Reviews for The Icarus Agenda

The average rating for The Icarus Agenda based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-04-15 00:00:00 Michael Smith I read this for the first time over ten years ago. Its a quite dense tome, and my copy had very tiny type-script lettering but I remember thinking that R.L. must be really smart to have written something like this, I was so impressed by his depth of imagination and flair for the dramatic ( what can I say, I was 13). Now years later, I'm still impressed, by his flamboyance and blatant over-the-top hero! I keep returning to this book every couple of years, and its like its new again..and I can't help but cast the characters I think should play it because it reads like a movie - albeit an old, Hollywood, CIA-Espionage movie.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-05-26 00:00:00 Sandra Henslin This novel is frustrating, insubstantial and very very improbable. A caucasian US Congressman dons dark makeup to pass for an Arab, infilrates a terrorist organization in Oman, convinces them he is a fellow terrorist, and somehow foils their plot. All this despite his obvious non-native accent which isn't even mentioned by Robert Ludlum. He then keeps the entire caper a secret until one covert agent recognizes him from a photograph. The only interesting plot involves a secret star chamber-like organization scheming to select the next US President. Once again logic holds no sway in this universe because the secret organization is apparently risking their lives and reputations for entirely altruistic reasons, with no personal benefit expected or desired from the new administration. Please stay away unless you enjoy smacking your forehead with the palm of your hand every 20 pages.