The Bourne Legacy

Rating:
Summary: Very Good Book!
Review: Eric Van Lustbader has done a very good job of writing about Jason Bourne.This is an excellent continuation of the Bourne
series.
In the newest Bourne book a sniper tries to assassinate Jason
Bourne on the college campus where he is a professor.He manages
to escape alive.Bourne goes to his mentor's house(Alex Conklin)
and discovers that Conklin and Mo Panov have been murdered.Bourne
has been declared a rogue agent and placed on a termination order.He is having to run for his life.Bourne has been set up
by other forces.He begins a search for the truth worldwide and
continues to have attempts made on his life by the assassin named Khan. Khan's real identity will shock you.
The real villain in this story is a man who heads up Humanistis.
He has a plot to pull off a deadly terrorist act at the Terrorist
summit that is going to be held in Iceland.It becomes a race against time to stop Stephan Spalko.A fast packed action book.

Rating:
Summary: Not Worth Finishing
Review: Originally excited to be reading a new Bourne novel, I was quickly disappointed in the way Mr. Van Lustbader handled this character created by Robert Ludlum. In fact, I only managed to get half-way through the book before having to put it away. I got increasinlgy tired of the bland characterization of the main people, and the stereotypes of the supporting characters (such as the chauvanistic Director of the CIA). And, sadly, the true identity of Bourne's assassin was very easy to determine. There were too many instances in which, as a reader, I had to suspend my disbelief. I fully enjoy this genre of fiction, and I know it may not always qualify as "good literature," but I expect a little more than this.

Since I didn't finish the entire novel, I don't know how it ends, but as I wasn't enjoying the story, I'm not that upset. I'll just go back and read the original Ludlum Bourne novels, where I actually cared about the characters.

Rating:
Summary: Good additon to Bourne Series!
Review: Thriller writer Lustbader brings Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne back to life. One wonders if this is what Mr. Ludlum would have wanted, it smacks of his estate cashing in on the legacy, and I alomost did not buy the book for this reason. That being said, I must admit that I thourghly enjoyed this addition to the Bourne saga. David Webb (Jason Bourne is his alter ego) is now a mild mannered Georgetown professor. Upon visiting his ex CIA handler, Alex Conklin, David finds him murdered. It is a setup and he is the prime suspect. Thus the story takes off from here as Jason Bourne reemerges from the psychy of David Webb as he is pursued by the worlds intellegence agency. I was quickly pulled into the story, plenty of action and twists and turns that would do Mr. Ludlum proud.

Rating:
Summary: Please stop trying to immitate Ludlum
Review: what a shame someone wants to cash in on the name - this novel just as the 'covert one' series has nothing of Ludlum in it. the story is so-so, and would perhaps get a 2 star rating, but associating it with Ludlum is just wrong!