Frederick Forsyth
1) The shepherd
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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...
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...
2) Avenger
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English
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Living a secret double life, lawyer Cal Dexter embarks on a deadly quest for vengeance that threatens global security, prompting CIA agent Kevin McBride to race against the clock to stop him.
3) The fox
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English
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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,...
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From master storyteller Frederick Forsyth-best-selling author of The Day of the Jackal and The Odessa File-comes this collection of five suspenseful gems.
Justice does not always come easily, and it comes in many guises. On the seedier side of London, a shopkeeper witnesses a brutal beating in "The Veteran" (read by Patrick Macnee). In a better neighborhood, a famous London auction house is scammed in "The Art of the Matter" (also read by Macnee)....
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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...
8) The cobra
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English
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For decades, the world has been fighting the drug cartels, and losing, their billions of dollars making them the most powerful and destructive organizations on earth. Until one man is asked to take charge. Paul Devereaux used to run Special Operations for the CIA before they retired him for being too ruthless. Now he can have anything he requires, do anything he thinks necessary. The war is on.
9) The Afghan
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English
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When British and American intelligence catch wind of a major Al Qaeda operation in the works, they instantly galvanize--but to do what? They know nothing about it: 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 Guantánamo Bay and a former senior commander of the Taliban. The Afghan is also Colonel Mike Martin, a twenty-five-year...
13) The Odessa file
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Viking Press
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[1972]
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English
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An elderly Jewish man's diary leads a newspaperman on a manhunt to track down members of ODESSA, a powerful secret organization formed by the SS to protect and re-establish its fugitive members throughout the world.
17) La lista
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Plaza y Jan�es
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2014
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Español
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En el norte de Virginia se encuentra la sede de la TOSA, una unidad gubernamental de actividades de soporte para operaciones t�ecnicas. Bajo este nombre tan poco preciso se esconde su verdadera y �unica misi�on: identificar, localizar y destruir a quienes representan una amenaza para Estados Unidos. Los nombres de todos ellos se apuntan en una lista aprobada por el presidente y conocida como: la lista de los asesinables. Esta organizaci�on...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1999
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English
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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.