I probably won't continue to read Jason Bourne books. I think I may have 1 more. I like the fighting but too much Russian in them.

A textbook example of total implausibility.

I feel the biggest problem this book has is going way off-course from Jason Bourne. The side stories can be interesting but their main purpose is to make Jason Bourne part of them at the last pages of the book.

Jason Bourne and mysticism?! What crap. Lame. Filled with profanity to boot. I'm done with this author. Too many good books out there to waste time on this hack.

Imagine an Iranian missile (a Kowsar 3) bringing down a passenger jet over Egypt with many Americans on board, in the current context of a world anxious about the intentions of Iran. Add to that an American Secretary of Defense who is pounding the table for an attack on Iran, and a clandestine mercenary group working for all sides named Black River. As spice, Jason Bourne is in Bali with a new sweetheart only to be shot through the heart by an old colleague, and some former lovers wind their way...

Van Lusthader takes this opportunity to give a more of the backstory of Leonoid Arkadin. A couple of installments ago, I thought we were going to see much more of Bourne's son, but instead Arkadin has taken the main role as Bourne's counterpart and enemy. Both men should not be alive, the amount of physical abuse they had taken and still keep going is amazing, not to mention the psychological issues they both have to deal with. Lots of secondary relationships developing here and I was sorry to s...

SUCKED, SUCKED, SUCKED, SUCKED!!!Van Lustbader RUINED the whole Bourne concept. His writing is lackluster and filled with crap that should have been edited out.I bailed 60 pages in, and that was 60 pages too many. I'll never get that part of my life back.(Harsh, Norm)Yes, I know, but it had to be said ... er, written.Anyway, I've slogged my way through Van Lustbader's other Bourne books, but I'm all done now. He goes into the 'authors I will never read again' file, joining Clive Cussler and Jame...

I felt that this book was rushed, even though the story was alright it's quickly forgetable. I'm not hard to please when it comes to Jason Bourne but this novel didn't do it for me. It's projected that David Webb no longer exists and Jason Bourne is in full control--always. I don't like how soft Bourne has become even though he has some stern quoteables through the novel, his stature has diminished severely and in almost every sentence when Lustbader describes Bourne he is ailing from a wound an...

Jason Bourne (in the hands of Mr. Lustbader) has evolved from a master assassin to a player in the world of clandestine wet-jobs. In Bourne Deception, he spends too much time out of the narrative to make his presence felt. It feels that he is more of a prop to give structure to the various things happening in-and-around his name. This book is full of the author’s trademark clichés. The entire web of intricacy through events may seem to be overwhelming sometimes. There are just too many things go...

Bourne learned some more stuff about his past. Bourne also solved another mystery and stopped the plans of some people that thought they knew what was best for the United States. Of course they were wrong and denounced when caught red handed. Bourne still remains persona non grata even though he has helped national security countless times. I recommend this book.

I am being very generous giving this book a 1. There so many characters it was necessary to keep a list to keep up with them. To the next prospective reader, please check to see whether you are actually reading a novel by Ludlum or by Eric van Lustbader using Ludlum's trademark. Very unsatisfactory ending, leaving the reader wondering what the hell happened to all the main characters. Did Van Lustbader forget to finish it or did he leave the reader hanging thinking he would want to read the next...

I was so excited to learn that there was a new author to write more Jason Bourne books. Just as the death of Vince Flynn didn't mean the end of Mitch Rapp, I couldn't wait to read more Bourne.Unfortunately, this is not Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne. This Bourne is weak, confused, love-struck, and indecisive, a shadow of Ludlum's confident, strong and focused Bourne. The new Bourne is as disappointing to a faithful reader of the Trilogy as the selection of Tom Cruise to play Jack Reacher was to on...

I haven't read a Bourne book since the passing of Robert Ludlum. Like everyone I've seen the Bourne trilogy that have been made into movies. As such, I missed a few of the books in the series. That said, I enjoyed the heck out of this book. Great villians. Remarkable twist plots. And I have to admit that I like the way that there are strong female characters in this book.I recommend it for anyone that loves a good action-thriller with political overtones!

So many people die! It's almost like George Martin wrote this story. As I get further into this series, it's getting harder to keep up with all the characters being introduced as so many are being killed off.

I have finally cracked the Jason Bourne code! Who is this man, who says that he may be David Webb, professor of things Asian, or Jason Bourne, mercenary trained by the CIA? His agelessness that Lustbader presents in book after books appears to baffle many, though he refers to his life in the past and the memories that occurred, including children, two dead wives, and flashbacks. This man, this Bourne is a blood relative to James Bond... or at least he must be, as they are the only two characters...

Wait, did I really just read this?

Ask yourselves a few questions prior to cracking open this Bourne novel:1. Do I want to be confused about character motivation?2. Am I ok with the notion that this 60 (maybe 65?) year old man will be used as a ninja for the entire book?3. Do I want to ignore the good parts of geopolitics?Once again, Van Lustbader leaves the good parts of the original Bourne trilogy at the door and continues to throw characters down the drain. I only wonder why I am still reading these books.

Following straight on from The Bourne Sanction this book made a lot more sense to me. More evenly paced and follows the same characters from the previous novel it was much easier to follow. I'd obviously enjoyed the previous book as another airport visit led me to pick this up and read it straight through.

Absurd. The deception was that Jason Bourne was a minor character when one would think it was actually about him. It should have been titled the Trevor Deception. Moira Trevor was the lead character and saw the most action in this tedious book. Slow, boring and hard to finish. Buy it if you love to watch paint dry.Among the problems:1) Very little Jason Bourne. He is a small portion of the book, in fact. Most of it involves other characters who are not even in his time zone.2) Very little resear...