New Releases by Frederick Forsyth

The #1 New York Times-bestselling master of international intrigue takes readers into the bleeding-edge world of technological espionage in a propulsive thriller that feels chillingly real. Former chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service Adrian Weston is awoken in the middle of the night by a phone call from the Prime Minister. Her news is shocking: the Pentagon, the NSA, and the CIA have been hacked simultaneously, their seemingly impenetrable firewalls breached by an unknown enemy known only as "The Fox." Even more surprisingly, the culprit is revealed to be a young British teenager, Luke Jennings. He has no agenda, no secrets, just a blisteringly brilliant mind. Extradition to the U.S. seems likely--until Weston has another idea: If Luke can do this to us, what can he do to our enemies? After conferring with both the American President and the Prime Minister, Weston is determined to use "The Fox" and his talents to the advantage of the two nations. But doing so places the boy on a geopolitical minefield. Adrian must stay one step ahead of multiple invisible enemies, all while finding a way to utilize the most powerful--and most unpredictable--weapon of all. With his trademark research and deep knowledge of the rules and practices of international intrigue, Forsyth takes on tomorrow''s threats in this race-against-the-clock thriller.

Un periodista se enfrenta a una organización secreta nazi. Una novela de suspense del maestro del género Frederick Forsyth. En 1963 un joven periodista alemán investiga las razones del suicidio de un viejo judío que deja unos diarios acusadores contra el jefe de un campo de exterminio: un hombre responsable de la muerte de miles de personas que aún no ha sido castigado. A medida que avanza en sus indagaciones, se topará con Odessa, una organización secreta de antiguos miembros de las SS. Así, poco a poco se verá obligado a sumergirse en un torbellino de aventuras que lo llevarán hasta su propio pasado familiar. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The suicide of an elderly German Jew explodes into revelation after revelation: of a Mafia-like organization called Odessa ...of a real-life fugitive known as the "Butcher of Riga"..of a young German journalist tumed obsessed avenger.......and, ultimately, of brilliant, ruthless plot to reestablish the worldwide power of SS mass murderers and to carry out Hitler''s chilling "Final Solution."

From Frederick Forsyth, the grand master of international suspense, comes his most intriguing story ever—his own. For more than forty years, Frederick Forsyth has been writing extraordinary real-world novels of intrigue, from the groundbreaking The Day of the Jackal to the prescient The Kill List. Whether writing about the murky world of arms dealers, the shadowy Nazi underground movement, or the intricacies of worldwide drug cartels, every plot has been chillingly plausible because every detail has been minutely researched. But what most people don’t know is that some of his greatest stories of intrigue have been in his own life. He was the RAF’s youngest pilot at the age of nineteen, barely escaped the wrath of an arms dealer in Hamburg, got strafed by a MiG during the Nigerian civil war, landed during a bloody coup in Guinea-Bissau (and was accused of helping fund a 1973 coup in Equatorial Guinea). The Stasi arrested him, the Israelis feted him, the IRA threatened him, and a certain attractive Czech secret police agent—well, her actions were a bit more intimate. And that’s just for starters. It is a memoir like no other—and a book of pure delight.

