num_pages: 573
description: From the bestselling author of The Day of the Jackal, international master of intrigue Frederick Forsyth, comes a thriller that brilliantly  blends fact with fiction for one of this summer's--or any season's--most  explosive reads!From the behind-the-scenes decision-making of the Allies to the secret meetings of Saddam Hussein's war cabinet, from the brave American fliers running their dangerous missions over Iraq to the heroic young spy planted deep in the heart of Baghdad, Forsyth's incomparable storytelling skill keeps the suspense at a breakneck pace.  Somewhere in Baghdad is the mysterious "Jericho," the traitor who is willing--for a price--to reveal what is going on in the high councils of the Iraqi dictator.  But Saddam's ultimate weapon has been kept secret even from his most trusted advisers, and the nightmare scenario that haunts General Schwarzkopf and his colleagues is suddenly imminent, unless somehow, the spy can locate that weapon--The Fist of God--in time. Peopled with vivid characters, brilliantly displaying Forsyth's incomparable, knowledge of intelligence operations and tradecraft, moving back and forth between Washington and London, Baghdad and Kuwait, desert vastnesses and city bazaars, this breathtaking novel is an utterly convincing story of what may actually have happened behind the headlines.
language: English
title: The Fist of God
titlecomplete: The Fist of God
characters: Don Walker, Chip Barber, Simon Paxman, Tim Nathanson, Kobi Dror, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., Saddam Hussein, Salah Siddiqui, Mike Martin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hassan Rahmani, Wolfgang Gemütlich, Terry Martin, Steve Laing, Edith Hardenberg, Omar Khatib, Osman Badri, Karim Aziz, Leila Al-Hilla
genres: Adventure, Spy Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, War, Thriller, Espionage, Historical Fiction, Action, Fiction
ratings_count: 12341
places: Iraq
publisher: Bantam