Robert Ludlum was the author of twenty-seven novels, each one a New York Times bestseller. There are more than 210 million of his books in print, and they have been translated into thirty-two languages. He is the author of The Scarlatti Inheritance, The Chancellor Manuscript, and the Jason Bourne series--The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum--among others. Mr. Ludlum passed away in March, 2001. Ludlum also published books under the pseudonyms Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd.
Some of Ludlum's novels have been made into films and mini-series, including The Osterman Weekend, The Holcroft Covenant, The Apocalypse Watch, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum. A non-Ludlum book supposedly inspired by his unused notes, Covert One: The Hades Factor, has also been made into a mini-series. The Bourne movies, starring Matt Damon in the title role, have been commercially and critically successful (The Bourne Ultimatum won three Academy Awards in 2008), although the story lines depart significantly from the source material.
Robert Ludlum Value Collection of Little Value: I did not do my research before purchasing this collection of 3 Bourne abridged stories before purchasing. These are very abridged, lacking the depth of story line and characters I've come to enjoy in reading the original novels in the '80s and '90s. Overly dramatic narration & presentation with distracting background music. Of no value to this listener.
So I loved these books! If you have seen the movies and you liked them you should definately read the books. They are much better than the movie and the story line is actually quite different. Another author picked up the Jason Bourne character and kept writing after the original author died. Those are also pretty good. I will post them as well!