A new direction for the bestselling author of The Jackal sees him turn to the shadowy world of cybercrime as a teenage boy proves to be the ultimate weapon in a thrilling game of cat and mouse.
The master storyteller is back with a classic race-against-time thriller with a modern edge.
Most weapons do what you tell them. Most weapons you can control. But what if the most dangerous weapon in the world isn't a smart missile or a stealth submarine or even an AI computer programme?
What if it's a 17-year-old boy with a blisteringly brilliant mind, who can run rings around the most sophisticated security services across the globe, who can manipulate that weaponry and turn it against the superpowers themselves?How valuable would he be? And what wouldn't you do to get hold of him?
The Fox is a race-against-time thriller across continents to find and capture, or protect and save, an asset with the means to change the balance of world power. Whatever happens he must not fall into the wrong hands. Because what follows after that is unthinkable...
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 9780552175784
Number of pages: 384
Weight: 262 g
Dimensions: 198 x 127 x 23 mm
Forsyth deserves his place among the thriller greats - The Times
The pages virtually turn themselves - Barry Forshaw, Guardian
The five year wait for Forsyth’s latest sensation has been worth every second. - Daily Express
Forsyth has lost none of his storytelling finesse and geopolitical grasp . . . this is Forsyth at his spellbinding best - Daily Mail
Ripped from today’s headlines . . . Forsyth fashions our contemporary reality into an assured thriller - Mail on Sunday
This is a story which is very up to date. The book is about a war by computer hacking by an eighteen year old boy with Aspergers called the Fox. Its UK, USA and Israel versus Russian, Iran and North Korea. The best... More
I found this story a hard read, couldn't even finish it. His previous thrillers are great, yet this one was a waste. Current trends are normally brilliant, however this one never got me interested. You knew... More
This twisting and turning look into International espionage is Mr Forsyth's latest well researched and engrossing novel. Following the trend begun in his "The Day of the Jackal" it is a story of the... More
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