Jason Bourne · Book 4

The Bourne Legacy

by Eric Van Lustbader Ghostwriter
  • Published as part of Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne; this book was written by Eric Van Lustbader.
Published
22 June 2004
Pages
529
ISBN-13
9780312999520
Type
novel
Cover of The Bourne Legacy

About this book

The Bourne Legacy (2004) marks Eric Van Lustbader's first entry as Bourne's continuing author, arriving fourteen years after Ludlum's trilogy ended and beginning the shift toward broader international conspiracy and a Bourne who has regained most of his memory.

Key facts about The Bourne Legacy

The Bourne Legacy is a novel credited to Eric Van Lustbader. It has been out since 22 June 2004. The book has 529 pages.

We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780312999520 to find the main one.

The Bourne Legacy is book 4 of 22 in the Jason Bourne series. The series has 22 published books. However, the series starts with The Bourne Identity (1980). The Bourne Revenge is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 20 January 2026.

Additionally, Eric Van Lustbader writes The Sunset Warrior Cycle, Nicholas Linnear and China Maroc, plus 4 more series. Those series sit on our science fantasy, thriller and espionage thriller shelves. Meanwhile, White Wolf is the latest published Eric Van Lustbader book on file, from 2 December 2025.

About Eric Van Lustbader

Eric Van Lustbader had already built a long career in thrillers and martial-arts-inflected adventure fiction — starting with 1980's The Ninja, which introduced his signature creation Nicholas Linnear across six bestselling novels — by the time Robert Ludlum's 2001 death opened the question of who would continue Jason Bourne. See every Eric Van Lustbader book in order.

Its place in Jason Bourne

The Bourne Legacy is book 4 in the Jason Bourne series. It follows The Bourne Ultimatum. It is followed by The Bourne Betrayal. See the full Jason Bourne reading order.

Jason Bourne is a black-ops assassin found half-dead in the Mediterranean with no memory of who he is, only the physical instincts of a killer and a Swiss bank account number tattooed into his subconscious. Robert Ludlum's original trilogy (1980-1990) is a paranoid, pre-internet Cold War chase built entirely around Bourne's amnesia and his hunt for his own identity against the CIA program (Treadstone) that made him. After Ludlum's death in 2001, Eric Van Lustbader continued the character for eleven novels, moving…

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