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New York : Vision, 2008, c2007.
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Fiction. Thriller. HTML: New York Times bestselling author Eric Van Lustbader bring another pulse-pounding Jason Bourne thriller as Bourne's last friend in the world goes missing and Bourne will do another to bring him home. Already devastated by loss, Bourne is shattered by a report that his last friend in the world, Martin Lindros has gone missing. A CI deputy director, Lindros was in Ethiopia tracking suspicious shipments of yellowcake uranium and atomic bomb weaponry. His last lifeline to humanity, Bourne will not let Lindros go. Despite his hatred for CI, Bourne sets out to rescue his friend and finish the job: dismantling a terrorist network determined to build nuclear armaments by cutting off their source of money. But Bourne doesn't realize that these men, Islamic supremacists, are leaders of an incredibly dangerous, technologically savvy group with ties from Africa, across the Middle East, and into Eastern Europe and Russia. They have predicted Bourne's every move, and are counting on his unwitting help in their plans to destroy America..… (more)
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knjigainfo.com
Džejson Born je već izgubio sve kada saznaje da je njegov jedini prijatelj na svetu, Martin Lindros – nestao. Lindros, zamenik direktora za specijalne operacije Centralne obaveštajne službe, nalazio se u Etiopiji i istraživao sumnjive isporuke uranijuma i oružja za masovno uništenje.
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Lindros je ostao poslednja veza sa onim što je Born nekada bio i on nije spreman da ga se tek tako odrekne. Zanemarivši svoju mržnju prema agenciji, Born kreće u pogibeljnu akciju spasavanja koja će ga dovesti u samo srce opasne terorističke mreže. Međutim, nije svestan toga da su ovi ljudi, radikalni islamisti, zapravo vođe neverovatno organizovane, tehnološki napredne grupe koja se proteže od Afrike, preko Bliskog istoka, pa sve do istočne Evrope i Rusije. Predvideli su svaki Bornov potez, a on će nesvesno postati pion u njihovim planovima da unište Ameriku. Show Less
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LibraryThing member Austin93
When Jason Bourne’s only friend is kidnapped on a covert mission, he is asked to go retrieve him. Jason is swept into a whole conspiracy, between terrorists that are threatening to detonate a nuclear device, and assassins trying to kill him. Jason discovers that he was brainwashed, lied to, and
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deceived by the ones close to him. This book is not good for younger readers because of its fowl language, and graphic sections. This book is filled with mystery, and suspense. It’s non stop action, with a deep plot. I enjoyed this book, and recommend it for all older readers. Show Less
LibraryThing member MSWallack
The Bourne Identity is one of my favorite books of all time. Thus, any book featuring Jason Bourne must be compared to that book and, unfortunately, none of the sequels (including Ludlum's original sequels) really comes close. That said, I did enjoy The Bourne Betrayal; however, I might have
On a more personal note, I was thrilled when I saw Eric Van Lustbader's dedication to Adam Hall, author of the Quiller novels. Quiller is one of my favorite characters of all time and I've always said that Hall's Quiller books are the best espionage books that nobody has ever read. Over the course of the 19 Quiller novels (and 1 short story), we learn very, very little about Quiller (we don't even know his name). One thing that we do learn is that, upon his death, Quiller wants a dozen roses to be delivered to Moira. We have no idea who Moira is (mother, sister, daughter, ex-wife?) or why Quiller wants her to receive the flowers. But fans of the Quiller books grab on to these rare nuggets of insight into who Quiller is and what makes him tick. So, imagine my surprise and giddy glee when, late in The Bourne Betrayal a main character, shortly before dying, asks Jason Bourne to be sure to deliver a dozen roses to Moira. I can't think of any better way for Van Lustbader to tip his cap to Adam Hall. After reading that passage, it took me quite a while to wipe the goofy smile off of my face.
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enjoyed it more if the main character wasn't Jason Bourne, but, rather, some random spy. A few of the leaps of logic were a bit much, but some of the plot complexity was certainly straight from the Robert Ludlum mold. Overall, an enjoyable enough way to pass a bit of time.On a more personal note, I was thrilled when I saw Eric Van Lustbader's dedication to Adam Hall, author of the Quiller novels. Quiller is one of my favorite characters of all time and I've always said that Hall's Quiller books are the best espionage books that nobody has ever read. Over the course of the 19 Quiller novels (and 1 short story), we learn very, very little about Quiller (we don't even know his name). One thing that we do learn is that, upon his death, Quiller wants a dozen roses to be delivered to Moira. We have no idea who Moira is (mother, sister, daughter, ex-wife?) or why Quiller wants her to receive the flowers. But fans of the Quiller books grab on to these rare nuggets of insight into who Quiller is and what makes him tick. So, imagine my surprise and giddy glee when, late in The Bourne Betrayal a main character, shortly before dying, asks Jason Bourne to be sure to deliver a dozen roses to Moira. I can't think of any better way for Van Lustbader to tip his cap to Adam Hall. After reading that passage, it took me quite a while to wipe the goofy smile off of my face.
