The Devil's Alternative

474 Pages·2011·1.54 MB·English

by  Forsyth Frederick

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THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
THE ODESSA FILE
THE DOGS OF WAR
THE DEVIL’S ALTERNATIVE
NO COMEBACKS
THE FOURTH PROTOCOL
THE NEGOTIATOR
THE DECEIVER
THE FIST OF GOD

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“An enormous plot that builds unfalteringly, a staggeringly well-detailed
international thriller that shows him in blazing top form.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“Vintage Forsyth: an intricate story that works!”
—Nashville Banner

“More flips than a trapeze artist, including a final twist that left this unsuspecting
reader cursing Forsyth’s cleverness—with admiration.”
—Chicago Sun-Times

“A by-the-lapels thriller that ... is disturbingly current, chillingly believable. ...
Forsyth places a million-ton bomb in its midst and lights a fuse that crackles and
races across the globe.”
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THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
THE ODESSA FILE
THE DOGS OF WAR
THE DEVIL’S ALTERNATIVE
NO COMEBACKS
THE FOURTH PROTOCOL
THE NEGOTIATOR
THE DECEIVER
THE FIST OF GOD
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PUBLISHING HISTORY
Viking edition published December 1979
Literary Guild edition March 1980

Serialized in PENTHOUSE; condensed by Reader’s Digest Condensed Books
Bantam edition / July 1980
Bantam reissue / August 1995

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Contents
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN