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When British and American intelligence catch wind of a major Al Qaeda operation in the works, they are primed for action - but what can they do? They know nothing about the attack: the what, where or when. They have no sources in Al Qaeda, and it's impossible to plant someone. Impossible, unless ... The Afghan is Izmat Khan, a five-year prisoner of Guantanamo Bay and a former senior commander of the Taliban. The Afghan is also Colonel Mike Martin, a 25-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 he is about to enter. Or for the terrible things he will find there ...

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'Forsyth's storytelling mastery goes from strength to strength. Don't ever imagine that you know what's going to happen next.' -- The Mirror 'Forsyth on top form ... the master storyteller has lost none of his touch.' -- The Daily Mail 'Vintage Forsyth ... Back doing what he does best.' -- The Sunday Times 'Exciting, frightening, instructive.' -- Literary Review

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Frederick Forsyth, CBE is an English author and occasional political commentator. Steven Crossley is an English theatre, television and radio drama actor. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and has established an acting career on both sides of the Atlantic in New York and London. He has narrated over 200 audiobooks and has won multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, for The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie and Sharpe's Fury by Bernard Cornwell, among others.

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