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| Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Betrayal | 
 enlarge | Author: Eric Van Lustbader
Creator: Jeremy Davidson
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  84 reviews
Sales Rank: 522953
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 15
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5.3 x 2.2
ISBN: 1594839182
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781594839184
ASIN: 1594839182
Publication Date: June 5, 2007
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Product Description
Two months after Jason Bourne's second wife has dies, he learns that Martin Lindros, his only friend in the CIA, went missing in Africa where he was tracking shipments of yellowcake uranium. After Bourne finds him, Martin returns to the U.S., but only after he persuades Bourne to go to Odessa to penetrate the clandestine world of terrorist money men there.
In Odessa, Bourne is hampered by confusing flashes of memories. He becomes convinced that they're false, but who planted them and why? And how can he function if he can't rely on his own memories? Eventually, Bourne figures out that the man he saved in Africa isn't his friend but a double, a terrorist intent on sending Bourne off on a wild goose chase while he himself steals U.S. intelligence and uses the information to coordinate an attack against a major U.S. city using nuclear devices.
The double, continuing to pose as Martin Lindros, orders a world-wide sanction against Bourne. Now, Bourne must fight off attempts on his life, track down uranium, and stop terrorists from launching an even more devastating attack against the U.S.
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 Bourne Frees a Memory But Freezes When Action Is Needed: A Step Down from The Bourne Legacy July 9, 2007
28 out of 30 found this review helpful
The Bourne Betrayal is a bloated book with one significant plot development surprise in it. Be careful you don't find a spoiler with that surprise described in it or you will find this book to be very boring from beginning to end as the results you expect occur.
Under Deputy Director Martin Lindros, Central Intelligence has been reforming itself to become more effective in combating terrorists. But not everyone is happy about that progress, including the terrorists. Based on a lead that suggests a risk of nuclear terror, Lindros returns to the field. Meanwhile everyone else wants to play politics to advance their own self interests. Jason Bourne is naturally concerned because Lindros is his only friendly ally.
Meanwhile, Bourne is struggling with recurring images of a young woman dying in his arms that he associates with the death of his wife. What's worse than amnesia?: being tortured by the thought that he may bear enormous guilt for the deaths of others. How can he clear his mind? The methods he tries have unexpected consequences.
Soon, Bourne is brought into the search for the terrorist threat . . . but he's curiously ineffective at what he does. He stumbles as he travels a road into lots of hostile territory to stop the threat. Naturally, each stop on the road is filled with violent confrontations that often wound Bourne.
If you are a Lustbader fan, you'll find this book hews closer to the Lustbader type of action thriller than to the Ludlum style. I suspect that after The Bourne Betrayal there will be so little of the Ludlum story line left that it will be like starting up a new thriller series.
The book's biggest weaknesses come in two areas: The technology employed is science fiction rather than being plausible and the characters are merely names that have an emotion or two attached to them.
The book's biggest strength comes in its realistic portrayal of how underground facilities might be stormed and subdued by small hostile forces. Whenever the book moves underground, the story brightens a bit.
For my taste the book could have been 200 pages shorter and it would have been more appealing. The extra length didn't do much to add either suspense or excitement to the story.
Unless you feel compelled to know everything possible about Jason Bourne, you could skip this book. Its impact on the character can be captured in a few short sentences in the next book in the series.
If you haven't read The Bourne Legacy, you'll probably like this book even less than I did.
If you decide to read this book, consider how appearances can be deceiving and how you can look past such false appearances to get at the inner truth.
 Oh Dear, oh dear. August 16, 2007
23 out of 25 found this review helpful
I'm a big Bourne fan and have read all the books. This one, I am sorry to report, is dreadful.
You expect to have to suspend reality a bit when reading books in this genre, but I felt my intelligence was really being insulted this time. Things occur all through the book that go beyond stretching reality to ignoring it altogether. Furthermore, I feel a book has really failed when it's long on description and short on atmosphere. This one dives into long detailed descriptions almost seeming like 'padding' but fails to involve the reader emotionally at all. It feels like it was a writing assignment rather than an inspired book. What a shame to end the Bourne series on a low note.
Worst book Van Lustbader has ever published June 21, 2007
16 out of 20 found this review helpful
I've got almost every book he's ever published in my library. He's been fun to read for years now. This, however, is easily the worst thing he's ever done. The action scenes are obviously written with a movie in mind. The activities inside his "CI" don't relate to any kind of real world organization. In a high profile intelligence operation like CI one simply cannot accept the overnight changes brought about by one of the characters. Our hero suffering from debilitating mental instabilities still miraculously operates at higher-than-Bond levels whilst simultaneously speaking Amharic, Arabic, etc., etc. I'm about to attempt to return the book to Amazon.
 Good Addition To the Bourne Story! June 21, 2007
13 out of 30 found this review helpful
Bourne is under treatment by Dr Sunderland because of his flashbacks.
Dr Sunderland is actually Costin Veintrop. Veintrop is altering Bourne's
mind to help make an evil plot possible. Veintrop is on the payroll of Fadi the terrorist and his brother Karim al-Jamil.The Deputy Director of
CI Martin Lindros is on a mission in Ethiopia in the Ras Dejen region.
He has found evidence that a nuclear weapon is being prepared for an attack on America. He is captured by the terrorist Fadi. Bourne launches
a rescue of Lindros. After they get back home Bourne begins to wonder if
it was really Lindros that he has rescued. Lindros is the head of an agency in CI called Typhon. Typhon is responsible for fighting the terrorist group called Dujja. Bourne gains a valuable ally from Typhon named Soraya. They begin a global effort to stop Dujja from detonating the
nuclear device. While wondering about Lindros they also discover treason
within the ranks of CI. This turned out to be a very good book. It is in the role of past Bourne books. Be sure to read it.
Drivel August 6, 2007
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
Just as I was beginning to think a book with Ludlum's name on it would be a winner, along comes this piece of mindless, technically inept drivel. Ludlum's "estate" had better take a closer look at what is being written in his name. Indeed, Robert must be spinning in his grave over the trite plot(?), ridiculous situations, and technical errors. Most disappointing!
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