The Prometheus Deception: A Novel

I love a compelling story that features believable plot twists. This book is neither believable, nor entertaining to read. There are major plot twists so often, that the reader loses track of the good guys and the bad guys. This book features a 50+ page escape scene with so many 'missed chances' to kill the defenseless hero, in a dark, closed room, that I nearly put the book down at that point. Thankfully, I read on to experience the worst shooting assassins the world has ever seen. This book is far too unbelievable, and there are far too many plot twists to keep the reader interested. Thumbs Down!

Robert Ludlum's novels have always appealed to me because of the sense of adventure and the fast-moving plots.
This book was disappointing. It gave me the impression that the plot was fleshed out by somebody just shoveling things into it. Something that starts out as a container ship later is referred to as a "tanker". Our hero "sagged to his feet", whatever that means.
This half-written, half-read book goes into the "donations" box.

The suspense, action, and intrigue are non stop in The Prometheus Deception. Plenty of interesting characters and locales kept me glued to the book. The story is well written and really flows well. Lots of nice twists and turns for the main character to deal with as well. The only slight negative to the book is the James Bond type of impossible escapes the hero must make many times in the story. However, this was only a slight hinderance to an otherwise great book.

A good author is not always successful in delivering a good book. We, as readers, need to be more circumspect about assuming a good author always provides us with a good read.that is why reding reviews is. I presume, a good thing to do before buying a book. This book is predicated upon a ridiculous premise and is filled with events that just don't sell. You want to read Ludlum, but you don't want to read this Ludlum. It is just not realistic and although many such fiction novels are unrealistic this one is so far off the mark so as to come across as a cartoon. Skip it.

Absolutely the worst book I've read this year. Tedious, rife with cliches (like that!), stilted characters about whom you care little and a break-neck pace in so many locations around the whole frigging world without, might I mention, any solid clue as to the time-line (until of course, we enter the final "deception," and the fuse is burning while Dudley Doright is still thinking it through and Nell will be singed at the very least).
Even, dare I say, Tom Clancy can be THIS appealing. Well, not quite.
Very disappointed.

"The Prometheus Deception" is part Jason Bourne,.... Just like in the Bourne series, the protagonist never knows who is on his side or who he can trust, which, of course means everyone betrays him.
This by itself wouldn't make it a bad book, but the plot twists don't make any sense. The ending is horrible, and if you think back to the beginning of the book, you would realize that the only way that things would happen as they did, is if the bad guys are intentionally trying to screw themselves.
I would not recommend this book...

After reading the Bourne Identity series, I felt impelled to read other books by Robert Ludlum. I picked this one up completely by chance, since both the title and the cover appealed to me. I am extremely interested in spy novels, so I checked it out of the library once I skimmed through the introduction. At first, I have to admit, I was contemplating putting it down because it seemed a but lengthy, but since I always have to know the ending, I kept my eyes peeled. Towards the middle of the book, I realized what an action-packed read this was. I literally had to tear myself away from it. I actually enjoyed The Prometheus Deception just as much, if not more than The Bourne Identity.

I've read every Ludlum book multiple times. His mastery of the past of twisting plots and extremely interwoven details has gone by the wayside with Prometheus. Way too many "just happened to have" answers and overly simplified answers that lead to plain unbelievable consequences. I have considered Ludlum to be the absolute best at keeping details and plots with "no holes" and this book does nothing to compare to his previous works.
Ludlum has gone from writing his unique style books, to writing cheap James Bond type thriller types meant to please the mass public accustomed to TV paced adventures.
The true Ludlum fans can only hope he comes back to his own unique writing form in the future.

Straightforward conspiracy/spy potboiler. I'm supposed to say something about the plot, but really, that's all this book has going for it. I wouldn't want to spoil it for you guys who enjoy dumbing down during a flight. Ludlum has had at least two of his works produced as action/thriller movies. I'm sure that is what he had in mind. Just cut out most of the cheezy dialogue and tiresome weapons cataloguing - presto you have a script. I enjoy a good Schwartzenager or Segal movie from time to time. No matter how silly. But, why would you want to READ such a thing?
Ps. A writer like Ludlum sure could a capable editor here. Some of the errors are very glaring.

Our Superspy in this book keeps jumping from acting very smart to rather retarded. In one minute he pulls together obscure facts to solve a problem and the next he accepts statements of others that any Ludlum reader would seriously question. We all expect our Superspy's to be able to get out of seemingly inexcapable traps, but in this story he comes across more like Robocop rising from a nuclear attack. As a reader of Ludlum since the very beginnings, I expect my heros to use their brains and reasoning to solve the case with clues, facts and information in the story, even though those clues may be well hidden, and not pull solutions out of thin air. Sorry I spent the money for the hardback.

