This book, from Robert Ludlum’s Covert-One Series, is a thriller much like Tom Clancy writes.  This is the second book that was written by a ghost writer for Ludlum that I have read.  The Janson Directive was the first (review pending).

This book follows an evil environmentalist attempting to destroy the world with a cutting edge technology known as nanophages.  Covert-One, a black-ops division of the United States Government, must track him down and sanitize the threat.  Lt. Col. Jon Smith has been assigned that task, by any means necessary.

This is the fifth book in the Covert-One Series, but the first that I have read.  I do not enjoy reading a book in mid-series, but this one did not rely on the history of the first four.  While some of the characters are holdovers, their history is not terribly relevant.  The book is short and makes for leisurely reading.

Searching through the Internet for information on nanites and nanophages, I did not find much help.  This is a new – and very experimental – technology.  As the book illustrates, there are potentially very good uses for the technology.  There could be – should someone have the resources – as unlikely as that may be, I may add – terrible uses for the technology.  I like learning about new technologies, even those in fields that require a lot of effort to understand.