650,000 first printing $150,000 ad/promo BOMC selection Franklin Library limited edition. Every chapter ends with a cliff-hanger the story brims with assassination, torture, hand-to-hand combat, sudden surprise and intrigue within intrigue. The action jolts from the back alleys of Hong Kong and Kowloon to a secret government complex in the Colorado mountains to the seats of power in Peking and even the interior of Mao's tomb. Only one man can destroy the conspiracy: Webb, who must be persuaded to re-assume his Bourne identity, track down the impostor and through him lay a trap for the vile Shengthe ``persuasion'' to be by way of his abducted wife. agent now, under his real name David Webb, struggling with the aid of a psychiatrist and his loving wife Marie to recover from amnesia. Author : Robert Ludlum Genres : Science Fiction Thriller Series : (Jason Bourne 2) Published : 2004 Views : 8131 List Chapter Read Now Storyline : Speaking of the shadowy world of Jason Bourne, an expert assassin still plagued by the splintered nightmares from his previous life. His principal agent is an assassin-for-hire masquerading as the legendary "Jason Bourne,'' a one-time secret U.S. A Peking leader of seemingly irreproachable reputation, secretly a Kuomintang fanatic, has masterminded a plot to take over Hong Kong via political assassination, the result of which would be civil war in China and possibly global disaster. This time there are two Bournes-and one must die.Ludlum has never come up with a more head-spinning, spine-jolting, intricately mystifying, Armageddonish, in short Ludlumesque, thriller than this. To succeed, the real Jason Bourne must maneuver through the dangerous labyrinth of international espionage-an exotic world filled with CIA plots, turncoat agents, and ever-shifting alliances-all the while hoping to find the truth behind his haunted memories and the answers to his own fragmented past. For someone else has taken on the Bourne identity-a ruthless killer who must be stopped or the world will pay a devastating price. This time the stakes are higher than ever. Reenter the shadowy world of Jason Bourne, an expert assassin still plagued by the splintered nightmares of his former life. PublishDateText mediaType Audiobook shortDescription IsPublicPerformanceAllowed False languages OverDrive Product Record readingOrder 2 images
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