Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Retribution
The Bourne Saga: Book Twelve
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4.1 • 42 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Jason Bourne is back. An exhilarating rush of a novel in Robert Ludlum's legendary series.
'Hugely enjoyable' Sunday Times.
'Watch your back 007 - Bourne is out to get you' - Sunday Times
When the head of Mossad learns that a major Mexican drug lord may be trafficking something far more deadly than drugs, he turns to his friend Jason Bourne for help. Bourne agrees to investigate, but he has his own agenda: revenge.
The drug lord is responsible for the murder of Rebeka - one of the only people Bourne has ever truly cared for. But as Bourne attempts to avenge the woman he loved, he becomes embroiled in a monstrous world-wide scheme involving the Chinese, Mexicans, and Russians. Each step closer to vengeance is a step closer to his own death.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Lustbader's eighth thriller continuing the Ludlum franchise (after 2012's The Bourne Imperative) is burdened with groan-inspiring prose ("she arched her back, her heavy breasts crowned with dark nipples rising out of the water like questing sea creatures") and implausible action sequences, even by the series' low standards. Jason Bourne is heartbroken over the death of his latest amour, and is now working with Israeli intelligence. But his assignment to safeguard a senior Mossad official on a visit to Mexico is botched, and he's propelled into mind-numbing intrigue involving not only narcotics traffickers but rival Chinese factions. Sloppy errors, such as misusing the Hebrew word aliya as a synonym for penance, further defeat efforts to make all of this seem real. Whatever was original in Ludlum's initial conception of an amnesiac superagent in his trilogy has long been lost in a welter of clich s, with the worst saved for last.
Customer Reviews
Bourne Retribution
Compelling reading with a great twist at the conclusion
Bourne Retribution
Ludlum brings characters to life, whether through his words or those of others. Great book