I got this book as an ebook on my new tablet. I started reading it, having read the first couple Bourne novels when I was a teenager many years ago. I was pulled in quickly and really looked forward to reading the next portion of the book. The viewpoint is split up between several characters, which I really enjoyed. However, I found the ending to be a bit anti-climatic. Still, I think that I will go back and read the original Robert Ludlum books and read Lustbader's earlier offerings in this series as well. ( )

Not bad, wrapped some stuff up in that one. Now we will have to see what the Imperative holds in store!!! Any guesses as to who comes back from the grave in this one?? ( )

Not bad, wrapped some stuff up in that one. Now we will have to see what the Imperative holds in store!!! Any guesses as to who comes back from the grave in this one?? ( )

To me it looks like Van Lustbader gets better into Jason Bourne's world and life with every book he writes. In iteslef this was a good book, nice to read, full of action.
I think it is a shame though, that the Bourne character is quite flat and shows no real development. Not in dealing with hor healing from his loss of memory, nor in forming relationships with other people. I hope that will be the case in a futere book (this one had an open ending, again, so I strongly suspect that there will be a follow up. ( )

One assumed with Robert Ludlum’s untimely passing that Jason Bourne passed on with him, however the character is alive and well and in the capable hands of Van Lustbader.
From South America to Europe and back to the Middle East, Bourne helps track down and kill the worst bad guys in the world while apparently being marked for death by the Russian spymasters, FSB-2, who send the one man Bourne has ever trusted, Boris Karpov as his assassin.
Meanwhile, Severus Domina, an underground secret terrorist group, is out to attack America again in her homeland. This multi-faceted group has agents in every part of the world, imbedded in government and business, all with one goal in mind, world domination.
As usual nothing in Bourne’s life is as it appears. From the diabolical female triplets to the Mossad agent masquerading as an airline stewardess there are obstacles and assistance placed in his path at every turn. And let’s not forget the murderous Columbian drug dealer that just won’t let matters rest either. I don’t think Bourne ever has a restful night, but then again who needs sleep when the country’s sole survival is on your shoulders.
There are so many interwoven complex plots, secret organizations, inter lapping characters, and dead people who really aren’t that the reading of this novel about scrambles the brain. I already had a hard enough time truly understanding the twists and turns that Ludlum took us through with Bourne and so I was interested in seeing where Van Lustbader would take the character. Would he simplify matters and allow us to see inside Bourne for who he really is or use the same mad-scramble style of storytelling of his predecessor? If you liked Ludlum’s Bourne then you are in luck, you will love this new edition of Jason Bourne too.
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