"Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Ascendancy" by Eric Van Lustbader. The book is published by Orion. in 2014 and has 400 pages. This is 12th novel in Jason Bourne series.
Jason Bourne has become a blacksmith (a person who impersonates a dignitary in hazardous situations). Soraya Moore, her daughter and husband are kidnapped and so is Jason Bourne. The mastermind wants Bourne to carry out a dangerous and outrageous task in return of Soraya's life. He has no choice.
Will Bourne carry out the task? Will he be able to save Soraya? All the world seems to have turned against him. Who can he trust? Is the plot as simple as it looks?
This is a complex plot that takes us from Qatar to America to Syria to Pakistan to Singapore. It involves American, Qatari and Israeli spy agencies, double agents, triple agents, disguise, deception, double cross, betrayal, a lot of luck and much more. The book shows that there is tension between Qatar and other Arab countries. It shows Waziristan in Pakistan as refuge for the pariahs.
It appears that in order to make the plot convoluted and complex author has left few things to luck in the story e.g. Bourn's travel from Pakistan to Singapore or precise assignment of Camilla etc.. However though you do not get very excited while reading the book, you don't get bored either.
Read only if you have read all previous books of Jason Bourne series, otherwise give this one a miss.
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