The Matarese Circle Av Robert Ludlum

<p><b>The Matarese killers will take over the world within two years...The No. 1 bestseller from ''the world''s most read writer'' <i>GQ</i></b><br><br>The Matarese Circle are the Corsican Brotherhood. Terrifying killers, their power could plunge the world into chaos and destruction within two years.<br><br>Only two rival spies - and one mysterious woman - can stop them. Brandon Scofield, CIA, and the West''s most professional assassin, and Vasili Taleniekov, former KGB, now wanted by the Politburo. They share a genius for espionage - and a life of terror and explosive violence. <br><br>Sworn enemies, Scofield and Taleniekov have vowed to terminate each other, but now they must become allies. Because only they possess the brutal skills and ice-cold nerves necessary to destroy an international circle of killers: the Matarese...</p>