For 30 years, Robert Ludlum's novels have set the standard for the finest in international intrigue and suspense.With an unbroken string of bestsellers in almost every country in the world, Ludlum's books have been read by hundreds of millions of readers, and are acknowledged as classics in the field.Now, after the bestselling The Hades Factor and The Cassandra Compact comes the third thrilling novel in the Covert-One series - Robert Ludlum's The Paris Option.An explosion in the middle of the night reduces part of Paris' esteemed Pasteur Institute to rubble.Among the missing is the world's top computer scientist, Emile Chambord.Even though a terrorist group claims responsibility for the bombing, many in the intelligence community suspect the scientist was actually kidnapped and the bomb set to divert attention.