A fearless act of journalism in 1960s Nigeria and the true story behind the international bestselling novel The Dogs of War. The Nigerian civil war of the late 1960s was one of the first occasions when Western consciences were awakened and deeply affronted by the level of suffering and the scale of atrocity being played out in the African continent. This was thanks not just to advances in communication technology but to the courage and journalistic skills of foreign correspondents like Frederick Forsyth, who had already earned an enviable reputation for tenacity and accuracy working for Reuters and the BBC. In The Biafra Story, Forsyth reveals the depth of the British Government’s active involvement in the conflict—information which many in power would have preferred to remain secret. General Gowon’s genocide of the Biafran people was facilitated by a ready supply of British arms and advice. Still tragically relevant in its depiction of global affairs, this powerful book also launched Frederick Forsyth to literary stardom by providing him with the background material for The Dogs of War. The dramatic events and shocking political exposures, all delivered with Forsyth’s bold and perceptive style, makes The Biafra Story a compelling lesson in courage.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the master of the novel of international intrigue comes a riveting new book as timely and unsettling as tomorrow''s headlines. It is summer 1999 in Russia, a country on the threshold of anarchy. An interim president sits powerless in Moscow as his nation is wracked by famine and inflation, crime and corruption, and seething hordes of the unemployed roam the streets. For the West, Russia is a basket case. But for Igor Komarov, one-time army sergeant who has risen to leadership of the right-wing UPF party, the chaos is made to order. As he waits in the wings for the presidential election of January 2000, his striking voice rings out over the airwaves offering the roiling masses hope at last—not only for law, order, and prosperity, but for restoring the lost greatness of their land. Who is this man with the golden tongue who is so quickly becoming the promise of a Russia reborn? A document stolen from party headquarters and smuggled to Washington and London sends nightmare chills through those who remember the past, for this Black Manifesto is pure Mein Kampf in a country with frightening parallels to the Germany of the Weimar Republic. Officially the West can do nothing, but in secret a group of elder statesmen sends the only person who can expose the truth about Komarov into the heart of the inferno. Jason Monk, ex-CIA and "the best damn agent-runner we ever had," had sworn he would never return to Moscow, but one name changes his mind. Colonel Anatoli Grishin, the KGB officer who tortured and murdered four of Monk''s agents after they had been betrayed by Aldrich Ames, is now Komarov''s head of security. Monk has a dual mission: to stop Komarov, whatever it takes, and to prepare the way for an icon worthy of the Russian people. But he has a personal mission as well: to settle the final score with Grishin. To do this he must stay alive--and the forces allied against him are ruthless, the time frighteningly short. . . . Praise for Icon “Vintage Forsyth, intricate, exact and gripping.”—The New York Times Book Review “Another strong performance by a writer who knows exactly what he''s about, and who here catalyzes narrative with another memorable protagonist, the stealthy and daring Monk.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “One of his best works for a long time, which provides an all-too-real look at a chilling new millennium.”—The Sunday Times, London

From the bestselling author of The Day of the Jackal, international master of intrigue Frederick Forsyth, comes a thriller that brilliantly blends fact with fiction for one of this summer’s—or any season’s—most explosive reads! From the behind-the-scenes decision-making of the Allies to the secret meetings of Saddam Hussein’s war cabinet, from the brave American fliers running their dangerous missions over Iraq to the heroic young spy planted deep in the heart of Baghdad, Forsyth’s incomparable storytelling skill keeps the suspense at a breakneck pace. Somewhere in Baghdad is the mysterious “Jericho,” the traitor who is willing—for a price—to reveal what is going on in the high councils of the Iraqi dictator. But Saddam’s ultimate weapon has been kept secret even from his most trusted advisers, and the nightmare scenario that haunts General Schwarzkopf and his colleagues is suddenly imminent, unless somehow, the spy can locate that weapon—The Fist of God—in time. Peopled with vivid characters, brilliantly displaying Forsyth’s incomparable, knowledge of intelligence operations and tradecraft, moving back and forth between Washington and London, Baghdad and Kuwait, desert vastnesses and city bazaars, this breathtaking novel is an utterly convincing story of what may actually have happened behind the headlines.

An extraordinary cutting-edge suspense novel from the "king of the pack" (The Washington Times), #1 New York Times bestselling author Frederick Forsyth. In northern Virginia, a secret agency named TOSA (Technical Operations Support Activity) has one mission: to track, find, and kill those so dangerous to the United States that they are on a short, very close-held document known as the Kill List. Now a new name has been added: a terrorist of frightening effectiveness called the Preacher, who radicalizes young Muslims living abroad to carry out assassinations. Unfortunately for him, one of his targets is a retired Marine general, whose son is TOSA’s top tracker of men. The Preacher has made it personal—and now the hunt is on….

Christmas Eve, 1957: An RAF pilot needs a miracle to make it home as his fighter jet begins to fail, in a story by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author. It is Christmas Eve, 1957, and there are cozier places to be than the cockpit of a de Havilland Vampire fighter plane. But for the Royal Air Force pilot who has just taken off from West Germany, this single-seat jet is the only way to make it back to England for Christmas morning. His flight plan is simple; the fuel tank is full. In sixty-six minutes, he will be back in Blighty. But then the plane begins to fail. First the compass goes haywire, then the radio dies. Lost and alone above the English coast, the pilot is searching for a landing strip when the fog closes in, signaling certain death. He has given up hope when a second shadow appears—a Mosquito fighter-bomber of World War II vintage. The plane is a “shepherd,” guiding the Vampire to a safe landing, and its appearance is a gift from fate, a miracle out of time—but for one lonely pilot, the mystery has just begun. A classic bestseller, beloved by aviation fans (including actor John Travolta, who calls it “one of my favorites because it personalizes the two planes”) and general readers alike, The Shepherd is a gripping, heartwarming tale for a cold winter’s night.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Frederick Forsyth delivers an international thriller that takes readers into the darkest hearts of men and nations… In a remote corner of the impoverished African republic of Zangaro lies Crystal Mountain. At certain times of the day, the mountain itself seems to glow with a strange light. Only the ruthless and untouchable tycoon Sir James Manson knows why: the mountain contains billions of dollars worth of the world’s most valuable mineral—platinum. And he wants it all. To do so, he must first remove the unfriendly government currently in power and replace it with a puppet regime. Towards this end, Manson hires the deadly Cat Shannon and his team of mercenaries to do the dirty work. But he didn’t realize how bloody things were going to get. And when he betrays the mercenaries to a brutal fate, he doesn’t realize how far Shannon is willing to go for revenge…

