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Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Ascendancy, written by Eric Van Lustbader. It is the 12th novel in the expansive Jason Bourne spy-thriller series and the 9th written by Lustbader after taking over the franchise following original creator Robert Ludlum's passing.Key DetailsRelease Date: Originally published on May 22, 2014.Core Plot: Jason Bourne is hired as a "blacksmith"—a high-stakes decoy paid to impersonate a government minister at a political summit in Qatar. When the meeting is violently raided by armed gunmen, Bourne discovers that he was the true target. He is captured by a ruthless terrorist named El Ghadan, who holds Bourne's close friend Soraya Moore captive alongside her young daughter. Bourne is forced into an impossible ultimatum: assassinate the President of the United States to stop a historic Middle Eastern peace treaty, or let his friends die.Chronology: The novel is a direct sequel to The Bourne Retribution (2013) and is followed by The Bourne Enigma (2016)