Robert Ludlum's the Arctic Event (Covert-One)

An army researcher specializing in infectious diseases who works secretly as a Covert-One agent leads a team of scientists to a remote, icy island off the coast of Canada where they discover a mysterious spy plane containing a deadly form of anthrax, a mission that is compromised by the arrival of a band of Russian pirates. Simultaneous.

ROBERT LUDLUM was the author of 21 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 32 languages. Mr. Ludlum passed away in March 2001. JAMES COBB, a longtime mystery/thriller writer, is a graduate of the University of Puget Sound and an avid student of military history and technology. He is a member of the United States Naval Institute and the Navy League. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.