The Ghost

Alias: The APO Series #11

by Brian Studler

The Ghost, a legendary figure who has gone by so many aliases his real identity is a mystery, has created a double-edged hallucinogen that is both a blessing to psychiatry and a powerful weapon that can ignite mass hysteria. When the mad scientist is double-crossed by one of his own minions, Agent Sydney Bristow must accompany him to his undercover clinic in Switzerland and help him learn which of his protégés stole the drug and sold it to a chemical weapons dealer.

However, this plan doesn't sit well with Jack Bristow, who shares a past with the Ghost....In fact, he thought he killed the man in a Vietnamese jungle years ago. Now Jack must determine if his mind is playing tricks on him, or if their wartime encounter was just another one of the Ghost's twisted psychological experiments....

Genres: Young Adult

358 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published November 7, 2006

Reviews

[Missy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have read a number of the ALIAS Tie-in novels and while the book captured a lot of the character nuiances, it seemed to not as flowing as the other books I have read for this series.

I also question the marketing of these books to teens/young adults - while the language, etc is appropriate to the target audience, the subject matter and the show is not. I would like to see some of these Tie-ins aimed at the audience that the show is aimed at.

Overall not the best ALIAS tie-in, but interesting none the less.

[Connaire Demain]

authorised it may be, canon I don't think so?

[Jay DeMoir · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was quite disappointing. The characterization felt off, but at least the ending was decent with a nice twist.

[Rosa · Rating 4 out of 5]

First of all, I loved the last 50 pages of this book so much. Those final few scenes with Jack are just... 100% everything I love about SpyDaddy.

Also, I would give this book 4 stars just for the mission in Mexico with Vaughn, Dixon, Weiss and Nadia. I laughed so hard that I cried. I wish we could have seen that scene in the show because it was one of the funniest moments within the entire realm of the Alias universe.

Also, we got cute Sydney/Vaughn moments that were completely reminiscent of where they were in late s04 and I wish more APO novels captured that era of their relationship. <3

[Luke · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Ghost is an Alias novel written by Brian Studler. It's based on the TV series created by J. J. Abrams that originally aired from 2001 to 2006.

Reading this Alias novel was like watching an Alias episode. Full of action, humour and science fiction-y ("some technologies used in the series place Alias into the genre of science fiction"*). Definitely a good read.


*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alias_(T...

[Belinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

The best one of this series that I've read.

These are usually fairly light, entertaining reading. The author doesn't have to worry too much about background and character development, so it's almost all action. This one kept me guessing for quite a while though and the scenes of Jack hallucinating in the Vietnam jungle were truly disturbing.

Better than I expected.