[Burkex]

I thought a really cool assassin was in the Bourne books. First off you might say something like: "I have already seen the movies so why would I read the books?" But the books are very different than the movies. In Bourne books it deals with a pretty sweet assassin named Carlos the Jackal. Carlos the Jackal is depicted as the world's most dangerous assassin, a man with international contacts that allow him to strike efficiently and anonymously at locations anywhere on the globe. During the first book, it is "revealed" that Carlos in fact orchestrated the Kennedy assassination. The books are a cat and mouse game between Bourne and Carlos. It is pretty badass and I have to say the story line of Carlos is pretty damn sweet.

Also the books dig much deeper into Jason Bournes past. You learn about how he fought in the Vietnam war for Medusa which was an assassination team/death squad. Basically you learn about the real Jason Bourne and how he became one of the best assassin's in the world. The books are nothing like the movies except for the first 45 minutes of the Bourne Identity movie which are the same, except the book is way cooler.

I think if you are looking for some good books on assassins you should definitely check out the Bourne books.


**BTW it was originally a trilogy by Robert Ludlum but there were 2 other books written continuing the series (The Bourne Legacy and The Bourne Betrayal.)