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Book Review By Kregg
The Bourne Legacy by Eric Van Lustbader

A emotionally damaged ex-government assassin suffering from amnesia is torn from the new life he has made for himself and drawn back into a world he'd hoped to never revisit when he is framed for the grisly death of his best friend and mentor. Drawn unwillingly back into kill-or-be-killed savagry that is modern terrorism he searches for the source of evil that threatens his very existence. Relying on half-remembered skills and a mental toughness unknown to most he hopscotches across Europe and Scandinavia to attack and destroy those who made the mistake of trying to destroy him. Mistakenly marked for death by his own government, he eventually saves the life of the official who signed his death warrant - the President of the United States.


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: - an organization
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
Eccentric: Yes
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - Islamic Fundamentalists
How sensitive is this character?
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
United States Yes
Europe Yes
European country: - Eastern Europe
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - touching of anatomy - descript. of breasts
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - biology/medical
Unusual forms of death - biohazard/virus - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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