From the bestselling author of The Day of the Jackal, internationalmaster of intrigue Frederick Forsyth, comes a thriller that brilliantlyblends fact with fiction for one of this summer's--or any season's--mostexplosive 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.

弗·福賽斯（Frederick Forsyth, 1938~）

國際政治驚悚小說大師，最受情報界推崇的間諜小說作傢。他的小說用新聞寫作的手法，以翔實的事實調查為基礎，並充滿精確的技術細節。他筆下的人物具有高智商的邏輯思維、訓練有素的專業性、堅決徹底的執行力、快速的危機處理和應變能力，堪稱項目策劃實施的至高典範。

福賽斯本人的經曆很傳奇：6歲就曾試圖搭載美軍坦剋去諾曼底參戰，16歲偷偷單獨駕駛雙翼飛機翱翔藍天，19歲成為英國皇傢空軍史上最年輕的戰鬥機飛行員。能講英、法、德、俄、西班牙等多國語言，曾任英國路透社、BBC記者，深入局勢動蕩地區采訪時，曾與雇傭兵、職業刺客、軍火販子等打過交道，多次在流彈中死裏逃生。

福賽斯對世界各國的政治主張、曆史恩怨、宗教矛盾、民俗風情、特種部隊、間諜手法、武器裝備等瞭如指掌，他的小說素有“殺手指南”“間諜培訓手冊”之稱。他對國際陰謀和情報的敏感與前瞻性，讓美國中情局、英國密情局、以色列摩薩德等情報機構不得不時時關注著他。

2012年2月16日，英國“犯罪小說作傢協會”（CWA）授予福賽斯終身成就奬——“鑽石匕首奬”(Cartier Diamond Dagger)。