Here are ten suspenseful, serpentine stories of betrayal, blackmail, murder, and revenge...all culminating in shocking twists of fate. Within these pages live a wealth of characters you will not soon forget...people whose lives become irrevocably trapped in a world of no comebacks, beyond the point of no return--from the manipulators and the manipulated to the ultra-rich capable of buying and selling human lives, to the everyday man maneuvered by circumstances into performing deadly acts of violence.

SOON TO BE A PEACOCK ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING EDDIE REDMAYNE—THE CLASSIC THRILLER FROM #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR FREDERICK FORSYTH “The Day of the Jackal makes such comparable books such as The Manchurian Candidate and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold seem like Hardy Boy mysteries.”—The New York Times The Jackal. A tall, blond Englishman with opaque, gray eyes. A killer at the top of his profession. A man unknown to any secret service in the world. An assassin with a contract to kill the world''s most heavily guarded man. One man with a rifle who can change the course of history. One man whose mission is so secretive not even his employers know his name. And as the minutes count down to the final act of execution, it seems that there is no power on earth that can stop the Jackal.

An astonishing and beautiful tale of a frontier scout who saves a young Cheyenne girl from the prospect of rape and murder at the hands of his own army. The favour is returned when the scout is saved by the Cheyenne and given mercy, but when he falls in love with the girl he saved he knows that the tribe will never allow them to be together. They escape, but are forced to abandon their flight when they encounter an omen telling them that she is pledged to another. This frontier tale soon becomes a violent present day manhunt through the Wild West. Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection The Veteran.

Includes excerpt from: The Afghan (p. [407]-413).

Frederick Forsyth is back with Avenger! A heart-stopping thriller of murder, intrigue, deception, and revenge Attorney Calvin Dexter hangs his shingle in a quiet New Jersey town, has a reasonably successful practice, and takes the hills strong while triathlon training. But Dexter is no ordinary lawyer. On Sundays, he reads the paper and shuffles around his dark, empty house, trying to forget about a life he has lost forever. Until, of course, Dexter reads something in the papers that sends him the necessary signal. Until one of the handful who know of Dexter''s other life tries to contact him. For in a world that has forgotten right and wrong, few can settle a score like Cal Dexter can. But the game is changing, and this time CIA agent Kevin McBride must find a way to stop Dexter before his quest for vengeance throws the world into chaos.

Nunca nadie ha conseguido infiltrarse en la organización de Al-Qaeda pero es la única forma de evitar otro gran atentado terrorista. Desde los atentados terroristas contra las Torres Gemelas y el metro de Londres, los servicios secretos de ambas naciones dedican enormes recursos a controlar los mensajes en árabe en la red con el fin de detectar cualquier sugerencia de nuevos ataques. Después de consultar con todos los expertos, se ha llegado a la conclusión de que algo muy grande se está tramando pero les es imposible conseguir más datos, ni dónde, ni cómo, ni cuándo. La única manera de conseguir más información sería infiltrar un hombre suyo en la misma organización de Al- Qaeda, algo que nunca se ha logrado. Mike Martín, ex veterano de guerra de 44 años, se ha jubilado de los cuerpos especiales de élites del ejército británico. Ahora se dedica a la restauración de una casa que ha comprado en el campo. En esta situación de gran urgencia los servicios secretos se fijan en él por esta faceta: Mike Martín puede pasar por un árabe. Se educó en Iraq donde su padre, empleado de una empresa petrolera, le mandó a un colegio iraquí, y Martín, moreno y con facciones faciales heredadas de una abuela india, no se diferencia en nada de sus futuros compañeros. El plan es enormemente arriesgado pero es la única posibilidad de evitar otra tragedia a manos de Al-Qaeda. La nueva identidad de Mike Martín ha de ser perfectamente construida y se decide que asumirá la identidad de Izmat Khan, un afgano que actualmente lleva 5 años encarcelado en Guantánamo. Izmat Khan es el único superviviente de su familia, de su pueblo destruido y de sus compañeros guerrilleros. Durante meses Martín recibe instrucción en la cultura e idioma afgano. El mínimo fallo delataría su verdadera identidad. Cuando los americanos anuncian que Izmat Khan será deportado a su país, quien llega en su lugar es Mike Martín. El plan sigue adelante. Después de varias semanas de interrogación a manos de Al-Qaeda, el inglés es aceptado y asignado a la misteriosa operación terrorista, una operación suicida. Martín consigue mandarles algunas pistas a sus jefes quienes finalmente descubren la intención de la operación. Esta vez Al-Qaeda utilizará un gran barco lleno de material altamente explosiva para destruir una ciudad costera.... Quizás podrán parar la operación pero ¿habrá manera de salvar al “afgano”?

