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{{Short description|Novel by Robert Ludlum}}
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| author = [[Robert Ludlum]]
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| country = [[United States]]
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| language = [[English language|English]]
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| genre = [[Thriller (genre)|Thriller]] [[novel]]
| genre = [[Thriller (genre)|Thriller]]
| publisher = [[Random House]]
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| release_date = February 22, 1988
| release_date = February 22, 1988
| media_type = Print ([[Hardback]] & [[Paperback]])
| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)
| pages = 677 pp ''(first edition)''
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| isbn = 0-394-54397-1
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'''''The Icarus Agenda''''' is a 1988 thriller novel by bestselling author [[Robert Ludlum]]. It is the [[sequel]] to ''[[The Chancellor Manuscript]]''.
'''''The Icarus Agenda''''' is a 1988 thriller novel by bestselling author [[Robert Ludlum]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 February 1998 |title=The Icarus Agenda by Robert Ludlum |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780394543970 |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref> It is the [[sequel]] to ''[[The Chancellor Manuscript]]''.


==Plot introduction==
==Plot introduction==
Evan Kendrick is a U.S. Congressman from a remote [[Western Colorado]] district. As a former building contractor in the Middle East, he is close friends with the [[Sultan of Oman]]. He returns to [[Oman]] under deep cover when the U.S. Embassy in [[Masqat]] is taken by terrorists. During his time undercover he unmasks a far-reaching terror network aimed at controlling the economies and governments of the Middle East.
Evan Kendrick is a U.S. Congressman from a remote [[Colorado Western Slope|Western Colorado]] district. As a former building contractor in the Middle East, he is close friends with the [[Sultan of Oman]]. He returns to [[Oman]] under deep cover when the U.S. Embassy in [[Muscat]] is taken by terrorists. During his time undercover he unmasks a far-reaching terror network aimed at controlling the economies and governments of the Middle East.


==Plot summary==
==Plot summary==
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A few years before, a tragic "accident" left him with 78 fewer friends. The only loved-one left was Emmanuel "Manny" Weingrass, a world-renowned architect and a somewhat impossible person. In his first year in Congress, there is an uprising in Masqat—a hostage taking. The events remind him of a man known as The Mahdi whom Weingrass said was the reason for the deaths of his 78 friends. He goes to Oman for revenge and comes back victorious. The Mahdi dead and a tragedy averted. A year later, the inheritors of Inver Brass—the resurrected group of influential people, destroyed in the events of the Chancellor Manuscript, who had been tracking him ever since he went on the Oman operation through a specially gifted computer specialist, exposes the truth of Kendrick being involved in Masqat and they reveal this to the world to have Kendrick as Vice President of the USA, because they consider him to be morally incorruptible. After the revealing, lives are lost and friendships broken, Kendrick is desperately looking for the people who are responsible for turning his life upside-down. But unknown to the Inver Brass there is a traitor in their midst. Codename Icarus is the last hope to a nation and to a world. The organisation was first mentioned in his 1977 novel ''[[The Chancellor Manuscript]]'' and is also mentioned in his later novel ''The Bancroft Strategy''.

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A few years before, a tragic "accident" left him with 78 fewer friends. The only loved-one left was Emmanuel "Manny" Weingrass, a world-renowned architect and a somewhat impossible person. In his first year in Congress, there is an uprising in Masqat - a hostage taking. The events remind him of a man known as The Mahdi whom Weingrass said was the reason for the deaths of his 78 friends. He goes to Oman for revenge and comes back victorious. The Mahdi dead and a tragedy averted. A year later, the inheritors of Inver Brass - the resurrected group of influential people, destroyed in the events of the Chancellor Manuscript, who had been tracking him ever since he went on the Oman operation through a specially gifted ICT specialist, exposes the truth of Kendrick being involved in Masqat and they reveal this to the world to have Kendrick as Vice-President of the USA, because they consider him to be morally incorruptible. After the revealing, lives are lost and friendships broken, Kendrick is desperately looking for the people who are responsible for turning his life upside-down. But unknown to the Inver Brass there is a traitor in their midst... and this might just be the last straw... Codename Icarus is the last hope to a nation and to a world. The organisation was first mentioned in his 1977 novel ''[[The Chancellor Manuscript]]'' and is also mentioned in his later novel ''The Bancroft Strategy''.


