Robert Ludlum's The Cassandra Compact

In this gripping installment of the Covert-One series, Lt. Colonel Jon Smith, a medical researcher, is thrust into a deadly race against time after a Russian colleague is murdered in Venice while delivering critical intelligence. The stakes rise as Smith learns of a plot to steal Russia's stockpile of the lethal smallpox virus, which could unleash a catastrophic epidemic. With his Covert-One team, he must outsmart cunning adversaries intent on global devastation and prevent an unprecedented crisis.