The world's two deadliest spies in the ultimate showdown. 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 the telegram is 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 that the Jackal wants: a final confrontation with Bourne. Now David Webb, professor of Oriental studies, husband, and father, must do what he hoped he would never have to do again -- assume the terrible identity of Jason Bourne. His plan is simple: to infiltrate the politically and economically 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. "Vintage Ludlum." -- "The Cleveland Plain Dealer"

Author Biography

Robert Ludlum was the author of twenty-one novels, each a "New York Times" bestseller. There are more than 210 million of his books in print, and they have been translated into thirty-two languages. In addition to the Jason Bourne series--"The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, " and "The Bourne Ultimatum"--he was the author of "The Scarlatti Inheritance, The Chancellor Manuscript, "and "The Apocalypse Watch, "among many others. Mr. Ludlum passed away in March, 2001.