Two months after Jason Bournes second wife has dies he learns that Martin Lindros his only friend in the CIA went missing in Africa where he was tracking shipments of yellowcake uranium After Bourne finds him Martin returns to the US but only after he persuades Bourne to go to Odessa to penetrate the clandestine world of terrorist money men thereIn Odessa Bourne is hampered by confusing flashes of memories He becomes convinced that theyre false but who planted them and why And how can he function if he cant rely on his own memories Eventually Bourne figures out that the man he saved in Africa isnt his friend but a double a terrorist intent on sending Bourne off on a wild goose chase while he himself steals US intelligence and uses the information to coordinate an attack against a major US city using nuclear devicesThe double continuing to pose as Martin Lindros orders a world-wide sanction against Bourne Now Bourne must fight off attempts on his life track down uranium and stop terrorists from launching an even more devastating attack against the US.
