The Bourne Legacy by Eric Van Lustbader

The Bourne Legacy By Eric Van Lustbader, based on character created by Robert Ludlum

Synopsis

Once, Jason Bourne was notorious in the cladestine world of cover-ops as one of the CIA's most expert international killers for hire. Out of the ashes of his violent past he's emerged today as a Georgetown professor, living a quiet life, retired from danger - until he narrowly escapes the bullet of a faceless assasin. And when two of Bourne's closest associates are murdered, Bourne knows that his legacy has followed him - and set him up as the prime suspect for the brutal crimes.

The quicksand of lies and betrayals is deeper than Bourne ever imagined. Hunted by CIA as a dangerous rogue agent, he has only one option to stay alive - and one last chance to stay ahead of an unseen assailant whose vengeance is personal. Pursued across the globe, Bourne's on the run, and on the edge of disovering the truth - that he's become the expendable pawn in an international terrorist plot. One that's taking every living witness with it and plunging Bourne deeper into the world-shattering consequences of...

I say...

Open your dictionary and map please, otherwise you would find words and/or places that you have never heard before :-) Second to that...like my suggestion on previous Bourne's series, jot down the names and position...it will help you in better understanding the story (unless you have a photographic memory he he he).

My bad...but since I didn't read the series properly, now I had a confusion (all Bourne' info and problems were jumbled mumbled in my little head). Apparently, there was a crazy killer named Jason Bourne who was killed by David Webb long time ago @Cambodia. And on his secret-ops, David Webb, after losing his family, used this Jason Bourne's identity as a cover up. However, the Bourne's personal was too much ingrained into not only David Webb's responsive body but into the mind as well. At the end, it looked like David was having a split personalities.

And troubles came at David one after another...made him barely escaped in a long shot, either his death designed by the hired assasin or the cops (CIA, Interpol, you name it). Continuously, David stumbled into critical situation which only due to his capability and pure luck, he was managed to get by it. Not to mention that the hired assasin to kill David turned out to be Bourne's abandoned child @Cambodia (thought he was killed but he was survived the war). What a mess

Again, Eric proved his mastery skill here, when I always find surprising turn of events. I don't really know who is who, friends or foes. Eric played with the plot expertly, that made it hard to guess what would happen next. It's about trust, betrayal, about the ugliness of life and the beauty in the ugliness itself.