Alias: The APO Series
Series · 12
books · 2003-2006
Books in series
#1
Two of a Kind?
2003
Taking orders again from Arvin Sloane is enough for agent Sydney Bristow's life to feel turned upside down. But when an old adversary resurfaces and begs specifically for her help, Sydney is forced to confront ever-changing alliances—and the disturbing question of just how much she and her former enemy have in common. United by an urgent goal but for separate reasons, an inconceivable team is forged. From the luxury hotels of downtown Singapore to the frenetic streets of New Orleans' French Quarter, Sydney finds herself with little time to decide if she's been given the chance to amend ancient history or if she's being lethally played. Taking orders again from Arvin Sloane is enough for agent Sydney Bristow's life to feel turned upside down. But when an old adversary resurfaces and begs specifically for her help, Sydney is forced to confront ever-changing alliances—and the disturbing question of just how much she and her former enemy have in common. United by an urgent goal but for separate reasons, an inconceivable team is forged. From the luxury hotels of downtown Singapore to the frenetic streets of New Orleans' French Quarter, Sydney finds herself with little time to decide if she's been given the chance to amend ancient history or if she's being lethally played.
#2
Faina
2005
When a Russian controller and his teenage daughter are taken hostage by a ruthless terrorist, Sydney Bristow and the black ops APO team are called in to free the hostages and prevent widespread economic disaster and a tragedy of unimaginable proportions. Original. (An ABC television series, starring Jennifer Garner, Michael Vartan, Victor Garber, & Ron Rifkin) (Suspense)
#3
Collateral Damage
2005
When a routine assignment to infiltrate a public building and retrieve monitoring equipment goes terribly wrong, Sydney is confronted by guilt over the fate of an innocent civilian who becomes caught in the crossfire during her escape. Original. (An ABC television series, starring Jennifer Garner, Michael Vartan, Victor Garber, & Ron Rifkin) (Suspense)
#5
The Road Not Taken
2005
After one botched assassination attempt leads to the discovery of another high profile murder-for-hire in the works, Agent Sydney Bristow goes undercover to untangle a twisted plot of betrayal, terror, and revenge. Thrown into the midst of a dysfunctional yet extremely powerful family, Sydney must determine who is trustworthy and who is out for blood. Luckily, she has some experience in this field. With time running out and political alliances hanging in the balance, the APO operatives work together to infiltrate the family and determine the target of an impending deadly attack. Unfortunately, the intended victim could be anyone—a world leader, an adulterous wife, a group of innocent civilians, even a fellow agent—and the clock is ticking.
#6
Vigilance
2005
Sydney's conscience struggles with her job, which too often asks her to work with criminals she'd much rather put away. She understands the logic—the small fish versus big fish pragmatism—but that doesn't make acceptance easier. Someone else is less conflicted and is assassinating APO's shadier contacts. Only the calling card of a black star with the number 13 in its center hints at the culprit. When it becomes clear that a highly trained—and lethal—vigilante organization is interfering with APO's missions, Sydney must put aside her empathy and help shut down the mysterious "13 Stars." But after Sydney herself is mistaken for a freelance terror agent, she worries that the mistake is not so far from the truth. And now that she's marked, both her cover and her welfare are in immediate jeopardy.
#7
Strategic Reserve
2006
An oil pipeline leak in the Gulf of Mexico looks like sabotage, and APO is assigned to find the source using any means necessary. Sydney and Dixon visit the drilling platform and discover a likely suspect, but before they can corner him, he flees...in the APO helicopter. It seems the attack was a practice run for something bigger, and Sydney and Dixon must determine the real target before time runs out. There are other matters on the agents' minds too—Dixon is concerned about his son, Steven, and Sydney is led to wonder, not for the first time, what it would be like to have a "normal" family. But there's no time for wistful thinking when the saboteurs' plot becomes clear...and threatens to throw the country into total chaos.
