Robert Ludlum's The Paris Option

In the third installment of Robert Ludlum's Covert-One series, The Paris Option, an explosion at Paris' Pasteur Institute leads to the disappearance of renowned computer scientist Emile Chambord. While a terrorist group claims responsibility, intelligence agents suspect a more sinister plot involving kidnapping and a potential world-ending weapon. Covert-One agent Jon Smith, alongside allies from MI5, the CIA, and a tech genius, races against time to unravel a conspiracy that could have catastrophic consequences for Europe and the United States.