Coming July 29, 2008!

Jason Bourne is one of the most compelling and best loved characters created by internationally bestselling novelist Robert Ludlum. The hero of five novels, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Bourne Legacy, and The Bourne Betrayal, Bourne has also been featured in three blockbuster movies starring Matt Damon. Now, New York Times bestselling author Eric Van Lustbader presents a new story about the rogue secret agent who has lost his memory.

THE BOURNE SANCTION
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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Now in Paperback!

• New! Click here to read the New York Times article about "The Secret Gospel of Mark", the controversial basis for The Testament.
  
  
• An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the heart of The Testament. Click here to view this fascinating video.
  
  
• Eric Van Lustbader sits down with fellow thriller writer Steve Berry to discuss his newest blockbuster. Click here to listen.
  
  

from Hachette Book Group USA

• Over Three Months on the NY Times Bestseller list!
  
  
• Sixth Big Printing!
  
  
• Read an Excerpt from The Bourne Betrayal. Click here.
  
  
• On The Bourne Ultimatum -- An essay about the film. Click here.

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