About the book: 1996 / The first novel in the trilogy of the famous master of psychological thriller Robert Ludlam, "The Secret Identity of Bourne" begins with newspaper reports about an international terrorist and schemer wanted by the police and intelligence .Severely wounded Jason Bourne was picked up at sea off the coast of France, unconscious, with lost memory. The doctor is surprised to notice traces of a brain injury and plastic surgery...Who is Bourne? A college teacher, an intellectual, a decent, calm person? If so, why do vague memories of mysterious and terrible things awaken in him? Why, during bouts of feverish delirium, does he whisper strange words - words that serve as the key to... This key gives Bourne access to a bank safe with millions of dollars. But it seems that Bourne turned out to be just a pawn, a witness in a long-term international scam where politics, war and big business were intertwined... And the woman who fell in love with Bourne does not believe in his terrible past. And yet, who was Bourne? Who is he now? How many identities does this person have??