Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Betrayal | 
 enlarge | Author: Eric Van Lustbader
Publisher: Vision
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  77 reviews
Sales Rank: 7219
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 736
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 4.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 0446618802
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446618809
ASIN: 0446618802
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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Condition: Tears along spine and edges, creased cover and bent pages, some dirt. In good shape
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Product Description
Already devastated by loss, Bourne is shattered by a report that his last friend in the world, Martin Lindros, has gone missing. A CI deputy director, Lindros was in Ethiopia tracking suspicious shipments of yellowcake uranium and atomic bomb weaponry. His last lifeline to humanity, Bourne will not let Lindros go. Despite his hatred for CI, Bourne sets out to rescue his friend and finish the job: dismantling a terrorist network determined to build nuclear armaments by cutting off their source of money. But Bourne doesn't realize that these men, Islamic supremacists, are leaders of an incredibly dangerous, technologically savvy group with ties from Africa, across the Middle East, and into Eastern Europe and Russia. They have predicted Bourne's every move, and are counting on his unwitting help in their plans to destroy America.
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 INSULTING! August 13, 2008
I bought this book to read on a trip. I threw it away after reading about a third, and felt like I had been robbed. Fiction requires a 'suspension of disbelief,' but from the start this book demanded more, a 'suspension of intelligence.'
What drove me over the edge was when - after using a low res photo to determine that someone was wearing an almost perfect disguise, he was unable to recognize that someone was impersonating his best friend while spending days together with him. Oh yeah, this was made possible in part because the impersonator performed an eye transplant under primitive conditions in a remote cave in the mountains of Africa.
I cannot express my disappointment that this book is now part of the Bourne legacy.
Horrible! Jason Bourne, please shoot me! July 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
So bad that somebody should hire an international assassin to take out the author...
*Race to prevent a nuclear bomb being detonated...check
*Cliched unrealistic, movie situations...check
*Killing of all of the major characters from the series because an intelligent plot couldn't be thought of...check
*Lack of understanding of any of the situations or events that are written about...check
*No mention of Bourne's age, despite that fact that he's got to be pushing fifty yet gets stabbed, shot, beaten, etc...and still keeps on trucking without a problem...check
*Ridiculous technology (miniature nuclear bombs? Makeup that makes you a total clone of the person you are trying to impersonate - even their body shape!)...check
*Realistic characters (doctors that study psychology AND miniaturization - please!)...check
Lustbader demonstrates his ability to have his computer's spellchecker write another Bourne novel. This series has been killed as effectively as Jason Bourne's earlier memories...
 Bourne? Bond? Help! I'm confused!? July 20, 2008
I love the "Borurne" stories - of course the originals are the best, and Ludlum is the "Master of Bourne" - while I appreciate another writer trying to tackle the Bourne saga, he should have stayed clear of the James Bond movie "Never say Never Again", I realize it was only one plot twist, but it was a complete and total rip-off. I must confess, I have not read other Van Lustbader books, and can only hope they are more original, or at the very least, if he wants to "sample" other writers, he at least mixes it up a bit as not to show a complete lack of originality. That being said, again, I appreciate anyone who writes for a living, and know it can not be an easy task coming up with completly original material - I know that I could not do it, but when I pay for the product I can not produce myself, I except a little more effort for my coin. Peace Out!
 A very good read! July 19, 2008
I can't wait to seen if there will be another sequel! I enjoyed this book VERY much1
Horrible July 11, 2008
I know we're talking about fiction, but this is comic book stuff. I finally stopped reading when the main terrorist character "became" Bourne's good friend Martin Lindross, fooling Bourne and everyone else whi knows Lindross into believing it was really him. Please. Until then I was able to keep going, hoping that the many logical inconsistencies and improbabilities would subside into a good solid story. I have rarely stopped reading a book only a quarter of the way into it, but this book is rare in its awfulness. I'm as willing to suspend disbelief as the next guy, but don't insult the readers' intelligence. Can I have my money back?
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