==Characters in "The Icarus Agenda"==
==Characters in "The Icarus Agenda"==
*Evan Kendrick &ndash; US congressman and main protagonist
*Evan Kendrick &ndash; US congressman and protagonist
*Emmanuel "Manny" Weingrass &ndash; architect
*Emmanuel "Manny" Weingrass &ndash; architect
*The Mahdi
*The Mahdi
*The Sultan of Oman
*The Sultan of Oman
*Khalehla
*Khalela


==Cultural references==
==Cultural references==
*Harry Burns is reading this book in the film [[When Harry Met Sally...]] when Sally calls him on the phone about her ex-boyfriend getting married.
*Harry Burns is reading this book in the film ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]'' when Sally Albright calls him on the phone about her ex-boyfriend getting married.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Joys of "Book Stalking" {{!}} Lennox & Addington |url=https://www.lennox-addington.on.ca/news/joys-book-stalking |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.lennox-addington.on.ca}}</ref>


==Publication history==
==Publication history==
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{{refbegin}}


*1988, [[United States|US]], Random House ISBN 0-394-54397-1, Pub date February 22, 1988, Hardback
*1988, [[United States|US]], Random House {{ISBN|0-394-54397-1}}, Pub date February 22, 1988, Hardback
*1988, US, Bantam Books ISBN 0-553-17326-X, Pub date March 1, 1988, Paperback
*1988, US, Bantam Books {{ISBN|0-553-17326-X}}, Pub date March 1, 1988, Paperback
*1988, [[United Kingdom|UK]], Grafton ISBN 0-246-12574-8 Pub date March 24, 1988, Hardback
*1988, [[United Kingdom|UK]], Grafton {{ISBN|0-246-12574-8}} Pub date March 24, 1988, Hardback
*1989, UK, Grafton ISBN 0-586-06455-9 Paperback
*1989, UK, Grafton {{ISBN|0-586-06455-9}} Paperback
*1998, UK, HarperCollins ISBN 0-586-06455-9, Pub date June 15, 1998, Paperback
*1998, UK, HarperCollins {{ISBN|0-586-06455-9}}, Pub date June 15, 1998, Paperback


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{{refend}}


== References ==
{{Ludlum}}
{{Reflist}}{{Ludlum}}


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[[Category:1988 novels]]
[[Category:1988 American novels]]
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[[Category:Novels set in the Middle East]]
[[Category:Novels set in Oman]]




Latest revision as of 04:39, 23 May 2024

The Icarus Agenda
The Icarus Agenda first edition cover.
AuthorRobert Ludlum
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
PublisherRandom House
Publication date
February 22, 1988
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages677 pp (first edition)
ISBN0-394-54397-1
OCLC16901124
813/.54 19
LC ClassPS3562.U26 I24 1988b

The Icarus Agenda is a 1988 thriller novel by bestselling author Robert Ludlum.[1] It is the sequel to The Chancellor Manuscript.

Plot introduction

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Evan Kendrick is a U.S. Congressman from a remote Western Colorado district. As a former building contractor in the Middle East, he is close friends with the Sultan of Oman. He returns to Oman under deep cover when the U.S. Embassy in Muscat is taken by terrorists. During his time undercover he unmasks a far-reaching terror network aimed at controlling the economies and governments of the Middle East.

Plot summary

[edit]

A few years before, a tragic "accident" left him with 78 fewer friends. The only loved-one left was Emmanuel "Manny" Weingrass, a world-renowned architect and a somewhat impossible person. In his first year in Congress, there is an uprising in Masqat—a hostage taking. The events remind him of a man known as The Mahdi whom Weingrass said was the reason for the deaths of his 78 friends. He goes to Oman for revenge and comes back victorious. The Mahdi dead and a tragedy averted. A year later, the inheritors of Inver Brass—the resurrected group of influential people, destroyed in the events of the Chancellor Manuscript, who had been tracking him ever since he went on the Oman operation through a specially gifted computer specialist, exposes the truth of Kendrick being involved in Masqat and they reveal this to the world to have Kendrick as Vice President of the USA, because they consider him to be morally incorruptible. After the revealing, lives are lost and friendships broken, Kendrick is desperately looking for the people who are responsible for turning his life upside-down. But unknown to the Inver Brass there is a traitor in their midst. Codename Icarus is the last hope to a nation and to a world. The organisation was first mentioned in his 1977 novel The Chancellor Manuscript and is also mentioned in his later novel The Bancroft Strategy.

Characters in "The Icarus Agenda"

[edit]
  • Evan Kendrick – US congressman and protagonist
  • Emmanuel "Manny" Weingrass – architect
  • The Mahdi
  • The Sultan of Oman
  • Khalehla

Cultural references

[edit]
  • Harry Burns is reading this book in the film When Harry Met Sally... when Sally Albright calls him on the phone about her ex-boyfriend getting married.[2]

Publication history

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "The Icarus Agenda by Robert Ludlum". www.publishersweekly.com. 1 February 1998. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  2. ^ "The Joys of "Book Stalking" | Lennox & Addington". www.lennox-addington.on.ca. Retrieved 2024-01-11.


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