The Bourne Identity (Panther Book) [Paperback]

"Probably the best modern spy thriller I have ever read. I love Ludlum's stuff because he challenges you from the first page." -- Pete Waterman (DAILY EXPRESS ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

"Probably the best modern spy thriller I have ever read. I love Ludlum's stuff because he challenges you from the first page." -- Pete Waterman DAILY EXPRESS --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

He has no past. And he may not have a future... The first in the Jason Bourne series from internationally bestselling author Robert Ludlum: 'the world's most read writer' GQ --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

He was dragged from the sea, his body riddled with bullets. There are a few clues: a frame of microfilm surgically implanted beneath the skin of his hip; evidence that plastic surgery has altered his face; strange things he says in his delirium, which could be code words. And a number on the film negative that leads to a bank account in Zurich, four million dollars, and a name for the amnesiac: Jason Bourne. Now he is running for his life. A man with an unknown past and an uncertain future, the target of assassins and at the heart of a deadly puzzle. He's fighting for survival and no one can help him - except the one woman who once wanted to escape him... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Who is Jason Bourne? And why does he have four million dollars in a Swiss bank account.

This high tension superthriller is the story of a man who has lost his memory, and his search to find out who he is and what he has done. Jason Bourne starts with one clue: somebody wants him dead. And the more he discovers, the more terrifying his quest becomes…

ROBERT LUDLUM
THE MASTER OF SUSPENSE

Violent, explosive, screaming with suspense, 'The Bourne Identity' is a journey into the tortuous maze of Hell itself.

“Always absorbing … His characters are complex and credible, his sleight of plot as cunning as any terrorist conspiracy … A Bourne from which no traveller returns unsatisfied.”
TIME MAGAZINE

“A writer who bests the best sellers.”
DAILY TELEGRAPH

“Stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six pack of thriller writers combined.”
NEW YORK TIMES

A US Marine in the Second World War, Robert Ludlum was born in New York City, raised in Short Hills, New Jersey, and educated in Connecticut. A former actor and theatrical producer, at forty he decided to change careers and try his hand at writing. He has been published in 40 countries and 32 languages, with sales of over 200 million copies worldwide.