The Bourne Supremacy : Jason Bourne Book #2

EDITORIAL REVIEW: In a Kowloon Cabaret, scrawled in a pool of blood, is a name the world wanted to forget: Jason Bourne. The Chinese vice-premier has been brutally slain by a legendary assassin. World leaders ask the same fearful questions: *Why has Jason Bourne come back? Who is paying him? Who is the next to die?* But U.S. officials know the shocking truth: There *is* no Jason Bourne. The name was created as cover for David Webb on his search for the notorious killer Carlos. Someone else has taken the Bourne identity--and unless he is stopped, the world will pay a devastating price. So Jason Bourne must live again. Once again, Webb must utilize his lethal skills--because once again, like a nightmare relived, the woman he loves is suddenly torn from his life. To find her, trap his own impostor, and uncover an explosive secret plan, Webb must lauch a desperate oddyssey into the espionage killing fields. But this time, survival will not be enough. This time Bourne must reign supreme. Fiction,Political,United States,Thrillers,Suspense,Action & Adventure,Adventure stories,Espionage,Mystery,Suspense fiction; American,Adventure stories; American,Fiction - Espionage,Thriller,Intrigue,Spy stories,Terrorists,Bourne; Jason (Fictitious character),Carlos,Assassination,Kowloon (Hong Kong; China),Spy stories; American 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.