Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Janson Command (2000) - Plot & Excerpts
The protagonist of this exciting novel is the hero of The Janson Directive by Robert Ludlum. The Paul Janson of Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Janson Command is now retired from his "Janson Directive" covert agent position for the highly secretive Consular Ops and running a small but formidable organization whose primary mission is to help former agents from widely scattered intelligence organizations recover their “lost” lives following their disenchantment with the people they have become. As he rehabilitates these individuals, they have become for him a tremendous, world-wide support group to help him when he needs it in the independent assignments he takes on to fund his rehabilitation efforts. Other than his few administrative and research support people, along with his pilots, his “organization” consists of himself and his partner Jessica Kincaid, a Kentucky backwoods superb marksman-very long range sniper. The Janson Command finds them attempting the rescue a physician-employee from a Houston-based oil exploration conglomerate, who has been kidnapped by the cruel dictator of a very small, but very oil-rich island just off the coast of western equatorial Africa. They do make an initial rescue of this doctor by assisting the freedom fighter “good guys” retake their small island nation from the dictator, only to “lose” him when he escapes because he thinks they are actually trying to kill him. When the dictator is surrounded and there is seemingly no escape, extreme means in the form of drone weapons and a Harrier jump-jet appear from “nowhere” to snatch him away. Janson & Kincaid now have to re-rescue the vanished doctor and at the same time have accepted a new assignment from the Nelson Mandela-ish “temporary” President of the small island nation. He wants them to capture the escaped dictator and return all the money he has stolen from the country and squirreled away in foreign banks. They are offered 5% of whatever funds they are able to recover.Kincaid’s chase of the doctor leads her first to Senegal, then Spain, and finally on to Australia. In the meantime Janson is touching base in visits to his world-wide contacts in his efforts to track down the dictator and the sinister organization that helped him escape.Garrison has richly “fleshed out” Ludlum’s Paul Janson character in his post-Cons Op days in this exciting, fast-paced novel. I heartily recommend it to lovers of such thrillers. This was a very enjoyable read, I got through it faster than I expected which I put down to the easy to read style it was written in and the fact I was familiar with and looking forward to revisiting the characters. It had some nice twists and turns, the pace was good and kept you guessing and panting for more. It was a good series opener and I'm looking forward to the next to learn more about the two central characters and their growing clan of followers.
What do You think about Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Janson Command (2000)?
Very good book. One if the better audiobooks I have listened to recently.
—kimmycakes
Sometimes tedious, violently descriptive. Pretty darn good read.
—mom
Held my interest all the way without getting lost on who is who.
—edahminion
Great ludlum theme and story line. 4 out of 5
—Healknight32
