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One moment Jason Bourne is on a boat in the Mediterranean moonlight with his lover, Johanna. The next, he finds himself alone, floating on wreckage as fire and smoke choke the sky. With his memory fragmented once more, Bourne must piece together the truth behind the attack even as Johanna's killers try to complete their mission. A deadly game is being played from Moscow to Washington. Bourne's surrogate father, a long-missing spy chief, is revealed to be alive. Bourne's controller, Shadow, has answers... but she also has hidden agendas of her own.

It's been over a decade since Nash Rollins recruited a brilliant, talented, but disaffected young man named David Webb to join Treadstone. Webb became the agent known as Cain - and later took on the identity of Jason Bourne. That violent winter - which included Cain’s first mission for Treadstone - was also a story of betrayal in ways that David never knew. So after the injury that erased Bourne’s whole life, Nash lied about the circumstances of David’s recruitment to Treadstone. He was afraid that learning the truth might drive Bourne out of the agency forever.

Jason Bourne is on a boat in the Mediterranean moonlight with his lover, Johanna. He’s happy for the first time in years. Then in the next instant, he finds himself floating on wreckage as fire and smoke choke the sky. Johanna is gone. And Bourne finds the darkness of lost memory closing around his mind again. As he did once before, Bourne must piece together the fragments of who he is, even as assassins hunt him across Europe.

Two years ago, and with assassins after his head, Bourne knew he had to let Abbey Laurent walk away from his dangerous world. Now Abbey is back — and she’s married to a top government official. But she’s convinced someone is trying to kill her husband, and she wants Bourne’s help.

When his lover, Johanna, is murdered, Jason Bourne finds himself drawn into a murky world as he pursues a revenge more personal than anything he has felt before. But can he unravel the reasons behind Johanna's death in time, or will more people die unnecessarily? Killing is part of Jason Bourne's job. But this time it's personal.

Around the world, Treadstone agents are being hunted down and murdered... and Jason Bourne may be next on the list. Someone high up in the U.S. government is erasing all evidence of a shocking mission from Bourne's past, known as Defiance—and that evidence includes Bourne himself. Staying one step ahead of a team of killers, Bourne follows a global trail that leads him to one of the government's darkest secrets. But exposing the truth about the Defiance mission will also bring Bourne face to face with his arch-enemy, the assassin known as Lennon, for a final deadly confrontation.

Adam Hayes has stepped away from the field for the very last time. He's promised his wife that he won't put his life on the line any more, and nothing will make him break that promise. Well... almost nothing. With America withdrawing from Afghanistan and the Taliban closing in, Abdul Nassir reaches out to his old partner, Hayes. Ten years ago, Nassir saved the American's life, and the time has come for repayment. Nassir is desperate to get his family out of the country. He is scared of the Taliban... but he can't trust the Americans either.

The most pressing issue on Adam Hayes' mind is planning his son's upcoming fifth birthday party. After years of operating in the world's most dangerous spots for Treadstone, he's ready to call it quits, but the feeling isn't mutual. Levi Shaw, Treadstone's director, calls Hayes back for one more mission.

Abby Laurent is an investigative reporter. The last time she worked with Jason Bourne she almost lost her life, but now she's deep into the biggest story of her career. If she can prove her case, she'll rock governments from DC to Europe. Obviously with that much on the line there are a lot of people who are willing to take her off the board. She has only one option—find Bourne and convince him to help her.

The assassination of a Treadstone agent leads two Blackbriar operatives down a rabbit hole of deceit and betrayal in this explosive new series from the world of Robert Ludlum. A car explodes on a quiet Prague side street–among the dead is an undercover Treadstone agent. It's not unusual for such men to meet their fates on an operation, but in this case there's one catch: none of the agent's superiors knows why he was there.

Un affreux massacre a eu lieu près de Hong Kong. Un même nom revient sur toutes les lèvres : Jason Bourne. Jason Bourne est de retour ! Mais pour qui travaille-t-il ? Une seule certitude : le "roi des tueurs" menace de plonger l'Extrême-Orient dans le chaos. Aux États-Unis, des hommes s'interrogent. Ils savent que le massacre ne peut avoir été perpétré par Bourne. Car Jason Bourne n'a jamais existé. Ce nom - ce mythe -, ils l'ont eux-mêmes créé afin de piéger le tueur international Carlos.

Non loin de Marseille, un bateau de pêche recueille un homme grièvement blessé et inconscient. On le sauve mais il a perdu la mémoire ; il ne se rappelle rien de son passé. Toutefois, il a sous la peau de la jambe un morceau de film avec le numéro d'un compte dans une banque suisse. Il part donc pour Zurich et apprend que le titulaire du compte est un certain Jason Bourne et aussi que Jason Bourne est traqué par plusieurs tueurs. Pourquoi ? Qu'y a-t-il dans le passé de Bourne qui explique cet acharnement à le faire disparaître ?

Lorsque Alexander Concklin et Morris Panov, anciens membres de la CIA, reçoivent le même télégramme signé du nom de Jason Bourne, ils sont loin de penser que les fantômes du passé peuvent se réveiller. Jason Bourne n'a jamais existé aux yeux du monde. C'est le nom de code de David Webb, homme traqué devenu amnésique à la suite d'un mystérieux accident. Treize ans après, il reprend bien malgré lui du service.

Für seine Zeit als Killer im Dienst der US-Regierung hat Adam Hayes teuer bezahlt. Inzwischen hat er dem geheimen Treadstone den Rücken gekehrt und versucht, sich an der Westküste der USA eine bescheidene Existenz aufzubauen. Bis die Vergangenheit ihn gnadenlos einholt: Ein schwer bewaffnetes Kommando versucht Hayes auszuschalten. Mit knapper Not kann er entkommen. Wer steckt hinter dem Attentat? Und warum? Um eine Antwort auf diese Fragen zu finden muss Hayes wieder das werden, was er nie wieder sein wollte: ein nahezu perfekter Killer.

Jason Bourne ist auf Bali untergetaucht, wo er in den Besitz eines mysteriösen Rings gelangt...

Adam Hayes hat beschlossen, seine tödlichen Fähigkeiten nicht länger in den Dienst der Geheimorganisation Treadstone zu stellen. Stattdessen will er nur noch Aufträge übernehmen, die er selbst moralisch vertreten kann. Doch die Vergangenheit lässt sich nicht so einfach abschütteln. Als er nach einem Angriff auf sein Flugzeug bei einer Mission in Burkina Faso notlanden muss, findet er sich allein auf unwegsamem Territorium wieder. Ihm auf den Fersen sind nicht nur die Extremisten, die ihn beschossen haben. Auch sein ehemaliger Arbeitgeber ist plötzlich an der Verfolgung beteiligt.

Action und Spannung pur – der neue Bourne-Thriller! Jason Bourne ist auf Bali untergetaucht, wo er in den Besitz eines mysteriösen Rings gelangt. Die Inschrift des Rings verweist auf eine im Geheimen operierende Organisation, deren Machtzentrum er in Marokko vermutet. Dort trifft er auf seinen Todfeind Leonid Arkadin, und ein unerbittlicher Kampf entbrennt. Doch beide scheinen in eine tödliche Falle getappt zu sein.