The Bourne Ultimatum

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What to expect

It all starts with a cat-and-mouse chase to the death in a Baltimore funfair: the Jackal, Bourne's age-old antagonist, is back and Bourne is forced from his idyllic retirement with his wife and children to confront his enemy.

In Europe, Russia and America there are men and women whose lust for power is disguised by their positions and respectability. Their aim: to gain control at the highest level, to avenge, to destroy.

Jason Bourne has been the assassin before: now he longs for peace with his family, but the threat of the Jackal puts in jeopardy all possibility of peace...

Read by Scott Brick

(p) 2008 Penguin Random House LLC

Critics Review

  • Superb… the pace and tension are stupendous, the solution devastating… compulsive entertainment

    SUNDAY EXPRESS
  • A fast-paced thriller from a reliable master

    DAILY MAIL
  • The real titan of the genre is Robert Ludlum

    GQ
  • A page-turner of non-stop action

    NEW YORK POST
  • Bourne is more mysterious than Bond, more real than Batman and more complex than Bruce Willis

    STELLA
  • Olympic style, all-out espionage

    DAILY EXPRESS

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