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LibraryThing member nm.fall07.a.dahlke
it was a very good book. there is alot of explosions and fighting. At the very begining of the book two helicopters land on a summit of a mountain to search for nuclear componets one of the helicopters is carring martin lindros jason bournes last friend. shortly after they land a group of terristis
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attack them with machine guns, rocket proppelled grenades, and flamethrowers. And they take jasons friend. after that the old man at ci asks for jason bournes help to bring him home. it definetly has lots of fighting and espionage. and any jason bourne fans should definatly readit Show Less
LibraryThing member theportal2002
I am a huge fan of the Bourne movie series. I am glad I was not let down with this book, it is my first Bourne book. The story line was very creative and feeds the "I must have everything Bourne" symptoms of a true fan.
LibraryThing member jshrop
The Bourne Betrayal is Eric Van Lusterbader's second novel in the continuation of the Jason Bourne series made immensely popular by Matt Damon's portrayal of this unique character in the three films released to date. Van Lusterbader does Robert Ludlum and Jason Bourne great justice with this work,
This novel gives you more of an insight to the chameleon side of Bourne that is never developed as deeply through the film versions of the first books. The extent that he goes to change his appearance and totally become a perfect copy of another person is very well detailed, and you can tell that Van Lusterbader did his research when it comes to these aspects of the covert world. The plots of the seperate storylines were well woven together, and not too ridiculous in their intersections to take you out of the story. Too many authors today try to have complex storylines that meet up at "too perfect" a time, and take away from the path laid out to get you there, and the story they are trying to tell.
Without any spoilers, the plot centers around a terrorist group trying to build a weapon to unleash on the US, the lengths they go to infiltrate our government, and as always, Jason Bourne is there to take them on. The only critiscim that I had was a somewhat anti-climatic ending, but this doesn't take away from the enjoyment of the novel. Van Lusterbader does not try to wrap everything up in a tight little package for you at the end, and I think overall I appreciate him leaving out details that would be too ridiculous to tidy up in only a few pages, and a certain amount of unanswered questions is always good fodder for a series like this that continues on, even after it's creator has passed.
Eric Van Lusterbader does a great job in keeping Jason Bourne alive and exciting, and I look forward to reading the Bourne Sanction, his third novel in the series, that was just released.
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and keeps you on the edge of your seat for all 700 pages (in paperback form). As with the Bourne books which preceed this, the action is fast paced, the plot twists are many, and Jason Bourne generally kicks butt. This novel gives you more of an insight to the chameleon side of Bourne that is never developed as deeply through the film versions of the first books. The extent that he goes to change his appearance and totally become a perfect copy of another person is very well detailed, and you can tell that Van Lusterbader did his research when it comes to these aspects of the covert world. The plots of the seperate storylines were well woven together, and not too ridiculous in their intersections to take you out of the story. Too many authors today try to have complex storylines that meet up at "too perfect" a time, and take away from the path laid out to get you there, and the story they are trying to tell.
Without any spoilers, the plot centers around a terrorist group trying to build a weapon to unleash on the US, the lengths they go to infiltrate our government, and as always, Jason Bourne is there to take them on. The only critiscim that I had was a somewhat anti-climatic ending, but this doesn't take away from the enjoyment of the novel. Van Lusterbader does not try to wrap everything up in a tight little package for you at the end, and I think overall I appreciate him leaving out details that would be too ridiculous to tidy up in only a few pages, and a certain amount of unanswered questions is always good fodder for a series like this that continues on, even after it's creator has passed.
Eric Van Lusterbader does a great job in keeping Jason Bourne alive and exciting, and I look forward to reading the Bourne Sanction, his third novel in the series, that was just released.
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LibraryThing member cathymoore
This is the second of Van Lustbader's Bourne follow-ups. I approached this with caution, having not been particularly overwhelmed by the first one. It was very good though. Bourne's shattered memory provides a wealth of skeletons to emerge from his closet, much to his dismay. In this novel he is up
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against Islamic extremists (seemingly the default bad guy of any self-respecting thriller writer pot-9/11) hell-bent on setting of a nuclear bomb in a large US city. Can Bourne plough through the fog that clouds his memory and use his borderline supernatural physical and mental strength to once again overcome his enemies? Show Less
LibraryThing member Speesh
Am I ok in saying this is an excellent read? A thoroughly tip-top thriller? One of the very best?
Credibility...Meet window?
I hope not. I don't think so. In fact, I'm sure not. Because this one did exactly what it says on the tin and thrilled the whatsits off me. Why on earth do we read books, if
But first, a word of warning: Don't read the summary on the back. In my view, it gives away way too much of much too many important plot turns for my liking. I didn't read it myself, until I was coincidentally 3/4 of the way in and all the points mentioned had passed. I didn't read it myself as I bought this book, knowing full well what I was getting into (as surely do most people with anything Bourne-related?). So I was able to enjoy the swallowing of red herrings and denouements, hook, line and sinker (yeah, that works).
Really, this is as close to a 5 Star review as one of these things is ever going to get. I'm not going to try and tie myself up win knots trying to convey the plot. And you know what you're getting, writing-style-wise. There were only a couple of places where I had to partially suspend belief, with a whispered, as the Welsh say; 'there's lucky', under my breath.
