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The Deceiver

By: Frederick Forsyth
Narrated by: Christian Rodska
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Sam McCready is The Deceiver, one of the Secret Intelligence Service's most unorthodox and most valued operatives, a legend in his own time. The end of the cold war has, however, strengthened the hand of the Whitehall mandarins, to whom he seems about as controllable as Genghis Khan, so Sam is to have his fate decided at a special hearing.

As part of the proceedings, four of Sam's key operations are reviewed: a clandestine mission into East Germany in 1985 to contact the top Russian spy General Pankratin; a KGB colonel who wants to defect; an audacious Qaddafi-inspired plot to ship arms to the IRA; and the occasion when McCready presided over the aftermath of political murder and mayhem in the Caribbean.

©1992 Frederick Forsyth (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Espionage Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense China Russia Cold War
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Frederick Forsyth novels never disappoint.
This book, however, is in a class of its own. I couldn’t wait to hear the next chapter and yet I was disappointed when it ended, because I wanted more.
Even though I worked out the penultimate twist, it was fascinating how it evolved.
For a reader/listener I think FF is a national treasure. And his autobiography goes some way to explain why he can pull off these complex plots with ease.

FF - a real stunner

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I am an avid Frederick Forsyth fan and decided to try the audiobooks. The narrator Christian Rodska truly brings this brilliant author's books to life.

Fantastic!

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Thoroughly enjoyed The Deceiver. Brilliantly constructed and researched. Forsyth generously creates several fascinating stories for a single idiosyncratic character who attempts to save the day. I won’t tell you if he manages to do so, though. You’ll just have to listen to them if you want to know.

Great craftsmanship. For spy novel lovers

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Slightly heavy on the background details and a somewhat contrived way of hanging together three spy stories and an Agatha Christie style detective tale but really enjoyable. Superb narration.

Excellent

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Enjoyable & very absorbing read even though describing a time 30 years past. Good writing doesn’t age.

Enjoyable and absorbing

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