The Afghan is a 2006 thriller novel by Frederick Forsyth, and concerns a planned Al Qaeda terrorist attack to take place against an unspecified target. As with other Forsyth novels, the full details of the plot are not revealed until the end. The story takes place in Indonesia, Pakistan, Guantanamo Bay, Trinidad and Tobago, Washington state and onboard various ships sailing the high seas. REUPLOAD NEEDED
First Published: 2001 Some stories also date from 2000. This is a compilation of new, short(ish) stories by Frederick Forsyth. These are the stories that were going to be published online as Quintet, but were never finished. They have now been published in book form, under the title The Veteran. The five stories included are: * The Veteran * The Miracle * The Citizen * The Art of the Matter * Whispering Wind
The abrupt raising of the Iron Curtain, it would appear, has released a thousand intriguing ghosts from the past and given the spy novel a whole new lease on life. If Finder's fiction debut doesn't outdo Frederick Forsyth in grace of style, it surpasses both Forsyth and Ludlum in density of mystery and swirl of action. At the same time--not entirely surprisingly, coming from the author of Red Carpet, a study of the intricate connections between the Kremlin and U.S. big business--the plot is crammed with and even a little overwhelmed by details regarding the darker side of Soviet history ...