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Written by Robert Ludlum and Gayle Lynds - Audio book performed by Paul Michael - Unabridged Fiction - 12 COMPACT DISCS - 12 hours

Publisher, Audio Renaissance (June 2002)

In the dark of night a fiery explosion shatters a laboratory building in Paris' esteemed Pasteur Institute. Presumed dead is Emile Chambourd, one of the leaders in the global race to create a molecular, or DNA, computer. Unfortunately, Professor Chambourd kept the details of his work secret, and his notes were apparently destroyed with him in the bomb blast and raging fire that followed. The scientific community does not expect a DNA computer to be developed for years. But suddenly, without explanation, U.S. military jets disappear from radar screens. Utilities across the Western states cease functioning, and telecommunications are interrupted, with devastating consequences. Washington, fearing a panic, assures the public this is merely the work of a supremely clever hacker, but only the enormous power and speed of a DNA computer could have caused such havoc. Under the cover of visiting his friend Marty Zellerbach, severely injured when the Pasteur lab was destroyed, Covert-One agent Jon Smith flies to Paris to find the forces wielding the computer. Following a trail that leads him across two continents, Smith uncovers a web of deception that could cost millions of lives and reshape the world.

About the Authors: Robert Ludlum is the author of over twenty novels, each one a New York Times bestseller. There are more than 210 million of his books in print, and they have been translated into thirty-two languages. He is the author of The Scarlatti Inheritance, The Chancellor Manuscript, and the Jason Bourne series--The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum --among others. The Bourne Identity was made into a major motion picture starring Matt Damon, which released in June 2002. Mr. Ludlum passed away in 2001.

Gayle Lynds is the New York Times bestselling author of Masquerade, Mosaic and Mesmerized, all highly praised novels of international suspense. A former newspaper reporter and magazine editor, Lynds also worked at a think tank where she had top-secret security clearance. Gayle Lynds lives in Southern California with her husband, novelist Dennis Lynds. She is currently at work on her latest international thriller, The Coil, tentatively scheduled for release in 2003. Her latest collaboration with Robert Ludlum, The Paris Option, was published on June 18, 2002 and she is putting the final touches on the fourth Covert-One collaboration, The Altman Code, which will release in 2003.