A KILLER WITH NO FACE, NO IDENTITY, AND A NAME THE WORLD WANTED TO FORGET:

JASON BOURNE

Reenter the shadowy world of Jason Bourne, an expert assassin still plagued by the splintered nightmares of his former life. This time the stakes are higher than ever. For someone else has taken on the Bourne identity—a ruthless killer who must be stopped or the world will pay a devastating price. To succeed, the real Jason Bourne must maneuver through the dangerous labyrinth of international espionage—an exotic world filled with CIA plots, turncoat agents, and ever-shifting alliances—all the while hoping to find the truth behind his haunted memories and the answers to his own fragmented past. This time there are two Bournes—and one must die.

From the Paperback edition.

當代驚悚小說大師羅伯特.路德魯姆（Robert Ludlum）1927年出生於紐約。他是現代國際驚悚小說（international thriller）之父,開創『小人物遇上大陰謀』的架構,對後來的驚悚作家影響深遠,《達芬奇密碼》作者丹.布朗便表明最喜歡『路德魯姆的情節佈局』。

路德魯姆小說的背景從二戰、冷戰時期直到當代,他擅長描寫國際政治勢力的暗潮洶湧、情報人員的冒險犯難,以及出神入化的間諜行動,嚴謹紮實的資料考據備受稱道。路德魯姆筆下的英雄往往能於極度劣勢下絕處逢生、逆轉死局,更有幾分真實情報人員的影子。

相較於勒卡雷的深沈內斂,路德魯姆的作品則以更明快的節奏、精巧的佈局和火爆的動作場面,使人一讀便難以釋卷。從1971年的《納粹檔案》開始,路德魯姆稱霸暢銷排行榜長達三十年之久,直到他於2001年去世為止,他一直是驚悚間諜小說的代名詞。路德魯姆一生共完成25部小說,被翻譯成32種語言,發行全球四十餘國,總銷量更已超過兩億五千萬冊！

如今冷戰早已結束,路德魯姆也已去世,但其作品的熱度卻絲毫不減！根據他原著延伸改編的三部『伯恩』系列電影『谍影重重Ⅰ：伯恩的身份』和『谍影重重Ⅱ：至尊伯恩』『谍影重重Ⅲ：最后通牒』在全球均締造票房佳績,也讓男主角馬特.達蒙一躍成為動作派巨星。