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Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Retribution (Jason Bourne series)

Jason Bourne • Book 11

4.00 ABR Score (3.3K ratings)
★ 4.03 Goodreads (3.0K) ★ 4.24 Audible (305)
13h 40m Released 2013 Thriller

About This Audiobook

The Bourne Retribution, the eleventh in the series, is driven by grief and vendetta. Bourne's Mossad contact Eli Yadin recruits him to investigate Chinese Politburo member Ouyang Jidan — but Bourne's real motive is personal: Ouyang ordered the death of Rebeka, the woman Bourne loved. The investigation spirals from Tel Aviv through Shanghai to a Mexican drug operation with Chinese and Russian involvement, and the novel is unusual in the series for making emotional motivation as urgent as operational necessity.

Holter Graham narrates with the contained fury the premise requires — his rendering of Bourne's grief beneath the operational facade is among the more textured performances in the series. At nearly fourteen hours it is substantial, and Graham maintains the intensity through a plot that carries real emotional stakes alongside the standard thriller mechanics.