FREE THE CRY OF THE HALIDON PDF Robert Ludlum | 430 pages | 01 Dec 1996 | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc | 9780553576146 | English | New York, United States The Cry of the Halidon: A Novel by Robert Ludlum, Paperback | Barnes & Noble® Alex McAuliff has received an offer he can't refuse: two million dollars for a geological survey of Jamaica. All Dunstone Limited requires is his time, his expertise, and his absolute secrecy. No one--not even McAuliff's handpicked team--can know of Dunstone's involvement. But British Intelligence is aware of the deal, and they've let Alex in on a secret of their own: The last survey team Dunstone dispatched to Jamaica vanished without a trace. Now it's too late to turn back. Alex already knows about Dunstone--which means he knows too much. From the moment he lands in Jamaica, Alex is a marked man. 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Smith must find the truth about the ship, a truth The Cry of the Halidon probes the deepest secrets of the Chinese ruling party Covert- One agents must trace the source of a deadly disease - and stop the outbreak of a Third World War. A once-great nation is determined to rebuild its shattered empire, and lightning military strikes against its neighbours are planned. But first they must sow confusion and fear in the ranks of their enemies. They turn to one of the world's wealthiest and most powerful men. He has control over an undetectable and incurable bio-weapon, the perfect assassin's tool. Created using a strand of each victim's own DNA, it is The Cry of the Halidon ultimate precision-guided silent killer. 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Andrew Trevayne was a millionaire by the time he was thirty. He went into government, carving out a brilliant career. Then, at a call from the president, he initiates a probe into the clandestine world of secret government. It's a nightmare maze where money men and mafia leaders mix, a world where even the Presidency can be bought and sold. And where a man like Trevayne could be a dreaded enemy, a duped victim, or maybe, just maybe, a king. He's been given two million dollars for a geological survey of Jamaica's dark interior. But British Intelligence contact Alex to let him in on a secret: the last survey team despatched to Jamaica vanished without trace. The Cry of the Halidon the moment he lands in Jamaica he is a marked man. But who wants him dead? In an island paradise where even a beautiful woman could be a spy, Alex's only clue to survival is a single, mysterious word: Halidon He is also high on the Gestapo's 'most wanted' list.