Lustbader, Eric,

Robert Ludlum's The Bourne ascendancy : a new Jason Bourne novel / Bourne ascendancy by Eric Van Lustbader. - First U.S. oversize mass market edition. - 579 pages : 20 cm. - Jason Bourne novels. .

Jason Bourne is faced with an impossible mission. He has been hired to impersonate a high-level government minister at a political summit meeting in Qatar, shielding the minister from any assassination attempts. Suddenly, armed gunmen storm the room, killing everyone but Bourne. Their target, however, isn't the minister Bourne impersonates... it is Bourne himself. Kidnapped and transported to an underground bunker, Bourne finds himself face-to-face with an infamous terrorist named El Ghadan ("Tomorrow"). El Ghadan holds as his captive Soraya Moore, former co-director of Treadstone, and a close friend to Bourne, along with her two year old daughter. Meanwhile, the President of the United States is in the midst of brokering a historic peace treaty between the Israelis and the Palestinians -- an event that El Ghadan is desperate to prevent. He demands that Bourne carry out a special mission: kill the President. If Bourne refuses, Soraya and her daughter will die. Bourne must make a monstrous choice: save Soraya and her daughter, or save the President.

ISBN: 9781455577552 1455577553

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Bourne, Jason (Fictitious character)
Intelligence officers
Undercover operations
Arab-Israeli conflict
Terrorists
Assassination