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|   The Bourne Objective American hardback edition  | |
| Author |  Robert Ludlum (series creator) Eric Van Lustbader  | 
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| Language | English | 
| Series | Jason Bourne | 
| Genre | Spy, thriller | 
| Publisher |  Orion Books (UK) Grand Central Publishing (US)  | 
Publication date  | May 27, 2010 (UK) June 1, 2010 (US)  | 
| Publication place | United States | 
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback), audiobook | 
| Pages | 448 pp (first edition) | 
| ISBN | 978-1-4091-0163-5 | 
| Preceded by | The Bourne Deception | 
| Followed by | The Bourne Dominion | 
The Bourne Objective is the eighth novel in the Bourne series and fifth by Eric Van Lustbader. The book was released on June 1, 2010, as a sequel to The Bourne Deception . This novel continues very shortly after the end of Deception, with Bourne in a race against his nemesis, Leonid Arkadin, to unlock the potential mystery of King Solomon's Gold, while fighting Russian mercenaries, assassins sent by the U.S. government, and confronting a mysterious organization that threatens to take over and run the world.