Frederick Forsyth is a master of suspenseful storytelling, renowned for his meticulous explorations of political intrigue and international thrillers. With a journalist's eye for detail and authenticity, he immerses readers in the heart of dramatic events. His style is characterized by thorough research and a realistic depiction of the world of espionage and action. Forsyth's approach to writing, honed through his journalistic career, lends his novels an unshakable sense of credibility and tension.
He is known only as "The Jackal"-a cold, calculating assassin without emotion, or loyalty, or equal. He's just received a contract from an enigmatic employer to eliminate one of the most heavily guarded men in the world-Charles De Gaulle, president of France. It is only a twist of fate that allows the authorities to discover the plot. They know next to nothing-only that the assassin is on the move. To track him, they dispatch their finest detective, Claude Lebel, on a manhunt that will push him to his limit, in a race to stop an assassin's bullet from reaching its target.
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.
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.
FREDERICK FORSYTH HAS SEEN IT ALL. AND LIVED TO TELL THE TALE... At eighteen, Forsyth was the youngest pilot to qualify with the RAF. At twenty-five, he was stationed in East Berlin as a journalist during the Cold War. Before he turned thirty, he was in Africa controversially covering the bloodiest civil war in living memory. Three years later, broke and out of work, he wrote his game-changing first novel, The Day of the Jackal. He never looked back. Forsyth has seen some of the most exhilarating moments of the last century from the inside, travelling the world, once or twice on her majesty's secret service. He's been shot at, he's been arrested, he's even been seduced by an undercover agent. But all the while he felt he was an outsider. This is his story.
Deception, blackmail, murder, revenge - these are the themes of stories that move from London to the coast of Spain, from Mauritius to Dublin to Dordogne. Whether his subject is assassination by stealth, the cruel confidence trick or the cold shock of coincidence, Frederick Forsyth is never less than compulsive, the detail always authentic.
Frederick Forsyth, born in Kent in 1938, has always been a man of action. Engaged at 18 as a pilot in the R.A.F., he then embarked on a brilliant career as a reporter. By the age of 30, he was the only Western correspondent admitted to East Berlin. From journalism, he retains efficiency, a fast, incisive style, and a blunt, unsparing gaze. Yet he does not forget emotion, which aligns present history with the vast tapestry of individual destinies. The Day of the Jackal features an assassination attempt on General de Gaulle. The Odessa File involves a plot by former SS members against Israel. The Dogs of War tells of a mercenary commando overthrowing an African president. Behind these political upheavals lie hatreds, ideals, or sordid interests: the violence of an era. In these three novels, Frederick Forsyth reveals the mechanisms, not merely as a chronicler, but as an authentic writer. He remains the master of a literary genre increasingly appreciated, to which he has given its rightful place.
THE KILL LIST The names of those men and women who would threaten the world's security - held above top secret at the highest level of the US government. THE PREACHER At the top of it, a radical Islamic cleric whose sermons inspire his followers to kill Western targets. As the bodies begin to pile up in America, Great Britain and across Europe, the message goes out: discover this man's identity, locate him and take him out. THE TRACKER Ex-US marine, now one of America's most effective terrorist hunters, with an impossible job. Aided only by a brilliant teenaged hacker, he must throw out the bait and see whether his deadly target can be drawn from his lair...
'Whichever option I choose, men are going to die.' This is the Devil's Alternative, the appalling choice facing the president of the USA and other statesmen throughout the world. The climax is the most exciting that even this brilliant storytel
Plan Aurora, hatched in a remote dacha in the forest outside Moscow and initiated with relentless brilliance and skill, is a plan within a plan that, in its spine-chilling ingenuity, breaches the ultra-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare.
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."
Sam McCready serves Britain as Chief of Covert Operations for the Secret Intelligence Service. He's competent, dedicated, in his prime. Why then this push to get him out? The options are painful -- early retirement or an administrative backwater. But he has one other option: it's a wild card, confrontational, risky. Risky because McCready knows too much. He senses the move is more about destabilizing SIS than settling a score with him. Who wants him out, and why? And what happens if he refuses to go quietly?
