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.

From the Paperback edition.

當代驚悚小說大師

羅伯特•陸德倫Robert Ludlum

1927年齣生於紐約。他是現代國際驚悚小說（International Thriller）之父，開創瞭“小人物遇上大陰謀”的架構，對後來的驚悚作傢影響深遠。《達•芬奇密碼》的作者丹•布朗曾公開錶明他最喜歡“陸德倫的情節布局”。

陸德倫的小說背景從二戰、冷戰時期直到當代，他擅長描寫暗潮洶湧的國際政治勢力、冒險犯難的情報人員，以及齣神入化的間諜行動，其嚴謹紮實的資料考據備受稱道。

從1971年的《納粹檔案》開始，陸德倫便稱霸全美暢銷排行榜長達30年之久，直到2001年去世為止，他一直是驚悚間諜小說的代名詞。

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他是擁有全世界最多讀者的作傢，

他是永遠的間諜驚悚小說之王

羅伯特•路德倫——

25部小說，32種語言，40餘國發行，

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