cover image Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Imperative

Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Imperative

Eric Van Lustbader, read by Holter Graham. Hachette Audio, unabridged, 12 CDs, 14 hrs., $34.98 ISBN 978-1-61113-452-0

In this audio edition of the latest installment in the Jason Bourne series, narrator Holter Graham provides distinctive, appropriately accented voices%E2%80%94not only for the book's self-reliant and indestructible hero%E2%80%94but also for a mysterious amnesiac he rescues from an icy death; a beautiful Mossad agent who has gone rogue; the super-assassin who's tracking her; assorted Israeli, Chinese, and Mexican villains; officials at a CIA training facility, Treadstone; and even the president of the United States. As the Treadstone crew attempts to identify and nullify a legendary assassin known as Nicodemo, Bourne must contend with the leaders of Core Energy, a group intent on controlling the world through the use of rare metals. If the ensuing subplots, surprises, and treacheries strain credibility, Graham reads them with the stirring conviction of a true believer. And this impassioned narration will make it difficult for listeners not to get caught up in the fate of Bourne and the free world. A Grand Central hardcover. (June)