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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.

Brought to you by Penguin 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...

Sam McCready is The Deceiver, one of the Secret Intelligence Service's most unorthodox and most valued operatives, a legend in his own time. The end of the cold war has, however, strengthened the hand of the Whitehall mandarins, to whom he seems about as controllable as Genghis Khan, so Sam is to have his fate decided at a special hearing.

The Kill List: 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.

The life-and-death hunt for a notorious Nazi criminal unfolds against a background of international arms deals. As the story leads to its final dramatic confrontation on a bleak winter's hill-top, the question every reader asked at the end of The Day of the Jackal will inevitably be asked again: Can this be fiction?

During those fateful weeks before Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, a fragment of radio intercept had referred to Qubth-ut-Allah, a devastating secret weapon that could rain death and destruction on the Allied forces. Despite Allied scepticism, Major Mike Martin, an SAS man who can pass as an...

The Cocaine industry is worth billions of dollars a year to the drug cartels who spread their evil seed across Western society. Its usage causes incalculable misery, poverty and death. Slowly, gradually, inexorably it is spreading...it is a blight which must be stopped. One man, Paul Devereaux...

The Phantom of the Opera goes to New York. Forsyth picks up the story following the phantom's escape to the New World, where he begins his new and secret life in a place where he carves out a kingdom of fortune and power. He builds the most glittering opera house in the world, a place to lure Christine.

The cocaine industry is worth billions of dollars a year to the drug cartels who spread their evil across Western society, causing incalculable misery, poverty and death. Slowly, gradually, inexorably it is spreading and it is a blight which must be stopped. One man, Paul Devereaux, intellectual, dedicated, utterly ruthless and ex-CIA special ops, is given what seems like an impossible task. At his disposal is anything he wants – men, resources, money. And he will not stop until he has completed his mission.

Deception, blackmail, murder, revenge - these are themes of stories that move from London to the coast of Spain, from Mauritius to Dublin. Whether his subject is assassination by stealth, gun-smuggling or the cruel confidence trick Forsyth is never less than compulsive.Here are eight stories with the Forsyth touch - a brilliant and original collection by an incomparable craftsman of suspense.

When British and US intelligence catch wind of a major Al Qaeda operation, they're ready for action. But what can they do? They know nothing about the attack, so they plant The Afghan, a prisoner of Guantanamo Bay and a former commander of the Taliban.

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...

Nel caldo torrido di un maledetto agosto, lungo le strade di un quartiere degradato, un uomo viene selvaggiamente picchiato e derubato, nell'omertosa indifferenza dei passanti. Il difensore dei due giovani aggressori è uno dei più quotati avvocati di Londra, ma durante il processo una doppia sorpresa porterà alla luce un'insospettabile verità... È questo il primo dei cinque racconti compresi nel volume. Cinque brevi thriller dotati del respiro dei romanzi. Cinque storie graffianti in cui il grande maestro ancora una volta riversa il suo tocco magico.

Tutto ha inizio con una lista di nomi: quelli di una serie di terroristi che minacciano la sicurezza nazionale. Il pericolo è reale, ma per evitare il panico generale la lista deve rimanere segreta e i criminali devono essere eliminati uno a uno, a cominciare dal più temibile, "il Predicatore", un fondamentalista islamico senza scrupoli. Solo un uomo può compiere quella che sembra una missione impossibile: l'ex marine Kit Carson. Kit, però, non sa che faccia abbia il suo nemico, dove si nasconda e quale sia il suo vero nome.

Peshawar, Pakistan. Al-Qaeda sta progettando un piano destinato a superare, per effetti distruttivi, gli attacchi dell'11 settembre 2001. Occorre saperne di più e l'unico che può riuscirci è l'ex colonnello delle forze speciali britanniche Mike Martin. Divenuto l'Afghano , Martin si infiltra in Al-Qaeda. Riuscirà a scoprire la verità e a sventare lo spaventoso attentato?

Autobiografia autora Psów wojny, Dnia Szakala, Akt Odessy, Pięści Boga i Czwartego protokołu. Filmowe wersje tych książek biły kasowe rekordy popularności. Frederick Forsyth – podróżnik, jeden z najbogatszych pisarzy wszech czasów, mieszkający na przemian w ekskluzywnej rezydencji pod Londynem i zamku Enniskerry w Irlandii (jeżeli akurat nie podróżuje po świecie). SZPIEG, WSPÓŁPRACOWNIK TAJNYCH SŁUŻB, IDOL, CELEBRYTA. Jego opowiadania mogłyby z powodzeniem służyć jako podręcznik przeprowadzania zbrojnego przewrotu, porwania czy przemytu broni na wielką skalę.

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...

Do počítačových databází Pentagonu, americké Národní bezpečnostní agentury a CIA se dostal hacker. K velkému překvapení tajných služeb je jím britský mladík s aspergerovým syndromem, Luke Jennings. Ten nemá žádný tajný záměr, jen nesmírně brilantní mozek. Zdá se, že vydání do Spojených států ho nemine – dokud bývalý britský agent Adrian Weston nedostane jiný nápad: Jestliže Luke dokáže tohle udělat nám, co může udělat našim nepřátelům? Po poradě s americkým prezidentem a britskou premiérkou se rozhodne mladíka vypustit na geopolitické minové pole ve službách USA a Velké Británie.

Die Veränderung der politischen Landkarte hat auch Folgen für den britischen Geheimdienst. Sam McCready, genannt "der Täuscher" und Spezialist für verdeckte Aktionen, rollt die riskanten Operationen hinter den weltpolitischen Fronten auf: die lautlosen Kriege der Agenten und Spione, ihre Doppelspiele zwischen Moskau und der Karibik, dem Nahen Osten und Washington.

Paříž, 1963. Velkolepé oslavy Dne osvobození se jako každý rok účastní francouzský prezident Charles de Gaulle. Kromě několika policistů nikdo ze statisícového davu netuší, že přes speciální hlídky pronikl nenápadný muž. Profesionální nájemný vrah s přezdívkou Šakal, najatý teroristickou organizací OAS, čeká v úkrytu na vhodný okamžik, aby prezidenta zastřelil. Podaří se policistům zabijáka zastavit než bude pozdě? Kdo má skutečný zájem na prezidentově smrti?