The Bourne Sanction
The Bourne Sanction first edition cover
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| Author |
Robert Ludlum (Series creator) Eric Van Lustbader |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Jason Bourne |
| Genre | Spy, Thriller novel |
| Publisher | Grand Central Publishing |
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Publication date
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July 29, 2008 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 496 pp (First edition) |
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| OCLC | 223107176 |
| 813/.54 22 | |
| LC Class | PS3562.U752 R65 2008 |
| Preceded by | The Bourne Betrayal |
| Followed by | The Bourne Deception |
The Bourne Sanction is the title for the novel by Eric Van Lustbader and the sixth novel in the Jason Bourne series created by Robert Ludlum. It was released on July 29, 2008. It is Lustbader's third Bourne novel, following The Bourne Betrayal that was published in 2007.
In the prologue, four prisoners at High Security Prison Colony 13, in Nizhny Tagil, Russia, attack Borya Maks and try to kill him. Leonid Danilovich Arkadin, member of the Kazanskaya who appears on scene disguised as a guard, neutralizes the attackers prior to leading Borya into a corridor where, quite ironically, Maks meets his demise. Leonid Danilovich is an assassin sanctioned to kill Borya Maks by Pyotr Zilber. As Arkadin returns to Campione d'Italia, Switzerland, Zilber pays him for a job well done. Pyotr then discusses another prospective target by the name of Semion Icoupov. Zilber, unaware that Icoupov is Arkadin's real boss, is subsequently kidnapped by Leonid. He awakens in a room with Semion Icoupov and Leonid Arkadin standing by. The two men begin to extract information out of him but are brought up short when he offs himself with a hidden tab of cyanide. Arkadin's next mission is to Sevastopol to get possession of an important document that is vitally important to the successful execution of a terrorist act on United States soil.
At the beginning of the book, Bourne is at Georgetown University talking with Moira Trevor. Moira Trevor wants Bourne to be the head of security at their new liquid natural gas terminal in Long Beach, California. Meanwhile, Veronica Hart, a woman determined to get the DCI job, is on her way to the Oval Office to meet with the President of the United States, Luther LaValle (Pentagon intelligence czar), and Army General Richard P. Kendall.
Whilst at a restaurant with Moira, Bourne senses somebody watching him. He has Moira surruptitiously call him on his phone, leaves the restaurant and waits for his enemy to appear. That failing, Bourne goes back into the restaurant to join Moira. He gradually realizes that it is Moira who is the one being followed.
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