Afghan

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When British & 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 & its impossible to plant someone. Impossible unless... The Afghan is Izmat Khan a five-year prisoner of Guantanamo Bay & 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 & 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 & then extraordinary luck for nothing can truly prepare Martin for the dark & 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 & 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. & the world as it is today is a very scary place..."