In a remote corner of Zangaro, a small republic in Africa, lies Crystal Mountain. At certain times of the day the mountain emits a strange glow. Only Sir James Manson knows why. The mountain contains ten billion dollar's worth of the world's most valuable mineral, platinum. " Not only exciting but truly surprising" --Atlantic. Now the only question is, how to get hold of it. Sir James knows how. Invade the country with a band of savage, cold-blooded mercenaries. Topple the government and set up a puppet dictatorship. Unleash the dogs of war.
During the Gulf War, a mysterious spy planted deep in the heart of Iraq becomes the key as Saddam Hussein threatens to unleash a secret, ultimate weapon on the Allied forces.
Their greatest weapon is fear... Years after the events of The Odessa File, Peter Miller's grandson, Georg, a successful podcaster living in Berlin, stumbles across evidence that the Odessa - a Nazi network whose goal is to return the Nazis to power and resume their murderous regime - has resurfaced. Georg picks up their trail and charts an organisation so insidious that it seems unstoppable. Hunted by the Odessa's agents, he learns that a series of recent terrorist atrocities are just the first step on their path to retribution. And their next attack could change the course of history. The race for answers takes Georg across continents, from the forests of Germany to the heart of Washington and into the hallowed halls of the White House itself. There, he finds a new generation of Nazis, on the brink of obtaining world power, who won't stop until democracy falls.
Spellbinding. . .ten Forsyths for the price of one, who could ask for anything
more?-- Forth Worth Star-Telegram.Here are ten suspenseful, serpentine stories
of betrayal, blackmail, murder, and revenge...all culminating in shocking
twists of fate. Masterful.-- Kirkus Reviews. 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. Chillingly effective.-- Publishers Weekly
Tense, explosive and vivid, No Comeback proves that Frederick Forsyth is truly
the world's reigning master of suspense. A warming bedside companion.-- Los
Angeles Times
Frederick Forsyth, best known for his spy novels The Day of The Jackal and The Odessa File, sets this post-communist thriller during 1999 in Russia, a land whose current stresses have worsened to breaking point. Ex-C.I.A. agent Jason Monk is sent in by a clandestine western group to try and stop the election of a sinister nationalist, Igor Komarov, who seems about to be installed in the Kremlin. The Russian Mafia and Komarov's nationalist militia make nasty enemies. As usual Forsyth gives his story an authentic feel with minute attention to detail and the use of real public figures in the background.
On Christmas Eve 1957, alone in the cockpit of his Vampire, an RAF pilot is returning from Germany to Lakenheath on leave - 66 minutes of trouble-free, routine flying. Then, out over the North Sea, the fog begins to close in, radio contact ceases, and the compass goes haywire.
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
Contemporary / British EnglishA secret organisation plans to assassinate the
French President, General de Gaulle. Their leader, Colonel Marc Rodin, decides
to hire a professional, someone unknown to French police. He and his men
choose “the Jackal.” Can police detective Claude Lebel stop the killing and
save the President’s life?This Pack contains a Book and MP3
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 the suffering and the scale of the atrocity being played out in the African Continent.This book which marked Frederick Forsyth's transition from journalist to author is a record of one of the most brutal conflicts the Third World has ever suffered, it has become a classic of modern war reporting. But it is more than that. It voices one man's outrage not only at the extremes of human violence, but also at the duplicity and self-interest of the Western Governments - most notably, the British, who tacitly accepted or actively aided that violence.The combination of the dramatic events and the shocking exposures combined with the author's forthright and perceptive style makes The Biafra Story as compelling a read today as when it was first written.
The master storyteller is back with a classic race-against-time thriller with a modern edge. Most weapons do what you tell them. Most weapons you can control. But what if the most dangerous weapon in the world isn't a smart missile or a stealth submarine or even an AI computer programme?What if it's a 17-year-old boy with a blisteringly brilliant mind, who can run rings around the most sophisticated security services across the globe, who can manipulate that weaponry and turn it against the superpowers themselves?How valuable would he be? And what wouldn't you do to get hold of him? The Fox is a race-against-time thriller across continents to find and capture, or protect and save, an asset with the means to change the balance of world power. Whatever happens he must not fall into the wrong hands. Because what follows after that is unthinkable...