Les services secrets britanniques et américains en ont la preuve: Al Qaeda prépare un nouvel attentat. Infiltrer la nébuleuse? impossible. A moins que ... L''Afghan, c''est Izmat Khan, un chef taliban détenu à Guatanamo. Ce sera aussi le colonel Mike Martin, vétéran des SAS, rescapé de tous les conflits. Elevé en Irak, il est le seul à pouvoir passer pour un arabe, à pouvoir être subsitué au Khan ...

A nearly impossible undercover mission may be the only chance to stop a terrorist attack in this action-packed thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Frederick Forsyth. When British and American intelligence discover an Al Qaeda operation in the works, they need a man on the inside to get ahead of a possible attack. They enlist Colonel Mike Martin, a hardened veteran, to go undercover. Colonel Martin prepares to pass himself off as former senior Taliban commander Izmat Khan and infiltrate the enemy. But nothing can prepare Martin for the dark and shifting world he is about to enter—or the terrible things he will find there.

Odessa es una organizacion secreta de antiguos miembros de las SS. Un joven periodista aleman investiga las razones del suicidio de un viejo judio que deja unos Diarios acusadores contra el jefe de un campo de exterminio. Y ello le obliga a sumergirse en un torbellino de aventuras que lo llevan hasta su propio pasado familiar.

A novella and four stories move from London to Siena and feature murder, intrigue and revenge.

It is a time of political unrest in Great Britain. And behind the Iron Curtain an insidious plot is being hatched to create an "accident" that could change British politics forever and trigger a collapse of the Western alliance.

The five stories that comprise this collection move from World War Two to the Battle of the Little Big Horn, embracing customs and excise drug apprehension, espionage and miraculous events in war-torn Italy.

Zwei Grossmeister der Unterhaltungskunst begegnen sich: Frederick Forsyth erzaehlt das Schicksal des "Phantoms der Oper" nach Andrew Lloyd Webber weiter und zeigt sich dabei von einer aufregend neuen Seite!

A sequel to Gaston Leroux''s The Phantom of the Opera in which the disfigured Phantom goes to America. He builds the world''s greatest opera house, hoping to lure his love, the opera diva who rejected him in Paris. By the author of The Day of the Jackal.

orig. The Phantom of Manhattan

I denne romanen videreføres beretningen om Operafantomet, som er blitt vel kjent gjennom Andrew Lloyd Webbers musikal: Den vansirede Erik Muhlheim, som holder til i Paris-operaens underjordiske ganger, forelsker seg i sangerinnen Christine de Chagny. Under en forestilling kidnapper han henne, men slipper henne fri igjen. En rasende folkemengde prøver å drepe ham. Frederick Forsyth gir oss del i Erik Muhlheims skjebne etter at han flyktet til New York. Han er blitt rik og mektig, bl.a. ved å skape en fornøyelsespark på Coney Island, der han uten å vekke oppsikt kan skjule ansiktet bak en maske. Han bestemmer seg for å reise et nytt operahus, The Manhattan. Hit inviterer han Christine de Changny, som svarer ja. Hun tar med seg sin sønn. Gjensynet blir dramatisk. I et forord forteller Forsyth ombakgrunnen for Lloyd Webbers musikal, og om vanskene som oppsto under byggingen av Paris-operaen - de sju etasjene under bakke nivå og alle gangene, og sjøen som fremdeles befinner seg aller nederst.