The Matarese Countdown by Robert Ludlum (AUTHOR SIGNED) - 1997

New York, NY : Bantam Books , 1997 Bantam Books, New York. 1997. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Signed by author on a bookplate affixed to the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a yard sale price of $3.00 on the textblock top. Book Condition: Very Good; bumping to head and tail; scant shelfwear. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($27.50); bumping to head and tail; light rubbing to panels. Red boards with black overlay on the spine with bright silver lettering on the spine; debossed signature on front board. 487 pp 8vo. This is the sequel to The Matarese Circle. Like the legendary phoenix, the Materese are rising from the ashes and are regaining their former power with a new leader, an enigmatic figure named Jan van der Meer Matareisen, according to himself the only legitimate grandchild of Baron Guillaume de Matarese, the founder of the Matarese group. With the help of another shadowy figure known as Julian Guiderone who seems to have survived the events recounted in "The Matarese Circle" nearly twenty years ago, they are hatching a new and diabolical plot to plunge the civilized world into total chaos. Only one man, Brandon Scofield, who can stop them, but he has been retired for nearly twenty years but still goes into the field together with a CIA case officer, Cameron Pryce, but this time the enemy is more dangerous. A clean very presentable copy.