I keep waiting for something to spark my interest and make me feel my time has not been wasted. Finally!! This book has been the very best book I have read since "The Bourne Identity ".To me, he reached his peak with "The Bourne Identity". I consider "The Bourne Identity" to be the greatest "thriller" I ever read.
After some of his posthumous books have been a little shaky, but this really shines.
Having read almost all of Ludlum's work, "the Prometheus deception" is clearly among Ludlum's best. Ludlums ideas of interrogation, planning and confusion are really what makes this book great to read . I simply can't say enough positives about this fantastic read.

Nick Bryson, the "hero," gets himself into more tight spots than
you can count. But at the last moment an enemy becomes a friend
and saves him, or he pops out of a closet to save the girl, or
some other miracle happens. Ludlum does a good job of getting
Bryson in trouble, but he, Ludlum, can't figure out how to get
Bryson out, so he creates an unbelieveable solution. But it's
still interesting, even if only to find out how Bryson will get
out of his next fix. Reads like an old movie serial where the
hero falls over a cliff and you wonder how he'll survive.

My wife bought me "The Prometheus Deception" for Christmas and I couldn't put it down. I began reading Ludlum with "The Aquitaine Progression" and have read every one of his books since then. This one, in my opinion, may be his best yet.
I was devouring the book page by page. There are so many twists in this book you will not want to put it down until you finish page 509, the end. Outstanding plots and characters with an in depth look at the possibilities of Signals Intelligence and the realm of the computer age functioning with telecommunications.
I thoroughly enjoyed it and can't wait for the sequal!! Order it now, you wont regret it.

While better than Mr. Ludlums most recent efforts, which have been quite weak, the excess of action is a little bit hard to swallow. No human being could could possibly survive half of what Bryson was was faced with in this book. The first half of the book showed great promise, but about midway through it digressed into cheap action film material.

Once again Robert Ludlum delivers his usual mix of espionage action and excitement. As always he puts the readers on the edge of their seats. I read The Prometheus Deception a second time and it is one of the best written by this outstanding author.

This is undoubtedly the worst Ludlum ever! What starts with a fairly unique story idea, soon disintegrates and drowns in a torrent of completely improbable, not to say impossible, situations. Pure comic book material. He should have hired a good illustrator. The prose is gone!

This was my first Ludlum book, and perhaps my last. Couldn't have been more disappointed. 500 painful pages of ... lead you to a sorely disappointing end, an ending that would probably leave you feeling sick. I wonder if this is the style Ludlum uses in all his books. Initially I found myself fascinated by the book but with the passage of time it became clear that the biggest 'deception' was in reading the book itself. I saw neither logic, nor a story line in the entire plot. All that the author had was exotic descriptions of foreign locations. Expect no twists and turns in the story, it is all too predictable and of course, illogical.
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This intruging tale of action is thoroughly shouded in colossal mystery... it will keep readers guessing throughout this incredible novel. Nicolas Bryson is involved in an immense deception involving a powerful group called the directorate and a mysterious organization called prometheus with roots all the way up into the president's Cabinet. The directorate is so incredibly dark and clandestine, it seems that Ludlum himself is unsure about some of the more cryptic details

This was my first time listening to a Robert Ludlum book. It was great! I have already ordered more of his books. The story line is interesting and easy to follow, but with a few hidden twists. It also has an interesting connection to a very rich software guy in Seattle (it is of course a fictional character in the book)...If you like spy / cloak & dagger, , you will enjoy this book.

I first read Scarlatti Inheritance in the 70's, and every book since, but this one borders on the ridiculous. The premise of the Directorate was interesting, but for Bryson to make the multitude of unbelievable escapes; buy, assemble, and set up sophisticated computer equipment in a matter of hours is just not plausible, along with most of the escapades. I'm sorry, but this one is just too far-fetched.

Although I enjoyed reading this novel, I felt that the author had resorted to non stop action instead of building a credible plot. There is no doudt that Ludlum is a fine author, but the fantasy of this book is way to far out to be believable. The indistructable nature of the hero is over done. If you like action, this will satisfy.

A well written book that keeps you attention throughout. This
is the first book by Ludlum that I've read, and I will likely
read more. However, the book does not distinguish itself from
many other 'spy thrillers'. That can be either good or bad,
depending on what you are looking for.

Having read everything Ludlam has written, he appears back to writing in his typical way. Even though somewhat predicatable, he is still entertaining. I am glad he's back after a few yawners. Still worth the money.