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The Bourne Objective
The Bourne Objective American hardback edition
AuthorRobert Ludlum (series creator)
Eric Van Lustbader
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesJason Bourne
GenreSpy, thriller
PublisherOrion Books (UK)
Grand Central Publishing (US)
Publication date
May 27, 2010 (UK)
June 1, 2010 (US)
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback), audiobook
Pages448 pp (first edition)
ISBN978-1-4091-0163-5
Preceded byThe Bourne Deception 
Followed byThe 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.