#8
Once Lost
2006
Investigating a black market attempt to sell a deadly virus that has been used to infect an African village, field agent Sydney Bristow and her father, Jack, team up to rescue a kidnapped scientific researcher who has successfully treated the disease. Original. 40,000 first printing. (An ABC television series, starring Jennifer Garner, Michael Vartan, Ron Rifkin, Victor Garber, and others) (Suspense)
#9
Namesakes
2006
Horrified by a serial killer who is murdering women in the Los Angeles area who share a name with one of her former SD-6 aliases, agent Sydney Bristow reluctantly turns over the case to Jack and Vaughn while working to prevent a German terrorist from creating a man-made tsunami. Original. 50,000 first printing. (An ABC television series, starring Jennifer Garner, Michael Vartan, Ron Rifkin, Victor Garber, and others) (Suspense)
#10
Old Friends
2006
A terrorist cell based in China called Dark Cloud has devised a plan to release a deadly poison on entire nations using rocket technology. In true six degrees-of-separation style, Agent Sydney Bristow's friend from graduate school, Keiko Terajima, happens to be the daughter of a prominent Japanese physicist, and Dark Cloud needs his top-secret knowledge to carry out its devious plan. What's more, Keiko's married to Franklin, the son of an old colleague Jack Bristow killed years ago to protect Sydney. When APO learns that Franklin is part of an elite group of agents who marry women to gain access to information, Sydney begins to question his true intentions with Keiko.
Tracing the connections leads deeper and deeper into the terrorists' plot with Keiko's father and husband at the centre. Suddenly, Sydney finds herself on a mission not only to prevent the poisonous rain from devastating a country, but to save her loved ones as well.
#11
The Ghost
2006
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....
#12
A Touch of Death
2006
When a man who has confessed to killing his wife and children is promptly kidnapped by his terrorist former employer, agents Bristow and Vaughn are dispatched to a small community on the Siberian-Korean border to infiltrate a laboratory where the terrorist is conducting bioweapons research. Original. 40,000 first printing. (An ABC television series, starring Jennifer Garner, Michael Vartan, Ron Rifkin, Victor Garber, & others) (Suspense)
#13
Mind Games
2005
Tracking an international drug lord who has created a powerful mind-control drug capable of being used as a dangerous bio-weapon, agents Sydney Bristow and Marcus Dixon go undercover as drug agents; a mission that goes awry when Sydney is forced to ingest the drug and made to turn on her APO counterparts. Original. 40,000 first printing. (An ABC television series, starring Jennifer Garner, Michael Vartan, Ron Rifkin, Victor Garber, & others) (Suspense)
Authors
Paul Ruditis
Author · 41 books
Paul Ruditis also writes under the name P.J. Ruditis. I was born and raised in Philadelphia where I lived a typical childhood with a far more interesting fantasy life. I mean, how many other eight year olds were sticking their Star Wars action figures in Ziploc bags filled with water and putting them in the freezer to recreate the ice planet of Hoth? (Really? That many? Never mind.) After college, I moved to Los Angeles and was very lucky to get a job as a page at Paramount Pictures only months after I got into town. I worked as a tour guide and usher, and I performed temp office work around the lot. Eventually, I took a position working in the studio's licensing department where I quickly worked my way up to middle management. After a while, one of my friends in the publishing industry offered me the opportunity to write a Buffy, The Vampire Slayer short story for a collection she was editing. Well, when I heard how little money I could make as a writer, I immediately quit my job to try it full time. (Stupid, I know, but it kind of worked for me.) I started out by writing books based on such wonderful TV shows as Star Trek, Roswell, and Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. I have since written over 30 books based some of the best shows on TV, adding The West Wing, Alias, and Prison Break to that ever growing list. While I continue to work on these media tie-ins, I have also been focused more on my own original fiction, including my teen series DRAMA! and the Simon Pulse Romantic Comedy Love, Hollywood Style.
- Abridged Bio - Official Website.
Pierce Askegren
Author · 4 books
As a young man, Mr. Askegren took part in his parents high-wire circus act until an accident stopped that career for him at age 11. He acquired a love of comic books and of writing in general, which he turned into a profession. In addition to the Alias book, he wrote several books based on comic book series such as Spider-Man and Iron Man. He died of a heart attack at age 51.
J.J. Abrams
Author · 4 books
Jeffrey Jacob "J. J." Abrams is an American film and television producer, screenwriter, director, actor, composer, and founder of Bad Robot Productions. An Emmy and Golden Globe-winner, he is known as the creator or co-creator of the television series Felicity, Alias, Lost, and Fringe, and as a director of films including Mission: Impossible III and the 2009 feature Star Trek.
