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  • Published: 30 June 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446486078
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 544

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Gripping thriller set in a collapsing Russia, with the Western alliance trying to prevent a potential fascist dictator coming to power.

'One of his best works for a long time' Sunday Times
'Another strong performance by a writer who know exactly what he's about' Publisher's Weekly
'A cunningly constructed action thriller . . . the story is terrifying and timely and grips you to the end' Daily Telegraph
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From the world-renowned, bestselling author of The Day of the Jackal and The Fox

It is 1999 and Russia is on the edge of total implosion.

Social and moral order has collapsed. The only rule is imposed by mafia-like criminal gangs. And a visionary patriot whose voice rises above it all: Igor Komarov.

It is in to this world that former CIA agent Jason Monk is plunged. Drawn out of retirement by the CIA's desperate bid to halt Komarov's meteoric rise, he must slip back in to Russia undetected and carry out a covert mission that the world depends on. With Komarov set to win the next election, Monk discovers a secret document that is smuggled in to the British Embassy in Moscow. Named The Black Manifesto, it reveals Komarov's horrifying and deadly secret agenda.

With many Western leaders persuaded that Komraov can lead his country into a new age, and the election looming, time is running out. . .

  • Published: 30 June 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446486078
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 544

About the author

Frederick Forsyth

Frederick Forsyth is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of seventeen novels, including The Day of the Jackal and The Odessa File, as well as short story collections and a memoir. A former Air Force pilot, and one-time print and television reporter for the BBC, he has had four movies and two television miniseries made from his works. He is the winner of three Edgar Awards, and in 2012 he won the Diamond Dagger Award from the Crime Writers' Association, a lifetime achievement award for sustained excellence. He lives in Hertfordshire, England.

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'A 100% copper-bottomed, no quibble guarantee of enjoyment. He is brilliant at suspense. The excitement and danger are desperately well done'

Daily Mail

'A cunningly constructed action thriller...Forsyth's narrative surges along with great power; the story is terrifying and timely...grips you to the end'

Daily Telegraph

'A great read...One that lives up to the standards he has set since The Day of the Jackal'

Daily Express

'One of his best...an all too real look at a chilling new millennium'

The Sunday Times

'Vintage, action-packed Forsyth'

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