Publisher, Macmillan Audio (September 2009)

“Welcome to Robert Ludlum’s world...fast pacing, tight plotting, international intrigue.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer

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.

About the Author: Robert Ludlum's novels have been published in thirty-two languages and forty countries. He is the most recognizable name in international suspense. Ludlum is best known for the Jason Bourne series of novels—The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy—the books on which the blockbuster films starring Matt Damon were based.

About the Performer: Scott Sowers is an accomplished actor of both stage and screen. His theater credits Include roles in A Streetcar Named Desire, Bus Stop, and A Few Good Men. His television credits include guest roles on the Law & Order franchise, The Jury, NY Undercover, and All My Children. His audiobook credits include The Codex and Tyrannosaur Canyon by Douglas Preston, and Scarecrow by Matthew Reilly.