Frederick Forsyth

Most weapons do what you tell them. Most weapons you can control. But what if the most dangerous weapon in the world isn?t a smart missile or a stealth submarine or even an AI computer program? What if it?s a 17-year-old boy with a blisteringly brilliant mind, who can run rings around the most sophisticated security services across the globe, who can manipulate that weaponry and turn it against the superpowers themselves? How valuable would he be?...

The kill list : a top secret catalogue of names held at the highest level of the US government. On it, those men and women who would threaten the world's security. And at the top of it, The Preacher, a radical Islamic cleric whose sermons inspire his followers to kill high profile Western targets. As the bodies begin to pile up, the message goes ou

Deception, blackmail, murder and revenge - these are the themes of stories that move from London to the Spanish coast, from Mauritius to Dublin. Whether his subject is assassination or confidence tricks, Frederick Forsyth is always compulsive. Originally published: London: Hutchinson, 1982