Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Ascendancy

Eric Van Lustbader

Jun 2014 · Sold by Grand Central Publishing

About this ebook

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 . . .

In this thrilling and absorbing 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 co-director 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.

Ratings and reviews

I would have given it 5 stars but I thought the POTUS narrative was weak. All in all a good read though. I guess I'm just biased against novels that describe a president with a fictional name. Too many bad novels have done by too many popular yet idiotic writers. It's not easy to find good fiction written for a mature audience

I really like it more than usually, but can't say I loved it due to the almost constant vulgar language. I've never read a "Jason Bourne" book; especially one of Robert Ludlum's, with so much bad language. I've read other of your books and really enjoyed them, but this one just shocked me a little much. Maybe the next one you write, can be toned down. Those words are Not what makes a good book, or a book good !!!!!

Thrilling and on going adventure. Didn't care for the president's present in the story.

About the author

Robert Ludlum was the author of twenty-seven novels, each one a New York Times bestseller. There are more than 225 million of his books in print, and they have been translated into thirty-two languages. He is the author of The Scarlatti Inheritance, The Chancellor Manuscript, and the Jason Bourne series -- The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum -- among others. Mr. Ludlum passed away in March 2001. To learn more, visit www.Robert-Ludlum.com.

Eric Van Lustbader is most widely known as the New York Times bestselling author of twenty international bestselling thrillers, including Ninja and Black Heart. He is also the author of two successful and highly regarded series of fantasy novels, The Sunset Warrior Cycle and The Pearl Saga. His novels have been translated into over twenty languages. www.ericvanlustbader.com