Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Ascendancy (Jason Bourne series)

by Eric Van Lustbader

Hardcover, 2014

Collection

Description

Fiction. Suspense. HTML: Jason Bourne is one of the most popular and compelling characters in contemporary fiction. Originally created by bestselling author Robert Ludlum, the Jason Bourne series was later adapted into films that have become modern classics. Now, New York Times bestselling writer Eric Van Lustbader carries on Jason Bourne's story with a new novel about the rogue secret agent who has lost his memory. The Bourne Ascendancy In this thrilling new novel, Jason Bourne is faced with an impossible mission. He has been hired to impersonate a high-level government minister at a political summit meeting in Qatar, shielding the minister from any assassination attempts. Suddenly, armed gunmen storm the room, killing everyone but Bourne. Their target, however, isn't the minister Bourne impersonates�??it is Bourne himself. Kidnapped and transported to an underground bunker, Bourne finds himself face-to-face with an infamous terrorist named El Ghadan ("Tomorrow"). El Ghadan holds as his captive Soraya Moore, former codirector of Treadstone and a close friend to Bourne, along with her two-year-old daughter. Meanwhile, the president of the United States is in the midst of brokering a historic peace treaty between the Israelis and the Palestinians�??an event that El Ghadan is desperate to prevent. He demands that Bourne carry out a special mission: kill the president. If Bourne refuses, Soraya and her daughter will die. Bourne must make a monstrous choice: save Soraya and her daughter, or save the President… (more)

Rating

½ (21 ratings; 3.6)

User reviews

LibraryThing member repb
I am a Jason Bourne fan. I've seen all his motion pictures yet I've never read a Bourne novel before now. I will not read another. I found the language and sexual forays bordering on pornography. I'm not sure why 'high priced' authors like Van Lustbader find it necessary to do that.
LibraryThing member rufusraider
Another good book in the Jason Bourne series by Eric Van Lustbader. The story is another well crafted, twisting story where Bourne is being blackmailed by a terrorist to carry out an attack. The basic plot line is about a Mideast summit between the Palestinians, the Israelis, and the US to broker a
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peace deal. The terrorists want to stop it and at the same time the right wing hawks in the US want to stop it because they might see less military spending.

If you have liked any of the previous Bourne books you will want to read this one. If you need a good thriller to read on your vacation, I don't think you will be disappointed in selecting this book.
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LibraryThing member delta61
"The Bourne Ascendancy" is #12 in the Bourne series. One thing you can always say about a Bourne novel, there is never a dull moment or a lack of bodies. A surprise in this novel is that a couple of the bad guys actually go to jail. Bourne seems that he is always getting beaten to a pulp, but like
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Hulk Hogan, down on the mat, he raises his hand in the air and comes back from certain defeat.
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LibraryThing member Andy_DiMartino
Eric is doing a really great job capturing the essence of Ludlum's Bourne.

Publication

Grand Central Publishing (2014), 454 pages

Original publication date

2014

Pages

454

ISBN

1455577538

Language

Original language

English
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