So I finally got my hands on a new book at the local Half Price Books and my mom insisted since I was looking for a good mystery novel ('cause why not), then Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity series is the series for me. So we got the whole series for around $20 and I got to reading. Sort of... Okay, I read the 3 page introduction. So I decided to do research on this Ludlum guy.
Robert Ludlum was an old guy. He was born on May 25th, 1927 and died on March 12, 2001. Surely enough, his most notable work was the Bourne Trilogy and it was later carried on by Eric Van Lustbander in the form of The Bourne Legacy. Both of which, you might already know, were turned into movies, and I have not seen either of them. I also found out that most of Ludlum's books featured one man against a powerful adversary. This leads to my first impressions of the book and where I predict it may lead.
Once I read the introduction and the summary on the back cover, I immediately thought of James Bond. The main character of the story seems to be a super-secret-agent of some sort—just like James Bond—and he is pit up against a powerful enemy who is just as skilled and cunning as he is—just like James Bond.
Anyways, onto the setting of the story so far. Since I have only read past the introduction which was a mere 3 pages, the setting so far is limited. All we know is that there is an assassin, called "Carlos", who is after top political figures around the world who has already killed 3 people. 2 of which were French intelligence agents and another who was a Lebanese informer. This assassin also is suspected to be connected to a major network of international terrorist agents and is the subject of an international manhunt. The 3 pages display this information by creating newspaper entries from The New York Times' front page and a newspaper from the Associated Press.
Robert Ludlum was an old guy. He was born on May 25th, 1927 and died on March 12, 2001. Surely enough, his most notable work was the Bourne Trilogy and it was later carried on by Eric Van Lustbander in the form of The Bourne Legacy. Both of which, you might already know, were turned into movies, and I have not seen either of them. I also found out that most of Ludlum's books featured one man against a powerful adversary. This leads to my first impressions of the book and where I predict it may lead.
Once I read the introduction and the summary on the back cover, I immediately thought of James Bond. The main character of the story seems to be a super-secret-agent of some sort—just like James Bond—and he is pit up against a powerful enemy who is just as skilled and cunning as he is—just like James Bond.
Anyways, onto the setting of the story so far. Since I have only read past the introduction which was a mere 3 pages, the setting so far is limited. All we know is that there is an assassin, called "Carlos", who is after top political figures around the world who has already killed 3 people. 2 of which were French intelligence agents and another who was a Lebanese informer. This assassin also is suspected to be connected to a major network of international terrorist agents and is the subject of an international manhunt. The 3 pages display this information by creating newspaper entries from The New York Times' front page and a newspaper from the Associated Press.
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| Robert Ludlum The author of the Bourne Trilogy, a series containing the books The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum |
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