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Russia faces famine. The Soviets are forced to pin their hopes for survival on the U.S. But as the KGB and the CIA watch in horror, the rescue of a Ukrainian freedom fighter from the Black Sea unleashes savagery that endangers peace--and plunges leaders from Washington to Moscow into a web of overwhelming intrigue, terror, and suspense. Only two lovers can save the world from nuclear destruction. Yet every way out means certain death. and the countdown has already begun.

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.

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An astonishing discovery is made in the remote African republic of Zangaro, one which could change the course of a nations history forever. But news of the discovery has reached Russia - and suddenly Manson finds he no longer makes the rules in this power game.

It is Christmas Eve, 1957. Flying home, on leave from Germany, he is alone in the cockpit of the Vampire. Sixty-six minutes of flying time, with the descent and landing - destination Lakenheath. Suddenly, out of the mist appears a World War II bomber. It is flying just below the Vampire, as of trying to make contact...

Frederick Forsyth lo ha visto todo, y vivió para contarlo ...A los dieciocho años, Forsyth fue el piloto más joven de la RAF.A los veinticinco años, estuvo destinado en Berlín Oriental como periodista durante la Guerra Fria.Antes de cumplir los treinta años estaba en Africa cubriendo la guerra civil mas sangrienta que se recuerda.Tres años mas tarde escribio su primera novela, El dia del chacal. Nunca miro atras. Forsyth ha vivido algunos de los momentos mas emocionantes del siglo pasado desde dentro, viajando por el mundo, una o dos veces en el servicio secreto de su Majestad. Le han disparado, ha sido detenido, incluso ha sido seducido por un agente encubierto.Pero al mismo tiempo sentia que era un extraño. Esta es su historia.

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....

Frederick Forsyth, autor de bestsellers universales como Chacal o El cuarto protocolo, se adentra en los entresijos del terrorismo global de última generación - cuyo máximo exponente es Al-Qaeda- para presentarnos esta trepidante aventura protagonizada por un agente britanico que se infiltrara en la organizacion. Su objetivo: desbaratar un terrible atentado. Un thriller de alta tension que profundiza con exhaustividad y gran pulso narrativo en los secretos mas bien guardados del terrorismo integrista.

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...