Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Objective
The Bourne Saga: Book Eight
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3.9 • 75 Ratings
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Publisher Description
'Watch your back 007 - Bourne is out to get you' - Sunday Times
'Olympic style, all-out espionage' Daily Express
Readers were first introduced to Jason Bourne's nemesis Leonid Arkadin, a brilliant Russian assassin and fearless international mercenary, in THE BOURNE SANCTION. His girlfriend was killed during a fight for which an enraged Arkadin blames Bourne. In THE BOURNE DECEPTION, Arkadin hunted Bourne to take revenge and kill him. Bourne, in a fight for his life, learned that Arkadin's skills mirror Jason's because he received the same original CIA Treadstone training.
Now, in THE BOURNE OBJECTIVE, Jason turns the tables and targets Arkadin. Hunter will become hunted.
But revenge can cause great psychological devastation. Has this become too personal for Bourne? Will this hunt be Bourne's downfall?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Lustbader's cookie-cutter fifth Jason Bourne novel in the Ludlum franchise (after The Bourne Deception) downgrades the title character to a mere co-star with villain Leonid Arkadin, a graduate of the same covert training program, who also possesses almost superhuman combat skills. Bourne and Arkadin's globe-trotting pursuit of each other drives the main plot, which includes yet another secret cabal bent on world domination, Severus Domna. The members of Severus Domna have their eye on a ring Bourne possesses that's a clue to the location of King Solomon's legendary gold. Arkadin's use of silly aliases (e.g., Stanley Kowalski, Frank N. Stein) dissipates any effort at realism, while implausible and formulaic side stories involving Soraya Moore, ousted from her position with the CIA, don't help. Those who don't mind Bourne's devolution from the tortured amnesiac soul Ludlum created into a stock action hero will be most satisfied.
Customer Reviews
Tony
Simply excellent read. Follows on from previous books but is a great novel on its own. Complex storyline but dovetails together really well.
Number one with a bullet
Ian Flemming gave us a master spy who gets the job done with the aid of gadgets and beautiful women. Robert Ludlam gives us a man sharing two identities, one a ruthless agent of chaos that even it's own creators can't control while the other is a learned professor of linguistics more at home in the libraries of famous universities than out in the world of secret agents. The Bourne persona struggles with the loss of direction about who he is while the Webb persona battles the Bourne identity for control. This leads to some interesting, often brutal actions played out by the host to both personas. The resulting actions leave a trail of death and destruction behind across various countries and continents. Everyone wants something from Jason Bourne and all he really wants is to know why he is. Robert Ldlam created a character that we can all believe in and his story continues to unfold with each successive volume. Move over James Bond, Jason Bourne has got you covered!
The Bourne Objective
As always, Robert Ludlum carried the suspense to the very end.