The Bourne Deception

The Bourne Deception

The Bourne Deception first edition cover.
Author	Robert Ludlum (series creator) Eric Van Lustbader
Language	English
Series	Jason Bourne
Genre	Spy, Thriller novel
Publisher	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date	June 9, 2009
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	432 pp (first edition)
ISBN	9780446539821
Preceded by	The Bourne Sanction
Followed by	The Bourne Objective

The Bourne Deception is the title for the novel by Eric Van Lustbader and the seventh novel in the Jason Bourne series created by Robert Ludlum. It was released on June 9, 2009. It is Lustbader's fourth Bourne novel, following The Bourne Sanction that was published in 2008.

The Bourne Deception picks up where The Bourne Sanction left off. Jason Bourne's nemesis, Arkadin, is still hot on his trail and the two continue their struggle, reversing roles of hunter and hunted. When Bourne is ambushed and badly wounded, he fakes his death and goes into hiding. In safety, he takes on a new identity, and begins a mission to find out who tried to assassinate him. Jason begins to question who he really is, how much of him is tied up in the Bourne identity, and what he would become if that was suddenly taken away from him. Meanwhile, an American passenger airliner is shot down over Egypt by what seems to be an Iranian missile. A massive global investigative team is assembled to get at the truth of the situation before it can escalate into an international scandal. Jason Bourne's search for the man who shot him intersects with the search for the people that brought down the airliner, leading Bourne into one of the most deadly and challenging situations he has ever encountered. With the threat of a new world war brewing, Bourne finds himself in a race against time to uncover the truth and find the person behind his assault, all the while being stalked by his unknown nemesis.

Following this novel, Eric Van Lustbader has revealed at his official website, that the eighth Jason Bourne novel's working title is: The Bourne Objective.

Plot Introduction

In the prologue, secretary of Defense Bud Halliday returns. Halliday is meeting with Boris Karpov, a russian colonel. Halliday is trying to make a plan with Karpov in which Karpov will kill Jason Bourne. In return, Halliday must assassinate Abdulla Khoury, the head of the Eastern Brotherhood, who is practically "holding hands" with the president of Iran himself. Karpov, who claims they were on a Mexico drug bust, extracted a notebook computer with cross references to the Middle East and Mexico. The Eastern brotherhood financed fifty percent of their profits to buying weapons who transshipped to the Middle East. As Karpov exits the pub and turns the corner he takes of his face accessories, revealing his true identity, Leonid Arkadin. Arkadin flies to Denpasar in Bali, because he extracted information from Moira Trevor's computer at NextGen where he knows he will find Bourne.

Meanwhile, Bourne and Trevor are staying in Bali, Indonesia about two weeks after the LNG tanker went down. Bourne, confused by his thoughts, is persuaded to go to the holy man, Suparwita, by Moira. The two go there and to find out the truth behind his identity and see if the man can figure out the truth. Suparwita tells Bourne his birthday has been mistaken, and it was on December 31. He also tells him he has been here before and will come again after making a trip to Tenganan, a place Bourne has never heard of. Bourne, disgusted, grabs Moira. As they're exiting the apartment, Arkadin chases them on a motor scooter through the forest into a town called Tenganan. As Bourne thinks he's lost his pursuer, he is sniped in the back. A crowd gathers, as Arkadin leaves, knowing he's completed his share of the bargain.

Publication history

• 2009, US, Grand Central Publishing ISBN 9780446539821, Pub date June 9, 2009, Hardback
• 2009, UK, Orion Publishing Group ISBN 9781409101611, Pub date June 11, 2009, Hardback