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1、ROBERTLUDLUMTHEUNSURPASSEDMASTEROFTHESUPERTHRILLERTHETRANSFORMATIONThestationwagonracedsouthdownabackcountryroadthroughthehillsofNewHampshiretowardtheMassachusettsborder,thedriveralong-framedman,hissharp-featuredfaceintense,hisclearlight-blueeyesfurious.“Weknewitwouldhappen,”saidMarieSt.Ja
2、cquesWebb.“Itwasmerelyaquestionoftime.”“It’scrazy!”Davidwhisperedsoasnotto’wakethechildren.“Everything’sburied,maximumarchivesecurityandalltherestofthatcrap!HowdidanyonefindAlexandMo?”“Wedon’tknow,butAlexwillstartlooking.There’snoonebetterthanAlex,yousaidthatyourself—”“He’smarkednow—he’sad
3、eadman,”interruptedWebbgrimly.“They’llkillhimandcomeafterme...afterus,whichiswhyyouandthekidsareheadingsouth.TheCaribbean.”“I’llsendthem,darling.Notme.”“There’snothingtodiscuss.”Webbbreatheddeeply,steadily,imposingastrangecontrol.“I’vebeentherebefore,”hesaidquietly.Marielookedatherhusband,
4、hissuddenlypassivefaceoutlinedinthedimwashofthedashboardlights.WhatshesawfrightenedherfarmorethanthespecteroftheJackal.ShewasnotlookingatDavidWebbthesoft-spokenscholar.Shewasstaringatamantheyboththoughthaddisappearedfromtheirlivesforever.JasonBourne.ForBobbiandLeonardRaichert,twolovelypeop
5、lewhohaveenrichedourlives—OurThanksPrologueDarknesshaddescendedonManassas,Virginia,thecountrysidealivewithnocturnalundercurrents,asBournecreptthroughthewoodsborderingtheestateofGeneralNormanSwayne.Startledbirdsflutteredoutoftheirblackrecesses;crowsawokeinthetreesandcawedtheiralarms,andthen
6、,asifcalmedbyaforagingco-conspirator,keptsilent.Manassas!Thekeywashere!ThekeythatwouldunlockthesubterraneandoorthatledtoCarlostheJackal,theassassinwhowantedonlytodestroyDavidWebbandhisfamily....Webb!Getawayfromme,David!screamedJasonBourneinthesilenceofhismind.Letmebethekilleryoucannotbe!Wi
7、theachscissoringcutintothethick,highwirefence,heunderstoodtheinevitable,confirmedbyhisheavybreathingandthesweatthatfellfromhishairline.Nomatterhowhardhetriedtokeephisbodyinreasonableshape,hewasfiftyyearsofage;hecouldnotdowitheasewhathedidthirteenyearsagoinPari