The Bourne Imperative (Крах Борна)

“You’re a fine sailor,” the Director said. “What other talents have you hidden from us?”

“I don’t forgive.”

The Director looked at him. “That’s a very Mossad trait.” His Brillo hair seemed impervious to the wind. “That said, we’re all human, Bourne.”

“No,” Bourne said. “You’re Mossad.”

The Director pursed his livery lips. “Well, there’s truth to that, no doubt, but as you’ve already discovered, we’re not infallible.”

Bourne looked back at the glaringly white city and was suddenly aware of the ages of history buried there. He took out the thin gold chain with the star of David.

The Director saw it and came and sat beside his guest. “That was Rebeka’s.”

Bourne nodded.

The Director took a deep breath and slowly let it out. “I go sailing whenever one of my people has been killed.”

Bourne was silent. The star of David dangled between them, spi

“Out here in the clean air and the calm of the water, without the burden of the city on my back, I can finally feel how lost I am.” The Director looked down at his strong, capable hands. “Is that a help?” He shrugged, as if to himself. “I don’t know. Do you?”

Bourne, thinking how helpless he was when Rebeka’s life slipped away, felt, like a little earthquake, echoes of identical sorrows, and understood with a terrible finality that he was as lost as the man who sat beside him.

About the Authors

ROBERT LUDLUMwas the author of twenty-one novels, each one a New York Timesbestseller. There are more than 210 million of his books in print, and they have been translated into thirty-two languages. He is the author of The Scarlatti Inheritance, The Chancellor Manuscript, and the Jason Bourne series— The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum—among others.

Mr. Ludlum passed away in March 2001. www.Robert-Ludlum.com

ERIC VAN LUSTBADERis most widely known as the New York Timesbestselling author of twenty international bestselling thrillers including The Ninjaand Black Heart. He is also the author of two successful and highly regarded series of fantasy novels, The Sunset Warrior Cycleand The Pearl Saga. His novels have been translated into over twenty languages. www.ericvanlustbader.com

Other Works

The Jason Bourne Novels

The Bourne Identity

The Bourne Supremacy

The Bourne Ultimatum

The Bourne Legacy (by Eric Van Lustbader)

The Bourne Betrayal (by Eric Van Lustbader)

The Bourne Sanction (by Eric Van Lustbader)

The Bourne Deception (by Eric Van Lustbader)

The Bourne Objective (by Eric Van Lustbader)

The Bourne Dominion (by Eric Van Lustbader)

The Bourne Imperative (by Eric Van Lustbader)

The Covert-One Novels

The Hades Factor (by Gayle Lynds)

The Cassandra Compact (by Philip Shelby)

The Paris Option (by Gayle Lynds)

The Altman Code (by Gayle Lynds)

The Lazarus Vendetta (byPatrickLarkin)

The Moscow Vector (by Patrick Larkin)

The Arctic Event (by James Cobb)

The Ares Decision (by Kyle Mills)

The Paul Janson Novels

The Janson Directive

The Janson Command (by Paul Garrison)

Also by Robert Ludlum

The Scarlatti Inheritance 

The Matlock Paper 

Trevayne

The Cry of the Halidon 

The Rhinema