A collection of flying stories featuring writers such as Frederick Forsyth, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Roald Dahl and Edgar Allan Poe. The styles used include science fiction, horror and detective fiction.
Deveraux used to run Special Ops for the CIA, before they retired him for being too ruthless. Now the President has asked the man they call the Cobra to do anything he requires to destroy the cocaine industry. No rules, no questions asked. Just do it ...
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
The stunning continuation of the timeless classic The Phantom of the Opera . In The Phantom of Manhattan , acclaimed, bestselling suspense novelist Frederick Forsyth pens a magnificent work of historical fiction, rife with the insights and sounds of turn-of-the-century New York City, while continuing the dramatic saga which began with Gaston Leroux's brilliant novel The Phantom of the Opera ... More than two decades have passed since Antoinette Giry, the mistress of the corps de ballet at the Paris Opera, rescued a hideously disfigured boy named Erik from a carnival and brought him to live in the labyrinthine cellars of the opera house. Soon thereafter, his intense, unrequited love for a beautiful chorus girl set in motion a tragic string of events, forcing him to flee Paris forever. Now, as she lies dying in a convent, Madam Giry tells the untold story of the Phantom and his clandestine journey to New York City to start anew, where he would become a wealthy entrepreneur and build the glorious Manhattan Opera House...all so he could see his beloved, now a famous diva, once again. But the outcome of her visit would prove even more devastating than before-- and yet, would allow the Phantom to know, for the first time in his brutal life, the true meaning of love...
The French Foreign Legion–mysterious, romantic, deadly–is filled with men of dubious character, and hardly the place for a proper Englishman just nineteen years of age. Yet in 1960, Simon Murray traveled alone to Paris, Marseilles, and ultimately Algeria to fulfill the toughest contract of his life: a five-year stint in the Legion. Along the way, he kept a diary. Legionnaire is a compelling, firsthand account of Murray’s experience with this legendary band of soldiers. This gripping journal offers stark evidence that the Legion’s reputation for pushing men to their breaking points and beyond is well deserved. In the fierce, sun-baked North African desert, strong men cracked under brutal officers, merciless training methods, and barbarous punishments. Yet Murray survived, even thrived. For he shared one trait with these hard men from all nations and backgrounds: a determination never to surrender.
Der Selbstmord eines älteren deutschen Juden führt zu Enthüllungen über eine mafiaähnliche Organisation namens Odessa, einen realen Flüchtling, bekannt als der "Schlächter von Riga", einen jungen deutschen Journalisten, der zum besessenen Rächer wird... und letztlich zu einem brillanten, skrupellosen Plan, die weltweite Macht der SS-Massenmörder wiederherzustellen und Hitlers erschreckende "Endlösung" durchzuführen.
Una colossale caccia all'uomo per sventare un complotto micidiale contro De Gaulle.
493 pages
18 hours of reading
Il Giaguaro. Un alto inglese biondo con occhi grigi opachi. Un killer al vertice della sua professione. Un uomo sconosciuto a qualsiasi servizio segreto nel mondo. Un assassino con un contratto per uccidere l'uomo più protetto del mondo. Un uomo con un fucile che può cambiare il corso della storia. Un uomo la cui missione è così segreta che nemmeno i suoi datori di lavoro conoscono il suo nome. E mentre i minuti scorrono verso l'atto finale di esecuzione, sembra che non ci sia potere sulla terra in grado di fermare il Giaguaro.
Ramses the Great lives but having drunk the elixir of life he is now Ramses the Damned, doomed to wander the Earth seeking to quell hungers for food, for wine and for women. When he awakens in the drawing room of a house in Edwardian London he becomes infatuated with a beautiful shipping heiress.
Frederick Forsyth, jüngster Pilot der Royal Air Force und erfolgreicher Journalist, begann seine Autorenkarriere mit dem Bestseller „Der Schakal“. Er nimmt die Leser mit auf eine faszinierende Zeitreise, erzählt von seinen Erlebnissen in Ost-Berlin und gefährlichen Abenteuern weltweit, die sein Leben spannend wie einen Thriller machen.
