Bulwer-Lytton or the next Trevanian , another author who was big on albino assassins. Let's examine the parallels between DVC and Trevanian's bestselling 1972 thriller, The Eiger Sanction ( TES for short): Both novels have protagonists with phony, made-up sounding names? Check: Robert Langdon (DVC) vs. Jonathan Hemlock (TES). Clear edge to Trevanian