The Bourne Legacy, Eric Van Lustbader
The Bourne Legacy, Eric Van Lustbader
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The Bourne Legacy

Author: Eric Van Lustbader

Narrator: Scott Brick

Abridged: 6 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/2004

Synopsis

Jason Bourne, international assassin of deadly repute, was an identity assumed by covert agent David Webb. Retired from the CIA and now a professor at Georgetown University, Webb's life is finally his own. His newfound calm is shattered when he becomes the target of an assassin and is framed for the murder of his two closest associates—the only ones who knew the full truth about Bourne. Fighting for his life against unseen assailants, the Bourne identity asserts itself and Jason Bourne is once again in control.

About Eric Van Lustbader

ERIC VAN LUSTBADER is the author of many New York Times bestselling thrillers, including The Testament, First Daughter, Last Snow, and Blood Trust. Lustbader was chosen by Robert Ludlum's estate to continue the Jason Bourne series. He and his wife live on the South Fork of Long Island.

About Scott Brick

Scott Brick first began narrating audiobooks in 2000, and after recording almost 400 titles in five years, AudioFile magazine named Brick a Golden Voice and “one of the fastest-rising stars in the audiobook galaxy.” He has read a number of titles in Frank Herbert’s bestselling Dune series, and he won the 2003 Science Fiction Audie Award for Dune: The Butlerian Jihad. Brick has narrated for many popular authors, including Michael Pollan, Joseph Finder, Tom Clancy, and Ayn Rand. He has also won over 40 AudioFile Earphones Awards and the AudioFile award for Best Voice in Mystery and Suspense 2011. In 2007, Brick was named Publishers Weekly’s Narrator of the Year. Brick has performed on film, television and radio. He appeared on stage throughout the United States in productions of Cyrano, Hamlet, Macbeth and other plays. In addition to his acting work, Brick choreographs fight sequences, and was a combatant in films including Romeo and Juliet, The Fantasticks and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. He has also been hired by Morgan Freeman to write the screenplay adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ema on August 21, 2012

Since I was so enthousiastic about the first Bourne Trilogy, I thought: "why not continuing?". This book (4th in the row) is clearly written by another author, since many things that were important in the first trilogy were not taken into account in this book. Some examples... Bourne is over 50 and cl......more

Goodreads review by itchy on April 16, 2016

fell asleep whilst on the last 50 pages! good thing i was up by 3:00 am; finished and started a new book by 4:00 am. i can see where lustbader apparently doesn't get his facts straight, but since this is my first novel of his, i'm inclined to argue that he could be just copying ludlum still, it's dis......more

Goodreads review by Amor on April 22, 2022

Watching Bourne films again left me yearning for more! But I know quite well, there aren't many films like The Bourne Trilogy and then it dawned on me. I only read the first 3 books of the Bourne series, the ones written by the original author, Robert Ludlum. After he died, another guy named Eric Van......more

Goodreads review by Tricia on October 24, 2016

I think this is my first Jason Bourne book although I have seen a couple of the movies. Like the movies, there is murder and suspense! Jason has "retired" from the CIA and is now a Georgetown professor under a new name. Until he is shot at by an assassin. He is now hunted by the CIA as a rogue agent......more

Quotes

“It's a hearty serving of meat and potatoes action adventure, just the sort of fare that both Ludlum's and Lustbader's fans relish.” —Publishers Weekly

“Lustbader remains a fine choice to fill Ludlum's large shoes, and he has delivered a work worthy of the Bourne legacy.” —USA Today

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