The Afghan by Frederick Forsyth

`One of the world`s best thriller writers` - Wall Street Journal When British and American intelligence catch wind a major A1 Qaeda operation in the works, they are primed for action but what can they do? They know nothing about the attack; the what, where or when. They have no sources in A queda, and it`s impossible to plant someone. Impossible, unless... The Afgan is Izmat Khan, a five year prisoner of Guantanamo. Bay and a former senior commander of the Taliban. The Afgan also Colonel Mike Martin, a 25 year veteran of war zones around the world, a daark, lean man born and rised in Iraq. In an attempt to stave of f disaster, the intelligence agencies will try to do what no one has ever done before pass off a Westerner as an Arab among Arabs - pass of Martin as the trusted Khan. It will require extraordinary preparation, and then extraorordinary luck, for nothing can truly prepare Martin for the dark and shifting world he is about to enter. Or for the terrible things he will find there...