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The Bourne Supremacy (Jason Bourne Book #2): A Novel (original 1986; edition 2012)

by Robert Ludlum

Series: Jason Bourne (02)

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Fiction. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
 
Reenter the shadowy world of Jason Bourne, an expert assassin still plagued by the splintered nightmares of his former life. This time the stakes are higher than ever. For someone else has taken on the Bourne identityâ??a ruthless killer who must be stopped or the world will pay a devastating price. To succeed, the real Jason Bourne must maneuver through the dangerous labyrinth of international espionageâ??an exotic world filled with CIA plots, turncoat agents, and ever-shifting alliancesâ??all the while hoping to find the truth behind his haunted memories and the answers to his own fragmented past. This time there are two Bournesâ??and one must die.

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Ult
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Title:The Bourne Supremacy (Jason Bourne Book #2): A Novel
Authors:Robert Ludlum
Info:Bantam (2012), Edition: Reprint, Mass Market Paperback, 688 pages
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  freixas | Mar 31, 2023 |
Well written, fat moving thriller. There was too much explanation of the various events in the book that were not necessary to the plot but almost seemed like the author had to "up" his word count. ( )
  Lcmcsr | Feb 13, 2022 |
Married now to Marie St. Jacques, David Webb is being drawn in to another maelstrom covert government project. This one devised by Ambassador without portfolio, Raymond Haviland and National Security Council member, John (Jack) Reilly. The two of them entice diplomat, Edward McAllister to assist and swear him to utmost secrecy. The Jason Bourne myth has been revised by an evil and ambitious Chinese minister of state, Sheng Ghou Yang who intends to take over Hong Kong and who has used an assassin posing as Bourne to take out those highly placed who do or might oppose him.
Haviland and Reilly proposes: "An imposter is posing as the myth, but if the original myth takes out the imposter, he's in the position to reach Sheng." They device a diabolical plan which McAllister, against his better nature, puts into effect using the apparent bloody abduction of Marie to trigger David's alter-ego.
Marie tries to inform David during a call allowed by the abductors with a coded response: "my favorite tree". David in his alter-ego self does not attempt to decode but later, after Marie manages to escape with the help of Catherine Staples of the Canadian consulate, McAllister does, putting the G-men hot on her trail.
Jason, meanwhile, though warned explicitly not to, extends his chase from Hong Kong to Macao then to Mainland China. He has joined with Philippe d'Anjou, Medusa agent Echo. D'Anjou has "created" the neo-Bourne by transferring his Medusa skills and attitudes, but, d'Anjou was not able to control him and now the assassin is free-lancing. While dAnjou and Bourne are hot on the trail of the assassin, Marie has faced her own terrors. Again she has been sexually assaulted. This time David can not come to her aid. She fights her assailants valiantly and when nearly overcome is rescued by residents ashamed by the criminality of the local youths.
This brings us to the half-way mark of the novel. The reader can anticipate another half of thrilling action by both David and Marie, an outrageous scene in Tian An Men Square, wild changes in plot and a surprising denouement.
  RonWelton | Jul 9, 2021 |
Ludlum is such an awesome story teller! ( )
  n9kju | Feb 18, 2021 |
For me, this book was a lot better than the first. I really enjoyed it and only needed the marker for one line this time. Still a lot of swearing. ( )
  mcsp | Jan 25, 2021 |
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Kowloon. The teeming final extension of China that is no part of the north except in spirit-but the spirit runs deep and descends into the caverns of men's souls without regard for the harsh, irrelevant practicalities of political borders.
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Fiction. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
 
Reenter the shadowy world of Jason Bourne, an expert assassin still plagued by the splintered nightmares of his former life. This time the stakes are higher than ever. For someone else has taken on the Bourne identityâ??a ruthless killer who must be stopped or the world will pay a devastating price. To succeed, the real Jason Bourne must maneuver through the dangerous labyrinth of international espionageâ??an exotic world filled with CIA plots, turncoat agents, and ever-shifting alliancesâ??all the while hoping to find the truth behind his haunted memories and the answers to his own fragmented past. This time there are two Bournesâ??and one must die.

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Ult

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