Of all Robert Ludlum's bestsellers, the Bourne novels are the ones that have intrigued his thousands of readers the most. A man without a past is washed into the nets of a fishing boat. He is barely alive and has no knowledge of who he is or how he got there. All he has is a passport in the name of Jason Bourne - a man, it seems, who has many deadly skills and even more deadly enemies. Over the course of three books, THE BOURNE IDENTITY, THE BOURNE SUPREMACY and THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM, he gradually comes to realize who and what he really is - a strange amalgam of his original self, a man named David Webb, and the deadly killer identity that goes by the name Jason Bourne. An identity that many would like to see gone forever...Now, fourteen years later, we have an amazing, brand new Bourne novel, written by the legendary Eric Van Lustbader. David Webb is now living a peaceful life as a university professor in the backwoods of America with his wife and children. But from the other side of the world someone is reaching out to take him out of the game forever. A deadly assassin in on his trail and his former handler has been brutally murdered already. It seems that David Webb must once again turn to Bourne to save his life and family...
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From the Back Cover:
Jason Bourne Returns From The Shadows As The World's #1 Assassin...
Once, Jason Bourne was notorious in the clandestine world of covert-ops as one of the CIA's most expert international killers for hire. Out of the ashes of his violent past he's emerged today as a Georgetown professor, living a quiet life, retired from danger-until he narrowly escapes the bullet of a faceless assassin. And when two of Bourne's closest associates are murdered, Bourne knows that his legacy has followed him-and set him up as prime suspect for the brutal crimes.
And The World's #1 Target.
The quicksand of lies and betrayals is deeper than Bourne ever imagined. Hunted by the CIA as a dangerous rogue agent, he has only one option to stay alive-and one last chance to stay one step ahead of an unseen assailant whose vengeance is personal. Pursued across the globe, Bourne's on the run, and on the edge of discovering the truth-that he's become the expendable pawn in an international terrorist plot. One that's taking every living witness with it and plunging Bourne one step closer to the world-shattering consequences of...
The Bourne Legacy
Kept "[the] surprises coming till the very last page." -International Herald Tribune on The Bourne Idenity
Gripped as "a killer of a thriller!" -USA Today on The Bourne Supremacy
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About the Author:
Eric Van Lustbader is the author of numerous novels in a variety of styles, but is most widely known as the author of twenty international bestselling thrillers including The Ninja and Black Heart. Born in New York City, he currently lives in New York state. After a successful career in the theatre, Robert Ludlum launched his career as a bestselling writer with THE SCARLATTI INHERITANCE in 1971, the first of twenty-three consecutive international bestsellers. Eric Van Lustbader was born and raised in Greenwich Village. He is the author of more than twenty bestselling novels, and his work has been translated into more than twenty languages.
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- PublisherOrion Pub Co
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0752868195
- ISBN 13 9780752868196
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages464
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