In Vietnam hat Cal Dexter als 'Maulwurf' unmenschliche Erfahrungen gemacht. Nach dem Krieg muss er, nachdem seine Tochter brutal ermordet worden ist, erleben, dass die Justiz nicht im Stande ist, für Gerechtigkeit zu sorgen. In seiner Verzweiflung bringt Dexter die Schuldigen selbst zur Strecke. Doch sein Zorn verliert danach nicht an Kraft. Im Verborgenen wird der erfolgreiche Anwalt zur letzten Hoffnung derer, denen Gerechtigkeit versagt bleibt. So jagt er unter dem Geheimcode 'Nimrod' den serbischen Schlächter Zoran Zilic - und er spürt ihn auf: In einer Festung in Südamerika, geschützt von höchsten Regierungs- und Geheimdienstkreisen ...
A young American aid volunteer, Ricky Colenso, is brutally murdered in former Yugoslavia. His grandfather, the Canadian billionaire Steven Edmond, is bent on revenge. The quest to find Ricky's murderer leads Edmond to Cal Dexter, ex-Vietnam Special Forces, the one man who could bring the killer to justice. But what starts as a personal, domestic tragedy soon explodes into a terrifying drama on the centre stage of world terrorism.
From the battlefield of Vietnam via war-torn Serbia to the jungles of Central America, Avenger is packed with riveting detail, breathtaking action and political suspense, while in Cal Dexter we meet an unforgettable hero in the most dynamic Forsyth tradition.
A young American aid volunteer, Ricky Colenso, is brutally murdered in former Yugoslavia. His grandfather, the Canadian billionaire Steven Edmond, is bent on revenge. The quest to find Ricky's murderer leads Edmond to Cal Dexter, ex-Vietnam Special Forces, the one man who could bring the killer to justice. But what starts as a personal, domestic tragedy soon explodes into a terrifying drama on the centre stage of world terrorism.
From the battlefield of Vietnam via war-torn Serbia to the jungles of Central America, Avenger is packed with riveting detail, breathtaking action and political suspense, while in Cal Dexter we meet an unforgettable hero in the most dynamic Forsyth tradition.