The Bourne Betrayal is the fifth from the Jason Bourne series, and second written by Eric Van Lustbader. Bourne is now retired and living a simple academic life. All this changes when his friend, Martin Lindros, has gone missing in action. Martin is Bourne's only friend in the CIA and also his mentor. At the same time the CIA task force has to track down a large and shadowy terrorist group headed by someone called "Fadi", who does have a private agenda regarding Jason. There are several factions after Jason as he tries to locate Lindros. Fast paced and action packed, the story transports us around the globe.