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Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Deception

The Bourne Saga: Book Seven

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Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Deception

By: Eric Van Lustbader, Robert Ludlum
Narrated by: Jeremy Davidson
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 Jason Bourne's nemesis Arkadin is still hot on his trail and the two continue their struggle, reversing roles of hunter and hunted. When Bourne is ambushed and badly wounded, he fakes his death and goes into hiding. In safety, he takes on a new identity, and begins a mission to find out who tried to assassinate him.

Meanwhile, an American passenger airliner is shot down. Bourne's search for the man who shot him intersects with the search for the people that brought down the airliner, leading him into one of the most deadly and challenging situations he has ever encountered.

With the threat of a new world war brewing, Bourne finds himself in a race against time to uncover the truth and find the person behind his assault, all the while being stalked by his unknown nemesis...

Read by Jeremy Davidson

(p) 2009 Hachette Audio©2009 Myn Pyn LLC Action & Adventure Espionage Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Political Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense

Critic reviews

Moves at quantum speed with thrills and spills galore as Bourne seeks to win a cat and mouse game with his nemesis Arkadin
Olympic style, all-out espionage
Bourne is more mysterious than Bond, more real than Batman and more complex than Bruce Willis
A new breed of spy - yes, he's highly trained and proficient at killing people, but he's still a normal guy
Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined
A superspy to rival Bond
Terrific entertainment ... the tension is fierce, the pace killing
A page-turner of non-stop action that should leave his fans begging for more
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Not up to his usual standard was very disapointed
not what you come to expect from the Ludlum stable.

Was disapointed

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My only criticism would be that I was not able to work out which sequence to listen to the stories, I managed to listen to them the wrong way around. Didn't spoil it too much, but it covered why parts of the sequel didn't ring any bells. Generally still a good story though.

Series Needs numbering

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This book was a lot more entertaining and much more exciting, than most of the past books I have read. Either way, exciting and once again, full of gripping mayhem and intense drama.

Excellent!

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Jason Bourne finds out more about himself and although the story seems a little long, I was captivated right till the end.

The story only gets better

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I really didn't enjoy this book, I thought there was lots wrong with it. Bourne has always been portrayed as a scientificly deadly phenomenon. Here we see him as a spiritually driven, minor player. For the amount of shootings and beatings he takes, he seems a semi amateur. There was more action and story about the other characters, some of which I found boring and some unbelievable. It was a bit like when a film franchise doesnt recognise when to finish, and keeps flogging a dead horse, but in a book. Wouldn't personally recommend it.

doesn't fit the format of the franchise well

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