Frederick Forsyth - Novels

The Day of the Jackal: Awards: Edgar Awards
An adventure thriller in which an anonymous Englishman who in the spring of 1963, was hired by Colonel Marc Rodin, Operations Chief of the OAS to assassinate General De Gaulle.

The Devil's Alternative: An appalling choice faces the President of the USA and other statesmen: whichever option they choose, men are going to die. But Adam Munro is unmoved. He knows that politicians have no objection to loss of life, so long as they are not seen publicly to have had anything to do with it.

The Fourth Protocol: It is a time of political unrest in Great Britain. And behind the Iron Curtain an insidious plot is being hatched, a plan so incendiary that even the KGB is ignorant of its existence—Aurora, the sinister brainchild of two of the world's most dangerous men: the general secretary of the Soviet Union and master spy Kim Philby.

The Negotiator: 1991, Glasnost has its enemies, the worlds oil is running out and ruthless mercenaries have kidnapped the US president's son. As the world teeters on the edge of catastrophe, the negotiator goes to work.

The Deceiver: Sam McCready is The Deceiver, one of the Intelligence Service's most unorthodox and most valued operatives. The end of the Cold War has, however strenghtened the hand of those in Whitehall who wish to dispose of him.

The Fist of God: Forsyth returns with a seamless blending of the real and the imagined, of political assassination and high-tech military might, set behind the scenes of the Gulf War. As coalition forces ready for battle against the Iraqi Army, a Western spy in Baghdad seeks a mysterious traitor named Jericho, who may hold the key to locating Saddam Hussein's secret weapon.

Icon: 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. The Western alliance tries to prevent a potential fascist dictator coming to power.

The Phantom of Manhattan: With the help of the woman who had originally freed him from torment, the Phantom of the Opera escapes by ship to America to begin a new and secret life that leads him to power and wealth, until a mysterious death-bed message transforms his life once again.

The Veteran (and other stories): A collection of five heart-stopping stories from the master thriller writer — each story is a remarkable tour de force. From the war-torn Italy to the Little Big Horn, from soldiers of fortune to victims of fate,The Veteran is a riveting experience in crime, heroism, and the kind of mano-a-mano duels-and surprising twists of fate-that are the hallmark of Frederick Forsyth at his very best.

The Avenger: A young American aid volunteer, Billy Colenso, is brutally murdered in former Yugoslavia. His grandfather, the Canadian billionaire Steven Edmond, is bent on revenge. The quest to find Billy's murderer leads Edmond to Cal Dexter, ex-Vietnam Special Forces, the one man who could bring the killer to justice. But what starts as a personal, domestic tragedy soon explodes into a terrifying drama on the centre stage of world terrorism.

The Afghan: A chilling story of modern terrorism from the grandmaster of international intrigue. 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.

The Cobra: In a White House meeting in 2011, a covert concordat is struck to destroy the vast world-wide cocaine industry. The man chosen is a former head of Special Ops for the CIA, Paul Devereaux, nicknamed the Cobra.