In seinen Jahren als Abenteurer in der Arktis lernte Duncan Pryde, ein junger schottischer Waisenkind, das zum Pelzhändler wurde, mit Situationen umzugehen, die weitaus bizarrer und gefährlicher waren als die sexuelle Großzügigkeit der primitiven Völker, unter denen er lebte und die er respektierte und liebte. Hier ist seine Geschichte. Voller faszinierender, wenig bekannter Fakten über die Bräuche, Überlebenstechniken exotischer sexueller Gepflogenheiten und erstaunlicher Alltagsrealitäten des Eskimolebens; gewürzt mit Humor und aufregenden authentischen Details, ist Nunaga eine außergewöhnliche Saga wahrer Abenteuer!
Verlag Das Beste 1981. Gebundene Ausgabe. ISBN 3870701609.Titel: Des Teufels Alternative - Grundstück gesucht - Die weissen Löwen von Timba Vati - Ein Sack voll Murmeln.
Eine Sammlung der schönsten Sommergeschichten von deutschen und internationalen Bestsellerautoren, darunter unveröffentlichte Werke von Jennifer Crusie, Frederick Forsyth und Wladimir Kaminer. Ideal zum Schmökern, Lachen und Träumen am Strand oder vor dem Einschlafen.
Harkishan Ram Lal, medisch student in Ierland, neemt uit geldnood een zomerbaantje als bouwvakker. Hier wordt hij door zijn racistische baas onterecht behandeld en geslagen. Harkishan laat niet over zich heen lopen en verzint een gevaarlijk plan om hem terug te pakken.
Relaas van een door de O.A.S. in 1963 beraamde samenzwering om de Franse president De Gaulle te doden waarbij gebruik gemaakt werd van een beroepsmoordenaar.
A top secret catalogue of names held at the highest level of the US government. On it, those men and women who would threaten the world's security. And at the top of it, The Preacher, a radical Islamic cleric whose sermons inspire his followers to kill high profile Western targets in the name of God. As the bodies begin to pile up in America, Great Britain and across Europe, the message goes out: discover this man's identity, locate him and take him out. Tasked with what seems like an impossible job is an ex-US marine who has risen through the ranks to become one of America's most effective intelligence chiefs. Now known only as The Tracker, he must gather what scant evidence there is, collate it and unmask The Preacher if he is to prevent the next spate of violent deaths. Aided only by a brilliant teenaged hacker, he must throw out the bait and see whether his deadly target can be drawn from his lair...
Rusko, rok 1999… Cena chleba dosahuje milionu rublů, sociální struktury se hroutí pod tlakem hyperinflace, chaosu a zločinnosti. Igor Komarov, charismatický vůdce pravicové strany, slibuje nápravu a stává se ikonou pro zdeptaný národ. Když však zmizí důležitý dokument, jehož obsah může odhalit Komarovovu pravou tvář, Západ se snaží zabránit katastrofě. Pod Kremlovými zdmi se rozvíjí gigantický zápas…
Druhá světová válka a válka ve Vietnamu přinášejí přátelství na život a na smrt. Když je jeden z mužů tragicky zavražděn, jeho přítel se rozhodne pomstít. Po vrahovi však jako by se slehla zem. Osamělý mstitel se snaží najít zabijáka z bývalé Jugoslávie, zatímco se neúmyslně dostává do konfliktu s americkými zpravodajskými agenturami. Děj vrcholí 10. září 2001, v předvečer teroristických útoků v New Yorku. Čtenář se musí sám rozhodnout, zda lze proti zlu bojovat jiným zlem a jakou cenu má přátelství ve světě násilí.
