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At the beginning of the book, Bourne is at Georgetown University talking with Moira Trevor. Moira Trevor wants Bourne to be the head of security at their new liquid natural gas terminal in Long Beach, California. Meanwhile, Veronica Hart, a determined woman to get the DCI job, is on her way to the Oval Office to meet with the President of the United States, Luther LaValle (pentagon intelligence czar), and General Richard P. Kendall. Bourne and Moira go to a restaurant to eat something. While they're there, Bourne notices something strange about the experience. He feels there is someone watching him. He has Moira call himself on the phone, which is followed by him leaving the restaurant and waiting for his enemy to appear. When no one appears, Bourne then goes back into the restaurant to sit down. Behind him there is a man reading a paper, glancing at Moira every once in a while and realizes that she has a follower. Luther LaValle, Rob Batt, and General Kendall are designing a plan to get Hart sacked because they think she is no good to the CI organization. They want Hart out as soon as possible. When Bourne and Specter return to a high ceilinged library, Specter tells Bourne of Pyotr Zilber and his death. He was a former student at Georgetown University. He tells Bourne that he is a terrorist hunter and would like Jason to go after Semion Icoupov. In Europe, Bourne's investigation into the Black Legion turns into on of the deadliest and most tangled operations of his double life. The pursuit of the leader of a murderous terrorist group with roots in the darkest days of World War II. During all of this Arkadin, who is just a brilliant and damaged as Bourne, is getting closer by the minute in achieving his mission.While Bourne thinks he is getting closer to Arkadin, Arkadin thinks hes getting closer to Bourne. Bourne goes to Moscow following information provided by Professor Specter. He is then followed by many people sent after him because of intercepted information. At the Metrtopolya Hotel in Russia, many things happen very fast. Bourne checks in to the hotel with a girl named Gala. But not knowing about being followed, many people are expecting him to arrive. The taxi driver, Yakov is paid by a man named Harris Low to drop him off at the hotel. Yakov is a poor man with an unpleasant past. He does what he does for money, driving around people for eighteen hours a day in a cab. Occasionally he doesn't get paid for what he does. Meanwhile in the hotel, Bourne wrestles an impersonated waiter (Anthony Prowess) to the ground after dodging a knife. As he exits the room and into the hall he finds a blood trail that leads to the closet where Prowess had executed a man also sent up to Bourne. Meanwhile, Soraya and Tyrone are meeting with Luther LaValle and General Kendall. Tyrone and Soraya are there to meet with them because LaValle and Kendall believe they are getting intel on the Black Legion. When Tyrone asks for the bathroom he descends the staircase to finish what Soraya, him and a woman named Kiki are there for. Her software program has done her work and it is all up to him. He gets caught and brought into a cell. LaValle and Kendall leave Tyrone's life up to Soraya. She must trade Hart for Tyrone. But what LaValle didn't know was that Hart see the rest on wikipedaRead full review
This is a very bad book, especially for true Bourne fans. If you loved Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne, then you will absolutely hate Lustbader's attempt at the character. Aside from that, the book appears to be hastily written and your head will spin with all of the information you get hammered with that has no bearing on the story. In many parts, it is obvious that Lustbader tailored this book to ease the burden of writing it, and I wonder how much this author actually knew of the story. If you're not a big Bourne fan, you still won't like it because of the lack of life to the characters and the blatant mistakes that many of them make. As the title says, "Don't waste your time."
The book was in great condition. The Bourne series is so intriguing and very hard to put down.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I bought this book for my husband because he likes the Bourne books. He has read the first three, and when I discovered that a new writer was continuing Jason Bourne's "life" it seemed like a good gift. It is a very interesting book.
Another great Bourne book....high on my list and a great read...Have read all of the Bourne books, this one of course co-written by Eric Von Lustbader because Robert Ludlum died before he finished it...
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