His weapon is the stiletto, his codename: "The Needle." He is Hitler's prize undercover agent - a cold and professional killer. It is 1944 and weeks before D-Day. The Allies are disguising their invasion plans with a phoney armada of ships and planes. Their plan would be ruined if an enemy agent found out... and then "The Needle" does just that. Hunted by MI5, he leads a murderous trail across Britain to a waiting U-Boat. But he hasn't planned for a storm-battered island, and the remarkable young woman who lives there . . . "Eye of the Needle," an international bestseller, is a heart-racingly exciting tale about the fate of the war resting in the hands of a master spy, his opponent and a brave woman. 'An absolutely terrific thriller, so pulse-pounding, so ingenious in its plotting and so frighteningly realistic that you simply cannot stop reading' "Publishers Weekly" 'A tense, marvellously detailed suspense thriller based on a solid foundation of fact.' "Sunday Times"

肯•福莱特（Ken Follett，1949-）

1949年，出生于英国威尔士

1967年，进入伦敦大学学院攻读哲学，该校校友包括甘地和泰戈尔

1970-1978年，从事记者工作

1978年，出版了处女作《风暴岛》，声名鹊起，专职写作

1989年，出版代表作《圣殿春秋》，被《泰晤士报》的读者票选为过去60年人类历史上第二伟大的小说

当代大师级历史悬疑小说作家。

2010年全球作家富豪榜上第5名。19部小说被译成30国语言，累计总销量超1亿本。在欧美国家几乎所有书店里，都能在最显眼的位置看到肯•福莱特的作品。

肯•福莱特的小说都有史实根据，就像新闻记录一样，犀利、精密而准确，据说，他的小说出版前都会请历史学家审读书稿，绝不容许出现任何史实错误。在坚实的历史基础上，还能保证文学性，文字干脆利落，绝不炫耀辞藻，以最精简的笔墨烘托出最紧张刺激的氛围，故事情节环环相扣。在他笔下，历史上的真实事件与小说中的虚构角色，天衣无缝地融合在一起，让读者在体会宏大历史的同时，更能感受到小说自身的强大魅力。