- Title:
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The Afghan (MP3)
- Written by:
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Frederick Forsyth
- Read by:
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Steven Crossley
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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10 hours 44 minutes
- MP3 size:
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446 MB
- Published:
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December 28 2016
- Available Date:
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December 28 2016
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781486288519
- Genres:
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Fiction; Spy & Espionage
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Price
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International bestselling author
'Forsyth's storytelling mastery goes from strength to strength. Don't ever imagine that you know what's going to happen next.'
The Mirror
Combining meticulous research with crisp narratives and plots as current as the headlines, Forsyth shows us the world as it is, in a way that few have ever been able to equal.
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 ...
'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