Book description
When British and American intelligence catch wind of a major Al Qaeda
operation in the works, they are primed for action - but what can they
do? They know nothing about the attack: the what, where or when. They
have no sources in Al Qaeda, and it's impossible to plant someone.
Impossible, unless . . .
The Afghan is Izmat Khan, a five-year prisoner of Guantanamo Bay and
a former senior commander of the Taliban. The Afghan is also Colonel
Mike Martin, a 25-year veteran of war zones around the world, a dark,
lean man born and raised in Iraq. In an attempt to stave off disaster,
the intelligence agencies will try to do what no one has ever done
before - pass off a Westerner as an Arab among Arabs - pass off Martin
as the trusted Khan.
It will require extraordinary preparation, and then extraordinary
luck, for nothing can truly prepare Martin for the dark and shifting
world he is about to enter. Or for the terrible things he will find
there . . .
The Day of the Jackal, The Dogs of War, The Odessa
File - the books of Frederick Forsyth have helped define the
international thriller as we know it today. Combining meticulous
research with crisp narratives and plots as current as the headlines,
Forsyth shows us the world as it is, in a way that few have ever been
able to equal.
And the world as it is today is a very scary place . . .
Frederick Forsyth is the author of ten bestselling novels:
The Day
of the Jackal
,
The Odessa File
,
The Dogs of War
,
The Devil's Alternative
,
The Fourth Protocol
,
The Negotiator
,
The Deceiver
,
The Fist of God, Icon
and
Avenger
.His other works include
The Biafra Story
,
The Shepherd
; two short story collections,
No Comebacks
and
The Veteran
; and a sequel to
The Phantom of the Opera, The Phantom of Manhattan.
He has also compiled an anthology of flying tales,
Great Flying Stories
, which includes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Roald Dahl, Len
Deighton and H. G. Wells. He lives in Hertfordshire, England.
