Robert Ludlum is, of course, the bestselling thriller writer of all time, having sold more than two hundred million copies of his twenty-two novels, and he has become known for the sweep and intricacy of his plots ... Now he brings us The Prometheus Deception... his most ingenious novel yet...Ludlum transcends the genre.

He has no past. And he may not have a future.All he knows is that he was fished out of the Mediterranean, his body riddled with bullets. Evidence shows that plastic surgery has altered his face. Implanted beneath the skin on his hip is a frame of microfilm. And on the film is a number which leads to a bank account in Zurich, the name Jason Bourne... and four million dollars.

Suddenly Bourne is the target of assassins, and at the heart of a deadly puzzle. In a world of murderous conspirators, he's fighting for survival as he tries to uncover the layers of his buried past.No one can help him - except the one woman who once wanted to escape him.