Eric Van Lustbader is not Robert Ludlum (but then, who is?). He's certainly in the style of, and doing an admirable job in picking the baton up, keeping the flame alight, etc etc. No one can match Ludlum for economy and clout, but Eric comes very close. That's high praise, in my book. Though in trying to analyse the differences between the two, I became more convinced that the further the series has gone on, the more Eric's own style has come through. Almost to the point where I think they should drop the 'Robert Ludlum's...' on the cover. Obviously, the marketing department aren't going to do that, but there is no doubt here, that this is Eric Van Lustbader's Jason Bourne now. Bourne, born again.
Earlier in the series - and the films, which are more or less the first three books - the questions Jason Bourne was asking could pretty much be boiled down to "who am I?" I think he was really asking, or at least the questions should really be interpreted as "what is my name?" Nowadays, in these later books he's more struggling to find his personality. His question is now "what kind of person am I?" Or, "what kind of person was I?", as he's now Jason Bourne. Not who he was originally. Before he was Bourne. If you can say that.
And with all this 'Prism' and listening to phone calls, reading of emails and generally keeping an eye on all of us; the Bourne books and films are beginning to look like more like documentaries!
Credibility...Meet window?
I hope not. I don't think so. In fact, I'm sure not. Because this one did exactly what it says on the tin and thrilled the whatsits off me. Why on earth do we read books, if
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not for pleasure? And reading this one is as pleasurable an experience as they come.But first, a word of warning: Don't read the summary on the back. In my view, it gives away way too much of much too many important plot turns for my liking. I didn't read it myself, until I was coincidentally 3/4 of the way in and all the points mentioned had passed. I didn't read it myself as I bought this book, knowing full well what I was getting into (as surely do most people with anything Bourne-related?). So I was able to enjoy the swallowing of red herrings and denouements, hook, line and sinker (yeah, that works).
Really, this is as close to a 5 Star review as one of these things is ever going to get. I'm not going to try and tie myself up win knots trying to convey the plot. And you know what you're getting, writing-style-wise. There were only a couple of places where I had to partially suspend belief, with a whispered, as the Welsh say; 'there's lucky', under my breath.
Eric Van Lustbader is not Robert Ludlum (but then, who is?). He's certainly in the style of, and doing an admirable job in picking the baton up, keeping the flame alight, etc etc. No one can match Ludlum for economy and clout, but Eric comes very close. That's high praise, in my book. Though in trying to analyse the differences between the two, I became more convinced that the further the series has gone on, the more Eric's own style has come through. Almost to the point where I think they should drop the 'Robert Ludlum's...' on the cover. Obviously, the marketing department aren't going to do that, but there is no doubt here, that this is Eric Van Lustbader's Jason Bourne now. Bourne, born again.
Earlier in the series - and the films, which are more or less the first three books - the questions Jason Bourne was asking could pretty much be boiled down to "who am I?" I think he was really asking, or at least the questions should really be interpreted as "what is my name?" Nowadays, in these later books he's more struggling to find his personality. His question is now "what kind of person am I?" Or, "what kind of person was I?", as he's now Jason Bourne. Not who he was originally. Before he was Bourne. If you can say that.
And with all this 'Prism' and listening to phone calls, reading of emails and generally keeping an eye on all of us; the Bourne books and films are beginning to look like more like documentaries!
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LibraryThing member Carol420
Under Deputy Director Martin Lindros, Central Intelligence has been reforming itself to become more effective in combating terrorists. But not everyone is happy about that progress, including the terrorists. Based on a lead that suggests a risk of nuclear terror, Lindros returns to the field.
Once again, Bourne must fight his own agency as well as these resourceful would-be terrorists. With more than enough action and the kind of breathless writing that makes the pages fly, this would be another winner, except that Van Lustbader too often strains credibility. It becomes hard to believe that Bourne, a man known for his "animal instincts honed on stone and steel," could make as many life-threatening blunders as he makes here.
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Meanwhile everyone else wants to play politics to advance their own self interests. Jason Bourne is naturally concerned because Lindros is his only friendly ally.Once again, Bourne must fight his own agency as well as these resourceful would-be terrorists. With more than enough action and the kind of breathless writing that makes the pages fly, this would be another winner, except that Van Lustbader too often strains credibility. It becomes hard to believe that Bourne, a man known for his "animal instincts honed on stone and steel," could make as many life-threatening blunders as he makes here.
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LibraryThing member DocWalt10
First of the Bourne books, I have read. Have The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Ultimatium & The Bourne Supremacy movies which I have watched several times. This book was a fast read and kept you interested throughout. I felt the author pushed the boundaries of what might be realistic. Terrorists
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capture the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence. The terrorist leader, through plastic surgery and an eye transplant takes the place of the DDCI by being supposedly rescued. He wants to destroy the CI from withing and also detonate a nuclear bomb in the nations capital. Jason Bourne must find the nuclear bomb before it can be sent to the US and also find and rescue his friend, the DDCI. Show Less
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579 p.; 20 inches
ISBN
0446618802 / 9780446618809