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THE FOURTH PROTOCOL A jewel robbery in London's West End forms the deceptively simple opening to Frederick Forsyth's fifth novel, the first since The Devil's Alternative. But there is much more at stake than a handful of rare diamonds in this, his most ambitious book to date. Gradually, with that mastery of story telling which he has made his own, Forsyth unfolds the details of a plan of spine-chilling ingenuity designed to shatter the defences of the West and change the face of British society for ever - a plan that, in its cynical ruthlessness, will breach the ultra secret Fourth Protocol and turn the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. Hatched in a remote dacha in the forest outside Moscow, Plan Aurora is executed with relentless brilliance and skill by a hand-picked team. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet Suffolk town, begins to assemble the pieces of a jigsaw of devastation. Working blind on the faintest of clues, obstructed by his own chief, MIS investigator John Preston leads an operation of the greatest urgency, Continued on back flap ISBN 0-09-158630-5 90000 £9.95 net 9 780091 586300 IN UK ONLY Continued from front flap racing against an unknown deadline - and against internecine feuding and lethal power games among his own supenors. Even by the standards of Frederick Forsyth's earlier novels The Fourth Protocol is outstanding-for sheer excitement, for incomparable story telling, for its rivetingly authentic detail, for its revelations about the explosive interface between politics and intelligence activity on both sides. The Fourth Protocol is a mighty entertainment by the world's master thriller-writer, a superlative adventure in a class of its own. Frederick Forsyth is forty-six and lives in London with his wife and two sons. He is the author of The Biafra Story, The Shep herd, The Day ofthe Jackal, The Odessa File, The Dogs ofWar, The Devil's Alternative and the short story collection No Comebacks. ISBN 0 091 58630 5 Jacket design by Raymond Ha w key Jacket illustration by Harry Willock Jacket originated by Brian Gregory Associates Ltd and printed by Jolly and Barber Ltd in Great Britain .

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