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Book Review By Andrew Chaney
The Bourne Legacy by Eric Van Lustbader

When David Webb finds his friends Conklin and Panov shot dead, he quickly discovers he has been set up. Now he must assume the persona of Bourne, and must uncover who has killed his friends, and who is trying to kill him.

The adventure takes Bourne all over Europe facing not only new foes and masterminds, but the very agency that trained him feels he has turned once more. All this also brings back a past he thought he had left behind in the jungles of Cambodia.

Will Bourne be able to stop the new young assasign that wants Bourne dead as bad as the Jackel? Can he find out what Conklin was doing that got him killed? And most of all, in his aging, will he be able to succeed against all odds, with no help from his most trusted associates?


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 %
Who's the terrorist enemy here?

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Race

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
Eccentric: Yes
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - Arab terrorists
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Europe Yes
European country: - France - Scandinavia - Eastern Europe

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - descript. of breasts
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - military technology
Unusual forms of death - biohazard/virus
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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