A chilling story of modern terrorism from the grandmaster of international intrigue T he 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 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 its impossible to plant someone Impossible unless The Afghan is Izmat Khan a five-year prisoner of GuantxEnamo Bay and a former senior commander of the Taliban The Afghan is also Colonel Mike Martin a twenty-five-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 into which he is about to enter Or for the terrible things he will find there Filled with remarkable detail and compulsive drama The Afghan is further proof that Forsyth is truly master of suspense.
