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  The man with no name or memory went to the window and lowered the blind; the room was dark. Washburn snapped on the projector’s light; a bright square appeared on the white wall. He then inserted a small piece of celluloid behind the lens.

  The square was abruptly filled with magnified letters.

  GEMEINSCHAFT BANK

  BAHNHOFSTRASSE. ZURICH.

  ZERO—SEVEN—SEVENTEEN—TWELVE—ZERO—

  FOURTEEN—TWENTY-SIX—ZERO

  “What is it?” asked the nameless man.

  “Look at it. Study it. Think.”

  “It’s a bank account of some kind.”

  “Exactly. The printed letterhead and address is the bank, the handwritten numbers take the place of a name, but insofar as they are written out, they constitute the signature of the account holder. Standard procedure.”

  “Where did you get it?”

  “From you. This is a very small negative, my guess would be half the size of a thirty-five millimeter film. It was implanted—surgically implanted—bneeath the skin above your right hip. The numbers are in your handwriting; it’s your signature. With it you can open a vault in Zurich.”

  Bantam Books by Robert Ludlum

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  THE APOCALYPSE WATCH

  THE AQUITAINE PROGRESSION

  THE BOURNE IDENTITY

  THE BOURNE SUPREMACY

  THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM

  THE CHANCELLOR MANUSCRIPT

  THE GEMINI CONTENDERS

  THE HOLCROFT COVENANT

  THE ICARUS AGENDA

  THE MATARESE CIRCLE

  THE MATLOCK PAPER

  THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND

  THE PARSIFAL MOSAIC

  THE RHINEMANN EXCHANGE

  THE ROAD TO GANDOLFO

  THE ROAD TO OMAHA

  THE SCARLATTI INHERITANCE

  THE SCORPIO ILLUSION

  TREVAYNE

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  ROBERT LUDLUM is the author of nineteen novels published in thirty-two languages and forty countries with worldwide sales in excess of two hundred million copies. His works include, The Scarlatti Inheritance, The Osterman Weekend, The Matlock Paper, The Rhinemann Exchange, The Gemini Contenders, The Chancellor Manuscript, The Road to Gandolfo, The Holcroft Covenant, The Matarese Circle, The Bourne Identity, The Parsifal Mosaic, The Aquitaine Progression, The Bourne Supremacy, The Icarus Agenda, Trevayne, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Road to Omaha, The Scorpio Illusion, and The Apocalypse Watch. He lives with his wife, Mary, in Florida.