The Bourne Identity (Bourne Series #1)

In this best-selling novel by Robert Ludlum, a man is shot, left for dead, later rescued from the sea. Surviving but with no memory, he is given a name: Jason Bourne. Physically and mentally agile, he retraces his past through a harrowing personal labyrinth. The discovery: He was a trained killer, and now in turn is being hunted by assassins.

"His characters are complex and credible, his sleight of plot as cunning as any terrorist conspiracy. It is a Bourne from which no traveler returns unsatisfied." (Time)