Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Escape

By: Brian Freeman

Narrated by: Scott Brick

The death of a lover plunges Bourne into a maelstrom of violence and deceit in this latest installment in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

Jason Bourne is on a boat in the Mediterranean moonlight with his lover, Johanna. He’s happy for the first time in years. Then in the next instant, he finds himself floating on wreckage as fire and smoke choke the sky. Johanna is gone. And Bourne finds the darkness of lost memory closing around his mind again.

As he did once before, Bourne must piece together the fragments of who he is, even as assassins hunt him across Europe. He teams up with his spy chief, Shadow, who reveals the shocking secret that Bourne’s surrogate father – David Abbott, the founder of Treadstone – is alive and missing. Together they must find Abbott before his enemies do.

But Shadow is a master of manipulation who won’t hesitate to betray Bourne to get what she wants. With his memory returning in bits and pieces, Jason discovers that the explosion that stole away his identity is part of a deadly game being played among powerful adversaries from Moscow to Washington. It’s a game with no winners – because even if he finds David Abbott, Bourne may still find himself with no way out and everything to lose.

great book

Enjoyed this book. One of my favorite of the series. Looking forward to the next book.

Rehash of Previous Books

Although there was plenty of action, this was basically a book rehashing the action from previous books. Many of the same scenes were repeated throughout the story multiple times. Plus Jason losing his memory again was exasperating. I was wavering between 3.5 and 4 stars at the start, but I dropped to 3 stars because of the meeting with Putin. Putin's reasoning and plan for Jason didn't make sense especially when he had spent so much time and effort trying to find him. Also it's getting tiresome continually having everyone killed that gets close to Jason.

Excellent new novel

Same great Scott delivery, Great contemporary plot, from Germany to Russia and Ukraine Jason’s old character does what he does best..Worth the time spent listening.

How people manipulate each other.

Jason Bourne wasn’t
Superman. He needed help from others to survive and compete his missions.

Love Scott Brick narrating, as per usual, but the story....

There are no new ideas. This is just a remake of the first book, just read that one instead.