The Bourne Trilogy box set contains all three of the original Bourne novels written by master of the thriller genre Robert Ludlum. Taught, tense and tightly paced, these three books combine intricate plotting with heart-stopping action to deliver an adrenaline-fuelled tale that keeps the reader glued to every page.
Dumped in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea with a serious head injury that has robbed him of his memory, Jason Bourne must rebuild his identity one revelation at a time. As he slowly unravels his past and comes to terms with who he seems to be, sinister forces begin to descend upon him with deadly effect, and he must use all his lethal skills just to stay alive…
The Bourne Trilogy is widely acknowledged as one of the finest espionage series ever written, and this box set offers readers the chance to own this classic sequence of novels in a specially designed format.
Seriously injured and left for dead, Jason Bourne must rebuild his life from scratch, with no memory of his former life. As he seeks to piece together his true identity, he attracts the unwelcome attentions of both the CIA and a deadly contract killer, both of whom seem to have a vested interest in seeing him dead…
After the events of the Bourne Identity, Jason Bourne has settled down in Maine to teach at a local university under his real name. However, his past soon catches up with him once more as his partner Marie St. Jacqes is kidnapped, and news reaches him of another clinical contract killer using the name Jason Bourne operating in Asia.
Past his prime and feeling his powers fading, Carlos the Jackal, infamous contract killer and arch-enemy of Jason Bourne, makes a sworn oath to terminate Bourne once and for all before he dies. On hearing of this pledge, Bourne decides to go on the offensive, launching a desperate hunt to kill the Jackal before he finds himself firmly locked in his sights…
Following the death of Robert Ludlum in 2001, Eric Van Lustbader took on the Bourne mantle to write a further six novels featuring Ludlum's reluctant antihero.
Believing that he has finally escaped his past as Jason Bourne, Bourne reverts to his true identity of David Webb, and resumes his teaching career. Unfortunately, a failed assassination attempt soon draws him back into the shadowy world of undercover operatives and covert activities that he has fought so hard to disengage himself from.
When Bourne's trusted CIA friend Martin Lindross goes missing in Africa on the trail of illegal shipments of yellowcake uranium, Bourne puts his unique skills into action once again in an attempt to track him down. However, all is not as it first seems, and Bourne begins to suspect that his mind and memories have been influenced for darker purposes…
Boredom begins to grate on Bourne as he takes on the role of the professorial David Webb once again. But adventure and intrigue soon beckon once again with the mysterious murder of a colleague's former student, who was embroiled in an ambitious terrorist plan to attack sensitive targets in the United States .
With the trained killer Arkadin still on his trail, Bourne fakes his own death and goes to ground, assuming a new identity as he waits for his wounds to heal. Meanwhile, an American commercial airliner is shot down over Egypt , apparently by an Iranian missile, and international tensions stretch to breaking point. These twin threads prove to be intertwined as Bourne searches more deeply into his past.
When an art-dealer friend is murdered, Bourne is left with only an enigmatically engraved ring as a clue to why she was killed. Soon he finds himself beset by enemies on all sides as he begins a deadly race against time to piece together the motives for his friend's murder and find the significance of the ring before it falls into the wrong hands.
Deception and betrayal hang heavy in the air as Bourne finds himself targeted by Severus Domna, a ruthless secret society which has toiled and schemed in the background for years to win control of the global economy. Now Bourne is the only man who stands in the way of their plans coming to fruition, so they will use all their underhanded influence to turn friend into foe and end the threat posed by Jason Bourne.