Robert Ludlum’s The Paris Option: A Covert-One Novel Ludlum, Robert and Lynds, Gayle

A lethal computer virus crashes the Pasteur Institute's mainframe in Paris. Hours later, the facility explodes, killing dozens — including the lead scientist on the molecular computer project that could shift the global balance of power overnight. Lt. Col. Jon Smith of Covert-One barely escapes, but when he wakes in the hospital, he learns his colleague and friend is dead. Or is he? Intelligence chatter suggests the DNA computer prototype survived, now in the hands of a shadowy network ready to weaponize it. From Paris to Prague to the Atlas Mountains, Smith races against encrypted threats, double agents, and a conspiracy that reaches into the highest levels of NATO. Co-written with Gayle Lynds after Ludlum's death, this is vintage Covert-One: labyrinthine plots, geopolitical stakes, and a protagonist who trusts no one. For fans of techno-thrillers where the science is just plausible enough to keep you awake at night.