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前言 在前一集当中,男主角杰森·包恩得到了失忆症。在寻找记忆的途中,他遇到了一名加拿大经济学家玛莉·圣雅各,并且靠着她的帮助逐渐找回自己的记忆。原来杰森·包恩是美国政府越战时期机密计划“梅杜莎”的菁英,在越战结束后,被征召参加CIA底下踏脚石七一计划,代号为“肯恩”任务是引诱欧洲第一杀手卡洛斯出现,最后两人的对决,卡洛斯身负重伤逃走了,包恩同样身受重伤,但是最后仍被救活。 在神鬼疑云当中,包恩逐渐能够对于他的记忆伤痛能够应变自如。包恩并且使用他的真名大卫·韦伯在缅因州一所大学担任语言学系教授,韦伯也与他的爱人玛莉快乐的住在一起,韦伯并且定时接受他的心理医师莫瑞·潘诺夫 (Morris Panov)的治疗,他也在美国政府的隐密的保护之下。 内容 九龙的一间酒店发生血腥命案,死者五人中赫见中华人民共和国副总理,署名行凶者竟是杰森·包恩!可是真正的包恩人远在千里之外的波士顿,参加学术性的演讨会,于是,更大的疑云再等著包恩揭发。 华府根据情报得知是一名杀手自称杰森·包恩,他的雇主是中共新兴势力沈昭阳,这名官员表面为信仰共产主义,私下却与资本主义国家接触,若是提前发生动乱,很有可能导致中国提早在中英协定前接收香港,华府为了发生此种情形,特别与MI6合作,为的要召唤真正的杰森·包恩回来,于是绑架了包恩的妻子玛莉,几近崩溃的包恩立刻前往香港,寻找玛莉。 玛莉在知道真相后,急于找到韦伯/包恩,于是他先是装病逃出医院后,找到了他在加拿大领事馆的朋友,在她的保护下暂时安全,另一方面,包恩一直透过少数的线索企图追寻杰森·包恩,因为他必须拿这冒牌货去换回他最亲爱的妻子,后来他遇上了梅杜莎时期的老战友菲力普·戴仇(代号Echo,回声),原来冒牌货是由戴仇所挑中,但他却背叛了戴仇,戴仇最后与包恩合作,要找到冒牌的杰森·包恩以免更多的事情发生。 玛莉的加拿大朋友凯瑟琳·史坦普极力的保护玛莉,最后当史坦普被MI6找去时,她决定要说服玛莉,玛莉则认为事有蹊跷逃走了,但是她却误闯禁地差点惨遭两名年轻男子强奸,幸好有热心市民相救,后来玛莉在市民保护下联络上了韦伯的密友亚历山大·康克林,康克林随即与包恩的心理医师莫瑞·潘诺夫一同前来,玛莉在亚历斯与莫瑞的保护下暂时算安全。 包恩追着冒牌货来到深圳,一直到北京的天安门广场,包恩与戴仇设法抓住冒牌货,但是当包恩进入毛泽东纪念馆时才赫然发现一切都是陷阱,包恩随即制造纷乱逃了出去,只见到戴仇不见了,包恩必须将戴仇救出来,才能找到冒牌的杰森·包恩。 包恩追到了一个鸟类禁猎区,原来这是中国官员沈昭阳的大本营,包恩为了要手擒冒牌货以及救出戴仇,瘫痪了对方的行动,当包恩见到了沈昭阳的暴行,怒火中烧的包恩决心要杀了沈昭阳,戴仇为了要帮助包恩,最后则是牺牲在沈昭阳的刀下,包恩最后虽没杀了沈昭阳,不过也抓到了冒牌货,马上要将冒牌货运到香港,来换回他的妻子。 华府方面积极与康克林交涉希望换回玛莉,不过康克林不打算妥协,当包恩要求换回妻子时,华府方面只得拖延时间,不过包恩马上察觉事有蹊跷,他马上从派去捉拿包恩的华府官员中得知玛莉下落不明,几近失去理智的包恩完全成了他另一个人格-杰森·包恩,他要前去华府的大本营为玛莉报仇。康克林得知包恩已经逃脱后,马上带着玛莉及莫瑞前去包恩赶去的地方,包恩在当地制造了大动乱,只是当最后他看到玛莉时,再与玛莉的对话之中逐渐恢复了另一个人格-大卫·韦伯,事件暂时平息了。 找回了妻子的韦伯得知了整件事的来龙去脉,他下了最后一个决定,他必须要杀了沈昭阳阻止大动乱,还得要替戴仇报仇,于是包恩在度设法与沈昭阳联络上,包恩与副国务卿爱德华·麦卡利斯前去会面沈昭阳,最后包恩则是杀了沈昭阳,阻止了即将到来的远东大动乱。 尾声 筋疲力竭的大卫与玛莉等人,撘乘班机飞往夏威夷,由于事情结束了,大卫与莫瑞甚至在飞机上大快痛饮,累翻的康克林则是在飞机上休息,最后大卫与玛莉的对话当中,大卫将要再次将杰森·包恩这个人格埋在脑海里,大卫必须重整生活,与玛莉继续生活下去。 Bourne is back! Set against the steamy background of Hong Kong, China and the West, The Bourne supremacy brings back Ludlum's most memorable hero. With a vengeance ... "Terror is sweeping the globe. The Vice-Premier of the People's Republic has been brutally murdered by a legendary assassin and world leaders are asking questions: Why has Bourne come back? Who is paying him? Who will be his next target? US officials know a shocking truth: there is no Jason Bourne. There never was. But someone has resurrected the name, and if he is not stopped, the world will pay a devastating price. Jason Bourne must live again. He must utilise his murderous skills as, once more, he is plunged into a dangerous world. This time, the will to survive is not enough. This time, Bourne must reign supreme ..." #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Reenter the shadowy world of Jason Bourne, an expert assassin still plagued by the splintered nightmares of his former life. This time the stakes are higher than ever. For someone else has taken on the Bourne identity—a ruthless killer who must be stopped or the world will pay a devastating price. 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. This time there are two Bournes—and one must die.BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Ultimatum. In this sequel to The Bourne identity, someone has resurrected the name Jason Bourne, which was David Webb's cover name during his search for terrorist Carlos the Jackal. Someone kidnaps David's wife, forcing him to become the deadly Jason again and seek out whoever is trying to destroy him and all he loves. And this time, he must come out supreme--or dead. Super-diplomat Raymond Havilland sets up the kidnapping of Jason Bourne's wife, in order to draw Bourne out of retirement and into a Taiwanese plot to seize Hong Kong and incite China against the West.