Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Ascendancy

By: Eric Van Lustbader

Narrated by: Holter Graham

Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins

Publisher's summary

Now, New York Times best-selling writer Eric Van Lustbader carries on Jason Bourne's story with a new novel about the rogue secret agent who has lost his memory...

In this thrilling and absorbing new novel Jason Bourne is faced with an impossible mission. He has been hired to impersonate a high-level government minister at a political summit meeting in Qatar, shielding the minister from any assassination attempts. Suddenly, armed gunmen storm the room, killing everyone but Bourne. Their target, however, isn't the minister Bourne impersonates...it is Bourne himself. Kidnapped and transported to an underground bunker, Bourne finds himself face-to-face with an infamous terrorist named El Ghadan ("Tomorrow"). El Ghadan holds as his captive Soraya Moore, former co-director of Treadstone, and a close friend to Bourne, along with her two year old daughter.

Meanwhile, the President of the United States is in the midst of brokering a historic peace treaty between the Israelis and the Palestinians-an event that El Ghadan is desperate to prevent. He demands that Bourne carry out a special mission: Kill the President. If Bourne refuses, Soraya and her daughter will die. Bourne must make a monstrous choice: Save Soraya and her daughter, or save the President.

©2014 Eric Van Lustbader (P)2014 Hachette Audio

Great Story! A Thriller!

What did you love best about Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Ascendancy?

I liked the continued action and surprises every time you turned a page.

Would you be willing to try another one of Holter Graham’s performances?

The narrator leaves something to be desired. He did not enunciate well. You could not tell where the breaks were from one moment of action to the next. His voice sounded the same on all the characters. Fire the announcer.

Any additional comments?

I would recommend this for all Bourne story lovers.

Not my favorite reader

An interesting story but listening to this reader was something akin to gmgu get ails on a chmhakk board.

Lustbader is no Ludlum

some of the more explicit material was unnecessary. miss the actual Robert Ludlum stories. The original Bourne series was far more compelling of stories.

Really liked it!

Exiting and educating story.
Diving in to hard an actual topics.
Well written and nice audio.
Well worth listening to.

very good syory

The story keeps u out wanting more. don't like the reader though. he pauses too much.

Best Bourne yet!!

Great story, great reading best one yet!! If you like Bourne, this is a must!

Another Typical Bourne Novel

A fast-paced spy novel. Bourne and his girlfriend, Sara, are amazing. Think on their feet. Unafraid of any obstacle. On the other hand, I found Sarai and her daughter, Sonia, to be far less interesting. I understand that a two-year old would not respond well in a prison setting but just didn't think that they added much to the story except for putting more pressure on Bourne. Apparently Bourne must have perfected teleporting, as he seemed to get from Afghanistan to Singapore to Dubai in minutes. The whole timetable of the story did not seem to be well-thought out. I also found the whiny president when he couldn't have Camilla there immediately for sex to be overdone. I don't think anyone gets to be president if they are that petulant and impatient. The bad guys were thoroughly rotten and almost caricatures rather than people. A good story but not a great one.

I found the narrator's voice for Sonia to especially grating.

Too Many Story Lines

This book is difficult to listen to because it has too many story lines. There are three major characters and the story switches among them almost every 5 minutes in the narration, The main character, Jonothan Bourne, turns out to be a rather unlikable person who has no qualms about killing and torturing people. Not sure I really wanted to cheer him on in the book. Actually just about everyone is unlikable which makes the entire book rather "dark."

The book is not by original author, Robert Ludlum. The new author interjects his political views throughout entire book. It's mostly "America bashing".

Review

Would have liked to have had different people for the voices of the different characters. Other wise great job on it.

Very gripping!

Can't wait to get to the next one! Very impressed.
The writing style wasn't overly pretentious like some novels. Can't wait to read the next one!