num_pages: 611
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Bourne Ultimatum
titlecomplete: The Bourne Ultimatum (Jason Bourne, #3)
characters: Jason Bourne, John St. Jacques, Carlos, the Jackal, Marie St. Jacques, Alexander Conklin
genres: Thriller, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Spy Thriller, Action, Espionage, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Adventure
ratings_count: 63879
series: Jason Bourne
publisher: Random House