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Originally Posted by hhEb09'1
Wouldn't a ghost writer put another name as the author? Are there Bourne books being written like that?
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Five stand alone books have been released since his death. The first two, "The Sigma Protocol" and "The Jansen Directive", had completed or near completed manuscripts. Those were fine. "The Tristan Betrayal", "Ambler Warning" and "The Bancroft Strategy" were ghost written from partial manuscripts. From the copyright page of "The Tristan Betrayal":
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Since his death the Estate of Robert Ludlum has worked with a carefully selected author and editor to prepare and edit this work for publication.
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The books are out with Ludlum's name on them. Unfortunately they don't read in his style. I paid for a copy of Tristan Betrayal", the others I checked out of the library. I was unable to finish reading any of them. The "Bourne" sequels say Robert Ludlum's "The Bourne Legacy" and "The Bourne Betrayal" by Eric Van Lustbader. The "Covert-One" Series have been co-written from the start, like Tom Clancy's "Op-Center" books.