I can't see any connections between this novel and the other two besides the cast it doesn't appear to contribute to the larger arc of the trilogy.Īm I missing something here? What purpose is Supremacy serving this trilogy? (The most obvious being the main antagonist.)īut between those two, in Supremacy we have a weird detour for Bourne to prance around Asia after a fake-Bourne hired by someone not connected to Carlos. are reprised from Identity to provided clear major ties between the books. Several plot points, locations, motifs etc. The main character trying to kill him is now off the board. The wrap-up sees the main characters safe: in the eyes of the world, and David Webb's family, Jason Bourne is dead. Bourne decides to try to kill him back, and by the end our main character prevails, Carlos drowned. Then in Ultimatum, Carlos, now older and starting to lose his physical ability, decides that his bucket list includes 'kill Bourne'. the USA plotline by dint of having the important players talk to each other, and the amnesia plotline by giving Bourne a basic outline of who he was. This novel is clear that it's not resolving Carlos's plotline it does give some resolution to the Bourne vs. During the wrap-up it is emphasized how Carlos will continue to be a danger, especially to Bourne because the latter saw the former's face. In Identity, we have Bourne discovering who he is and running headlong into a plotline with Carlos, who escapes after the climax.

It seems like a few lines of dialogue name-checking Supremacy could've been changed in Ultimatum and then it and Identity would form a perfectly fine duology. I recently finished reading the Ludlum Bourne novels ( Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum) and can't figure out how Supremacy mattered to the larger arc of the trilogy.

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