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His first full-length thriller in 7 years and its classic Forsyth. Highly competent, suspenseful and topical. Avenger is packed with riveting detail, fast-paced action and political suspense, while in Cal Dexter we meet a hero in the most dynamic Forsyth tradition.
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'Don't imagine you know what's going to happen next.' Mirror'An action-injected tale...with a taut showdown and an ingenious twist.' Daily MailSOLDIERYears ago, Cal Dexter was a Vietnam tunnel rat recruited to ferret out the enemy. Today, he's hired to pursue a new target - a dangerous, violent man, responsible for murdering an innocent aid worker. Dexter wants revenge, and he never misses his mark.VIGILANTEBut the beast Dexter's hunting is Zilic, a Serbian warlord who is cocooned in a fortified South American compound with the best security money can buy. And it isn't long before Dexter's personal mission explodes into a drama on the centre stage of world terrorism.AVENGERAs he draws a net around the killer, Dexter is led into a lethal trap. Then the CIA pick up his trail - and they will do anything to stop him, before his quest throws the world into chaos...*** Readers love Frederick Forsyth! ***'In a class by itself. Unputdownable.' Sunday Times 'Forsyth did away with the conventions of thriller-writing and still kept readers enthralled. He reset the whole genre.' Guardian'Meticulously researched' BBC''Forsyth...personified the journalist-author as superstar.' Telegraph 'A genuine writer with honed skills and equally honed imagination.' FIVE-STARS'Exciting and brutal.' FIVE-STARS'Totally unputdownable!' FIVE-STARS'A fast paced story and a really good read.' FIVE-STARS***Don't miss Revenge of Odessa, the new book from Frederick Forsyth and Tony Kent***
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Avenger Synopsis
'Don't imagine you know what's going to happen next.' Mirror
'An action-injected tale...with a taut showdown and an ingenious twist.' Daily Mail
SOLDIER
Years ago, Cal Dexter was a Vietnam tunnel rat recruited to ferret out the enemy. Today, he's hired to pursue a new target - a dangerous, violent man, responsible for murdering an innocent aid worker. Dexter wants revenge, and he never misses his mark.
VIGILANTE
But the beast Dexter's hunting is Zilic, a Serbian warlord who is cocooned in a fortified South American compound with the best security money can buy. And it isn't long before Dexter's personal mission explodes into a drama on the centre stage of world terrorism.
AVENGER
As he draws a net around the killer, Dexter is led into a lethal trap. Then the CIA pick up his trail - and they will do anything to stop him, before his quest throws the world into chaos...
*** Readers love Frederick Forsyth! ***
'In a class by itself. Unputdownable.' Sunday Times
'Forsyth did away with the conventions of thriller-writing and still kept readers enthralled. He reset the whole genre.' Guardian
'Meticulously researched' BBC
''Forsyth...personified the journalist-author as superstar.' Telegraph
'A genuine writer with honed skills and equally honed imagination.' FIVE-STARS
'Exciting and brutal.' FIVE-STARS
'Totally unputdownable!' FIVE-STARS
'A fast paced story and a really good read.' FIVE-STARS
***Don't miss Revenge of Odessa, the new book from Frederick Forsyth and Tony Kent***
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781804997536 |
| Publication date: |
19th June 2025 |
| Author: |
Frederick Forsyth |
| Publisher: |
Penguin Books an imprint of Transworld |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
429 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Action Adventure
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About Frederick Forsyth
Frederick Forsyth is the author of ten bestselling novels: The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Dogs of War, The Devil's Alternative, The Fourth Protocol, The Negotiator, The Deceiver, The Fist of God, Icon and Avenger. His other works include The Biafra Story, The Shepherd, two short story collection, No Comebacks and The Veteran, and a sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, The Phantom of Manhattan. He has also collected together an anthology of flying tales, Great Flying Stories, which includes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Roald Dahl, Len Deighton and H.G. Wells. He lives in Hertfordshire, England.
In February 2012 Frederick Forsyth was announced as the winner of the prestigious CWA Diamond Dagger 2012. Chair of the CWA Peter James said, “Frederick Forsyth is a hugely deserving recipient and The Day of the Jackal remains one of the greatest thrillers of our times. He has set a new standard of research-based authenticity with his writing, which has had a major influence both on my work and on many of my contemporaries in the crime and thriller field. We are very thrilled that he has accepted this award.”
The CWA Diamond Dagger is a much-coveted lifetime achievement award and as the name suggests, it was sponsored by Cartier, who have done so since its inception in 1986 through to 2011. The winners’ careers have been marked by sustained excellence, and they have made a significant contribution to crime fiction published in the English language.
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