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The Bourne Legacy (Mass Market Paperback)

by Eric Van Lustbader (Author) "Khalid Murat, leader of the Chechen rebels, sat still as a stone in the center vehicle of the convoy making its way through the bombed-out..." (more)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 544 pages
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press; Reprint edition (31 Mar 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0312999526
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312999520
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.7 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 52,082 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"An intricate plot and cnning twists" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Of all Robert Ludlum's bestsellers, the Bourne novels are the ones that have intrigued his thousands of readers the most. A man without a past is washed into the nets of a fishing boat. He is barely alive and has no knowledge of who he is or how he got there. All he has is a passport in the name of Jason Bourne - a man, it seems, who has many deadly skills and even more deadly enemies. Over the course of three books, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, he gradually comes to realize who and what he really is - a strange amalgam of his original self, a man named David Webb, and the deadly killer identity that goes by the name Jason Bourne. An identity that many would like to see gone forever. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A New Jason Bourne Is Born, 18 Oct 2004
By Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews
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If you expect a classic Robert Ludlum Jason Bourne book or a classic Eric Van Lustbader ninja delight, you will be very disappointed with this book. The Bourne Legacy doesn't fit well into either camp.

If you are willing to forget that you have ever read about Jason Bourne or anything else by Eric Van Lustbader, you will probably find this to be a relatively pleasing page-turner of an action novel.

The book shifts in a number of ways from the prior ones. First, this Jason Bourne is always reacting . . . and a little too late. Second, he's vulnerable both physically and emotionally. Third, he unrealistically recovers form serious injury time and time again to take even more abuse. He's sort of like a silly putty man in that sense. You toss him away and he bounces back quickly. Fourth, his long-time co-characters all but disappear. Fifth, an important new character is introduced, Khan, whom you will probably either like a lot of hate a lot. I leave it to you to decide.

Clearly, this book looks like it is intended to launch a whole series of novels based on the events in it. If you think you might like to see an action hero develop in a different way, give the book a try. If you want more of what you've had in the past, avoid this book.

Good hunting!

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A New Jason Bourne Is Born, 18 Oct 2004
By Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews
(TOP 10 REVIEWER)      
If you expect a classic Robert Ludlum Jason Bourne book or a classic Eric Van Lustbader ninja delight, you will be very disappointed with this book. The Bourne Legacy doesn't fit well into either camp.

If you are willing to forget that you have ever read about Jason Bourne or anything else by Eric Van Lustbader, you will probably find this to be a relatively pleasing page-turner of an action novel.

The book shifts in a number of ways from the prior ones. First, this Jason Bourne is always reacting . . . and a little too late. Second, he's vulnerable both physically and emotionally. Third, he unrealistically recovers form serious injury time and time again to take even more abuse. He's sort of like a silly putty man in that sense. You toss him away and he bounces back quickly. Fourth, his long-time co-characters all but disappear. Fifth, an important new character is introduced, Khan, whom you will probably either like a lot of hate a lot. I leave it to you to decide.

Clearly, this book looks like it is intended to launch a whole series of novels based on the events in it. If you think you might like to see an action hero develop in a different way, give the book a try. If you want more of what you've had in the past, avoid this book.

Good hunting!

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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Simply awful., 7 April 2006
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This really is awful. I just can't understand how Eric Van Lustbader could've done this so badly, surely he must've read the other Bourne books before he wrote this...

In this book, Bourne (who should be about 60) is able to pull off amazing feats, such as jumping from a motorcycle to a truck going in opposite directions. The entire character of Bourne is different to the character in the original trilogy.

Read the others (which really are all fantastic books), and just forget this.

This isn't a continuation of the Bourne series, it's just tripe.

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5.0 out of 5 stars briliant!!
I picked this book up at the airport ironically on a flight to Budapest where a good part of the story is based. Read more
Published 1 month ago by MagyarMatt

5.0 out of 5 stars The Bourne Legacy
Exellent Book well worth reading Lustbader continues to write in the same vain as usual.
Published 4 months ago by Martin C. Hunt

1.0 out of 5 stars Shouldn't involve Jason Bourne.
This book should not be in the Bourne series, as a stand alone story it might be okay. The plot is predictable, drawn out, and completley unrealistic, not to mention contradictive... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. T. Arnold

1.0 out of 5 stars If you liked Bourne don't bother with this
unfortunately I will never be able to get back the 20 minutes of my life I wasted reading the first 50 or so pages of this book. Read more
Published 12 months ago by R. E. Quinn

5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting...
I've now read many of Robert Ludlum's novel's, and the Jason Bourne story's alway's hit the spot. This world class writer understands his genre so well that the pace, suspense,... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Sarah Gooding

5.0 out of 5 stars A new Angle
Although many people have slated this books as awful and one should not bother with it i found it to be intresting and exciting. Read more
Published on 15 Jun 2007 by B. R. Drew

1.0 out of 5 stars Simplistic, dull, predictable.
I bought this book having hugely enjoyed the earlier Bourne novels. Whilst I finished this book I was several times tempted to bin it and give up. Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2006 by amuzzlewhite

1.0 out of 5 stars 1 star because there is no 0 rating
In two words, don't bother. I picked this up having seen ROBERT LUDLUM on the front cover, a closer look spells out what it really is - LUDLUM'S! Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2006

3.0 out of 5 stars An abrupt change to the Bourne Series
Long time readers of Ludlum's Bourne books may find this book a bit of a curiosity, but not really have much to do with any of the previous books. Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2006 by Mr. Jd Ware

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a genuine sequel
A very entertaining read but it should not really be looked upon as a genuine sequel to the original Bourne books. Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2005 by Bill Med

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