Robert Ludlum's the Bourne Sanction

by Eric Van Lustbader and Robert Ludlum

Book Overview

Jason Bourne returns to Georgetown University and the mild world of his alter ego, David Webb, hoping for normalcy. But after so many adrenaline-soaked years of risking his life, Bourne finds himself chafing under the quiet life of a linguistics professor.Aware of his frustrations, his academic mentor, Professor Specter, asks for help investigating the murder of a former student by a previously unknown Muslim extremist sect. The young man died carrying...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446539864
• ISBN13: 9780446539869
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

The Adventure Continues

Van Lustbader continues where Ludum left Jason. The first book in the series by Van Lustbader is focused on David Web and his struggle to separate his idenity from that of Jason Bourne. Of course Jason's idenity keeps getting in the way. So it's Jason that caries the story. In the next book in the series continues with Web's struggle, but Jason is still there. You must read the entire series to see who wins out. A note: If you read these out of sequence you will be confused.

Bourne never lets me down

Great book and series. Lustbader has picked up where Ludlum left off and continued a great series. One of the most suspenseful books of the series.

sanctioning the sanction

The bourne sanction is indeed the best yet of the series. I can't wait for the movie. The true fan I am I don't want to spoil it but the ending is beyond great. The Bourne Sanction is a novel that will keep you in suspense as you are taken on the journey through Europe. As with the other Robert Ludlum/Eric Van Lustbader books, there is plenty of excitement that keeps this book moving at a whirlwind pace. This is a book you must read.

I Can't Wait For The Movie

I never thought I would love this book as much as I did. The first book written for the Jason Bourne character by Van Lustbader,was a snore feast and it wasn't very believable. This one is a hugggghhhh step up, and being a big fan of Bourne I can't wait for the next one.

Bourne to be a killer Read!

Reviewed by Nikki Pringle for Reader Views (8/08) When we catch up with Jason Bourne this time around, we find our hero doing his best to put the past behind him and move forward by living his life as his astute linguistic scholar alter-ego, David Webb. Memories of his beloved Marie and of his time spent in Project Treadstone under the direction of Alex Conklin still lurk beneath the surface. Bourne is not sure how much longer her can keep up the façade of a college professor when within him is the heart and mind of a trained assassin. First, Moira Trevor requests his assistance with a security evaluation of an LNG terminal being built and readied for its first delivery of natural gas. Any threat to the depot would spell disaster for the United States economy and for the lives of the thousands of people living in Long Beach, California. While Bourne understands her apprehension and the need to review security measures before the first delivery arrives, he is determined to focus his attention on the new life he is trying to build for himself at the university. Shortly after, his mentor at the university, Dominic Spector, comes to Bourne with a tale of treachery, international intrigue, and a terrorist threat from an organization long thought to be dead. The Black Legion was bred during the rule of the Third Reich during World War II and unbeknownst to most, it is still in existence and more powerful than ever, working as an unseen force in the dark underbelly of Europe. Spector requests Bourne's assistance with finding out the location that the Black Legion is planning to attack. With an interagency war between the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence raging at home, and a mob war happening abroad, Bourne is pulled in a multitude of directions and must use all of his training to fight unknown predators at every turn. "The Bourne Sanction" is full of the pulse-pounding action that readers of the Bourne series have come to expect. Determining who is working for whom and in what capacity will test Bourne's allegiances and the truths he hold sacred. He is in for the fight of his life when the tables are turned and the hunter becomes the hunted. Eric Van Lustbader takes readers on a thrill ride with enough twists and turns to leave them dizzy, breathless, and longing for more.