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At a small-town carnival, two men, each mysteriously summoned by telegram, witness a bizarre killing. The telegrams are signed “Jason Bourne.” Only they know Bourne’s true identity and understand that the telegrams are really a message from Bourne’s mortal enemy, Carlos, known also as the Jackal, the world’s deadliest and most elusive terrorist. And furthermore, they know what the Jackal wants: a final confrontation with Bourne. Now David Webb, professor of Oriental studies, husband, and father, must do what he hoped never to do again—assume the terrible identity of Jason Bourne. His plan is simple: to infiltrate the politically and economically omnipotent Medusan group and use himself as bait to lure the cunning Jackal into a deadly trap—a trap from which only one of them will escape.
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Summary
Review provided by Danno: Overall The conclusion to Ludlum's Bourne Trilogy, if you enjoyed the other two, this one, while not as good as the first two, is still worth a read. In Identity, you find out who Jason Bourne is (kind of). In Supremacy, we follow Jason as he tracks down an impostor. In Ultimatum, Bourne starts out no longer in the spy business but eventually gets pulled back in to track down his archenemy, Carlos The Jackal (Interestingly there is a real political terrorist with this name, and he was mentioned in a
book I've reviewed, The Girl With The Crooked Nose. In that the main character offered to assist the FBI in catching the Jackal, but I digress...) The Jackal, in this novel is killing people and signing the killings as Jason Bourne. Not nearly the thriller of the other two but a decent read. The movie of the same name was very enjoyable, but has almost nothing in common with the novel.