The Bourne Supremacy
Categories: 1987 books | Book stubs
| Jason Bourne |
| Robert Ludlum novels |
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The Bourne Identity (1980) |
| Eric Van Lustbader novels |
| Matt Damon films |
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The Bourne Identity (2002) |
- For the film see: The Bourne Supremacy (film)
The Bourne Supremacy (ISBN 0553263226) is a novel written by Robert Ludlum and a sequel to The Bourne Identity. It is the second of four novels based on the fictional character, Jason Bourne. The film adaptation was released in 2004, starring Matt Damon as Bourne, but has a completely distinct (and contradictory) plot to the novel.
Novel summary
The myth that is Jason Bourne returns to the Far East when a political assassination credited to Bourne turns heads in Washington D.C.. In a scheme to take over Hong Kong, the result of which would be civil war in China and possibly global disaster, Washington unleashes the real Jason Bourne a.k.a. David Webb in an attempt to destroy the conspiracy.
When Supremacy starts Marie (David Webb's wife) is taken captive by the United States government in an attempt to turn David Webb back into his former self, the mythical Jason Bourne. While in reality it was the U.S. government who took Marie captive they pinned the blame on a fictitious powerful Chinese businessman. This scheme was done to make Bourne go after a faux Jason Bourne that had been credited with a Far East political assassination that could, in a worst case scenario, cause a civil war in China over the ownership of Hong Kong.