Jason Bourne, alias David Webb, mistenker sine tidligere kolleger i den kriminelle organisasjonen Medusa for å infiltrere regjering og forretningsliv. Han tror at de styrer verdensøkonomien ved multinasjonale manipulasjoner. Gjennom denne kjernen planlegger han å tilintetgjøre Sjakalen. Men i en fornøyelsespark utenfor Baltimore blir en tilfeldig kvinne myrdet. To menn er vitner, etter å ha fått et brev med et innhold de ikke våget å ignorere. Det går opp for dem at kvinnen er blitt brukt som åte for at beskjeden ikke skal misforstås: Sjakalen har gjenopptatt jakten på Bourne
Robert Ludlum was the author of twenty-seven novels, each one a New York Times bestseller. There are more than 210 million of his books in print, and they have been translated into thirty-two languages. He is the author of The Scarlatti Inheritance, The Chancellor Manuscript, and the Jason Bourne series--The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum--among others. Mr. Ludlum passed away in March, 2001. Ludlum also published books under the pseudonyms Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd.
Some of Ludlum's novels have been made into films and mini-series, including The Osterman Weekend, The Holcroft Covenant, The Apocalypse Watch, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum. A non-Ludlum book supposedly inspired by his unused notes, Covert One: The Hades Factor, has also been made into a mini-series. The Bourne movies, starring Matt Damon in the title role, have been commercially and critically successful (The Bourne Ultimatum won three Academy Awards in 2008), although the story lines depart significantly from the source material.
The Bourne ultimatum is a journey about a man named Jason Bourne. He travels around the world working for the CIA. He is in charge of a rescue mission and he is saving his friend, Martin Lindros. Martin Lindros is the executive at the CIA and it is very important that he is rescued. I felt this book was action-packed and was a great read. It had me turning the pages until I completed the book. I recommend this book to anyone that likes books involved with spies and adventure.
Started a little slow but once the paid assassins started chasing Bourne it was hard to put down. This book had a satisfactory ending - I didn't feel like I needed to know anything else - so I'm interested to see what Ludlum does in the next two books. I suppose Bourne still has to get Carlos.