This is a fast-paced novel, typical of Ludlum. It has some commonalities with the Bourne series, but its different enough to stand apart.
    • 4/5
      Of all of the books written under the name "Robert Ludlum" since his death, The Ambler Warning sounds and reads most like one of Ludlum's books. A few (somewhat nasty) plot holes detract from the overall story, but I did enjoy this book far more than any of the posthumous "Ludlum" novels.
    • 3/5
      always been a fan of Ludlums's and have nevr been let down by him..
      wen d mystry finally unveils at d end, its quite a surprise..totally unpredictable.