Frederick forsyth is, for me, a writer at the height of John le CarréAuthors both very knowledgeable in the field of espionage, when espionage was a matter more typical of agents who moved around the world instead of hackers leaning against the computer.
The profession, when it becomes an absolute or fully vocational dedication, permeates any other activity of the subject. And under that premise the work of Frederick Forsyth, a monumental set of novels on military aspects and cold wars, as well as on espionage and international plots. Novels moved through authentic thrillers and adventures to the limit.
Of course, among all his bibliography, I have my favorite novels. And to that we go.
3 Recommended Novels by Frederick Forsyth
The dogs of war
Sometimes I have to admit that I have a certain predilection for the first novel that passes through my hands as an author. Because it is that book that leads me to new adventures from the same pen. And the truth is that this book has everything in that narrative intention to entertain and surprise by how the gear of the world works.
Summary: The world of mercenaries forms the backdrop for this great work by Frederick Forsyth. In the foreground, a fast-paced anecdote reveals some sinister and little-known aspects of certain activities: mining, high finance, banking, and the world of arms dealers.
From Paris to Ostend and Marseille, where the mercenaries are recruited; from Bern to Bruges, where the financial operations are set up; and from Germany to Italy, Greece and Yugoslavia, where weapons are bought; Forsyth unveils, in an exciting literary journey, a world in which not only guns, but those who shoot them, are sold to the highest bidder.
Jackal
Political suspense novel where they exist. One of those immortal characters, half spy half free agent in search of his new justice. A Robin Hood of the XNUMXth century.
Summary: The Jackal has chosen August 25, Liberation Day, to carry out the most daring and risky task that has ever been entrusted to anyone, although to pay it it is necessary to wipe out all the Banks and jewelers in France.
Half Europe is upset: thousands of telegraph cables are crossed in a devilish and frantic race to prevent without arousing suspicions, to find out data, to confront dates ...
The name of the Jackal is due precisely to that implacable ferocity, to that subtle cunning that makes him slip through the fingers of his pursuers, demonstrating his brilliant intelligence and his deep knowledge of men and their weaknesses. Not in vain this novel has deeply shaken millions of readers around the world.
The afghan
With a more current theme, in this novel Forsyth opens up to the new current international dangers ...
Summary: The intervention of a mobile phone allows the British and American secret services to be on the trail of an attack, which is presumed very bloody, by al-Qaida.
Little else is known about it and attempts to discover it are fruitless. So there is only one option: infiltrate someone into the fabric of the terrorist organization. The chosen one is retired Colonel Mike Martin, born in Iraq and who for a quarter of a century has served in the most dangerous parts of the world.
Martin will have to supplant Izmat Jan, a prominent Taliban leader, imprisoned in Guantánamo. And while Martin prepares for the most dangerous mission of his life, the organization of the attack continues its course. If it goes well, it will change the fate of the world; and everyone knows that no one has ever managed to infiltrate al-Qaida ...
