Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Sanction | 
| Author: Eric Van Lustbader
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 300860
Format: Large Print
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 736
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 2
ISBN: 0446539902
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446539906
Publication Date: July 29, 2008
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Product Description
Jason Bourne returns to Georgetown University and the mild world of his alter ego, David Webb, hoping for normalcy. But after so many adrenaline-soaked years of risking his life, Bourne finds himself chafing under the quiet life of a linguistics professor.
Aware of his frustrations, his academic mentor, Professor Specter, asks for help investigating the murder of a former student by a previously unknown Muslim extremist sect. The young man died carrying information about the group's terrorist activities, including an immediate plan to attack the United States.
The organization, the Black Legion, and its lethal plot have also popped up on the radar of Central Intelligence, where new director Veronica Hart is struggling to assert her authority. Sensing an opportunity to take control of CI by showing Hart's incompetence, National Security Agency operatives plan to accomplish what CI never could-hunt down and kill Bourne.
In Europe, Bourne's investigation into the Black Legion turns into one of the deadliest and most tangled operations of his double life-the pursuit of the leader of a murderous terrorist group with roots in the darkest days of World War II-all while an assassin as brilliant and damaged as himself is getting closer by the minute . . .
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Average but entertaining October 7, 2008
I've read all of the Bourne series and while the Identity is by far and away the best, I would say this is the weaker of the Van Lustbader series, but not as bad as the Ultimatum. At least Bourne here was tough. I think that the author could have done a better job of making the characters multidimensional. The end felt rushed and the fight scenes were almost comical. For the next book I'd like to see more of the realism that Ludlum put in his books. I'd say this one is an average read.
 bourne sanction October 6, 2008
A continuation of a great character. Fast reading and i could not put it down.
 Please stop this post Ludlum "Bourne" September 18, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I implore the Ludlum estate to please stop this post Ludlum "Bourne" garbage. It is an absolute shame what they have done with one of Ludlum's greatest characters. Sorry if I'm being too harsh but poor Robert Ludlum must be spinning in his grave over this.
 Pretty Lackluster, I agree... September 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
To agree with a few previous reviewers, I thought this title was pretty mediocre compared to the earlier Bourne books, and others I've read in the genre. The plot was a bit confusing at times, but I expect some of that in an action-thriller. My main problem was that the character of Jason Bourne was incredibly shallow! Much more time was spent developing the character of his nemesis in the book.
There were definitely a few grammatical errors and typos. Something else that annoyed me: Lustbader seems to be in love with the word "preternatural" and used it every time he could throw it in there. Why use a little-known word so often when a simpler one would suffice? Also, his knowledge of weaponry, spycraft, etc seems very sketchy-- an "HK 1911 .45" handgun is something that doesn't exist, for example. The action scenes and fighting scenes were confusing and difficult to understand as a reader. If you've ever read someone like Clancy, this will sound to you like it's been written by an 8th grader... Lustbader is much, much better at describing beautiful scenery and vistas than he is at describing action and espionage.
My other problem with the book was more subjective. If you're like me, you may get tired in this day and age of things that smack of anti-Americanism. In this book, the NSA is depicted as wholly evil, and the only military man (the general) is a ridiculous caricature of every negative military stereotype you've ever heard. I realize that there need to be villains, but I found it a bit silly. The subject of waterboarding is raised, and it's treated as the most horrible, inhumane thing that's ever been seen on earth. However, numerous people are shot, stabbed, tortured and maimed in far more damaging and invasive ways without a second mention.
Save your money! September 7, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I hope I can save someone from wasting money on this book. To say it's boring is being very kind. The pace of the story is so slow, the characters are so shallow; including Jason Bourne, and the dialogue is so predictable and trite, that you can begin to read a paragraph and just finish it yourself if you insert some trite, predictable lines. I read 60-80 books a year, I always finish a book even if I find it less then desirable. Not so with this book, halfway through and I deleted it from my Kindle, it was that BAD! I'd rather lose the intrinsic value then waste any more time with it. It is truly the worst book I have had the misfortune to (try to) read in the last 5 years.
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