"Fist of God" by Frederick Forsyth. Saddam's invasion of Kuwait is used as the basis of the story.
Israel has a traitor, Jericho, in Saddam's cabinet but has no one to 'run' him. America decides to pay for his services and UK decides to send in a british operative called Mike Martin, who can pass as Arab, to 'run' Jericho.
He finds out about the existance of 'Fist of God', a WMD, which is hidden with genius disguise. Attempts are made to locate 'Fist of God' and destroy it.
Does he find 'Fist of God' ? Is it destroyed? Does Martin survive? Has it anything to do with the outcome of Gulf war?
Idea of using an operative who can pass as local was also employed by Forsyth in his later book 'The Afgan', though I read that first.
Forsyth has deliberately kept the narrative simple and neutral. He has used real life figures like Thatcher, Bush, Netanyahu, General Shawrzkopf as characters in the story. His objective of blending fact with fiction and making it difficult to make out one from other has suceeded beautifully.
A long and detailed book but a good read.
Israel has a traitor, Jericho, in Saddam's cabinet but has no one to 'run' him. America decides to pay for his services and UK decides to send in a british operative called Mike Martin, who can pass as Arab, to 'run' Jericho.
He finds out about the existance of 'Fist of God', a WMD, which is hidden with genius disguise. Attempts are made to locate 'Fist of God' and destroy it.
Does he find 'Fist of God' ? Is it destroyed? Does Martin survive? Has it anything to do with the outcome of Gulf war?
Idea of using an operative who can pass as local was also employed by Forsyth in his later book 'The Afgan', though I read that first.
Forsyth has deliberately kept the narrative simple and neutral. He has used real life figures like Thatcher, Bush, Netanyahu, General Shawrzkopf as characters in the story. His objective of blending fact with fiction and making it difficult to make out one from other has suceeded beautifully.
A long and detailed book but a good read.
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