Po atentátech v New Yorku a Londýně čelí západní bezpečnostní služby nové teroristické hrozbě. V počítači představitele Al-Kajdy jsou nalezeny dokumenty s výrazem Al-Isra, což může znamenat devastující útok. Zpravodajci se dostávají do slepé uličky a jedinou možností je proniknout mezi vůdce arabských teroristů. Mike Martin, plukovník SAS ve výslužbě, se vydává na nejnebezpečnější misi svého života…
Svazek obsahuje čtyři vybrané romány od současných úspěšných angloamerických autorů ve zkrácené verzi. V knize jsou tyto díla: Frederick Forsyth : Šumící vánek Harlan Coben : Nadobro ztracený Barbara Taylor Bradfordová: Tři týdny v Paříži Michael Crichton : Kořist
Svazek obsahuje zkrácené verze čtyř úspěšných románů různých žánrů od světových autorů, doplněné stručnými informacemi o jejich tvůrcích.
1) V Afghánci se britské a americké tajné služby obávají dalšího útoku Al-Kajdy na Západ. Vysloužilý plukovník SAS Mike Martin, schopný proniknout do nepřátelských struktur, se nečekaně ocitá v riskantní roli špeha.
2) Penzion na pobřeží sleduje Claire Cherneyovou, která se vyrovnává s odchodem dětí z domova. Když se u nich ubytuje otec s nevidomou dcerkou, mezi nimi vzniká silné pouto. Po jejich nečekaném odjezdu se Claire musí postavit svým dávným křivdám a hledat odpovědi na otázky ohledně své matky.
3) Volání divočiny vypráví příběh Guye Grievea, který se rozhodl opustit svůj běžný život a na rok se přestěhoval na Aljašku. V odlehlém srubu čelí nepřízni počasí a objevuje hranice svých fyzických i psychických možností, přičemž nachází opravdové přátele.
4) Konečně sami sleduje Emmu Websterovou, která po svatebním dni zažívá šok, když je napadena maskovaným mužem. Její svatební noc se mění v noční můru, když se ocitá v nemocnici a policie začíná podezřívat jejího manžela. Emma se musí vyrovnat s bolestí i nejistotou ohledně jeho viny.
FORSYTH, FREDERICK - IKONA (Icon) - Rusko na prahu nového tisícročia, Rusko na križovatke. Nebezpečný fanatik sa derie k moci a Západ oficiálne nemôže nič robiť. Do samého stredu pekla však potajomky vyšlú bývalého agenta CIA. LAWRENCE, R. D. - BIELA PUMA - (The White Puma) - Mohutná mačka, ktorú napriek bielej srsti takmer nevidno, balansuje na skalisku vysoko v zasnežených horách západnej Kanady. Zovretým údolím o sedemsto metrov nižšie idú dvaja jazdci na koňoch. Nehybné, žlté pumie oči sa do nich vpíjajú - puma ich veľmi dobre pozná. Už jej zabili mamu aj sestru a teraz poľujú priamo na ňu. Lenže puma dnes pozoruje jazdcov, ktorí nič netušia. GRISHAM, JOHN - ADVOKÁT CHUDOBNÝCH (The Street Lawyer) - Zatemňuje sa azda Michaelovi Brockovi rozum ? Vždy si myslel, že vie, čo chce: elegantné obleky, luxusné autá, krásnu ženu a miliónový podiel vo firme. Lenže zrazu mu začalo záležať na voľačom inom. Už nechce robiť právnika len pre peniaze. Chce ho robiť pre pokoj vlastnej duše. SPARKS, NICHOLAS - ZÁPISNÍK (The Notebook) - Muž, ktorému leží na kolenách otvorený zápisník, zožltnutý a ohmataný. Žena, stratená a vystrašená, ktorá si uchovala len úbohé zlomky spomienok na vzácnu lásku. Ale potom jej on začína predčítať.
V horách západní Kanady se narodí vzácný exemplář pumy, sameček se srstí bílou jako sníh. Už jako mládě je odvážný, vynalézavý a má chuť se učit. Prozkoumává okolí, plíží se za veverkami a kočkuje se se svými sestřičkami. A když dospěje, musí využít všech nabytých dovedností - ba ještě víc - k tomu, aby přežil. Uprostřed krásné divočiny totiž číhají mnohá nebezpečí, včetně dvojice lidí, která se ho snaží dostat za každou cenu.
