Thriller by James Patterson & James Grippando & J. A. Konrath & James Siegel

Author:James Patterson & James Grippando & J. A. Konrath & James Siegel [Patterson, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Anthologies, Anthologies (multiple authors), Fiction - Espionage, Short Story, Suspense fiction; English, Fiction, Romance, Suspense, Suspense fiction; American, Thrillers, General, Thriller
ISBN: 9780778324560
Publisher: Mira
Published: 2007-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

When Eric Van Lustbader was asked by the estate of the late

Robert Ludlum to continue Ludlum’s series of thrillers featuring Jason Bourne, he told them he wanted free rein to take

the character in new directions. At the time, Lustbader was

grappling with the loss of his father. So, understandably, the

basis of The Bourne Legacy revolved around the thorny relationship between Bourne and the son he’d for many years assumed to be dead.

Similarly, in Lustbader’s latest novel, The Bravo Testament,

a father-son relationship fuels the high-powered action and

emotional responses of the main characters. This familial

emotional resonance will be familiar to Lustbader’s fans, as it

stretches all the way back to his first thriller, The Ninja.

The Other Side of the Mirror deepens and broadens this

theme, but in other ways it’s a departure for Lustbader. He

wrote the story after one day rediscovering The Outsider, by

philosopher/novelist Colin Wilson, in his library. The Outsider

had been a seminal book, one Lustbader had devoured during his college days. Reading it again he found new meaning

in his own work, which is reflected in The Other Side of the

Mirror, a story about a spy—an outsider, if ever there was one—

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and the terrible toll secrecy and lies take on him. Lustbader,

who thinks of himself as an outsider, seems drawn to his sense

of apartness. If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like

to be outside society, or if that’s precisely how you feel, this

story is for you.

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