Avenger

By: Frederick Forsyth

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

Frederick Forsyth is back with a Avenger! A heart-stopping thriller of murder, intrigue, deception, and revenge

Attorney Calvin Dexter hangs his shingle in a quiet New Jersey town, has a reasonably successful practice, and takes the hills strong while triathlon training. But Dexter is no ordinary lawyer. On Sundays, he reads the paper and shuffles around his dark, empty house, trying to forget about a life he has lost forever.

Until, of course, Dexter reads something in the papers that sends him the necessary signal. Until one of the handful who know of Dexter's other life tries to contact him. For in a world that has forgotten right and wrong, few can settle a score like Cal Dexter can.

But the game is changing, and this time CIA agent Kevin McBride must find a way to stop Dexter before his quest for vengeance throws the world into chaos.

©2003 Frederick Forsyth (P)2003 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC

Critic reviews

"A totally engrossing thriller." (Booklist)

👍

Incredibly written book. there's a reason Forsyth remains my favorite writer. The narrator does this work justice as well. Very well done.

A classic!

Excellent book. My only problem was at times keeping track of characters. But that was my problem; not the author's. Narrator excellent.

Great !

The story, which brings together the Bosnian war and Al Qaida, is full of tension up to the last minute

Great book

I really enjoyed the main character, Avenger, although I did not enjoy hearing about the sad events that made him what he became. The narrator, Eric Conger, is fantastic -- first listened to him with the John Sandford/Virgil Flowers books, and chose this book specifically because of him. It was a thrilling book, clever, and satisfactory in the ending. I stayed up past my bedtime to hear the conclusion!

Excellent!

Love this book. I’m working my way through all of Forsyth’s novels and this is top notch. I have yet to read one his books that wasn’t

Forsythe at his best!

The Avenger is an excellent combination of fact with fiction. The story is absolutely compelling and filled with exciting suspence. Right up until the last 45 min. of tape I had no idea how the protagonist was going to get out of his assignment alive. I couldn't put my ipod down, wanted to listen 24/7!

Great READ

What did you love best about Avenger?

Character is interesting...story line keeps your interest

What was one of the most memorable moments of Avenger?

the ending took me completely by surprise

Have you listened to any of Eric Conger’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Love Eric Conger as a reader....really good voice

Lots of History

The author does a great job of laying out historical background of modern antagonisms; so much so, that he sometimes loses the story. I found myself forgeting that the book had anying to do with a murdered aid worker. But it had a great ending.

Fiction dangerously close to the truth

This is a well written story, with characters and plot that will draw you in, but beyond that, it deals with issues (terrorism, UBL, CIA rules of opperation) that are right off of today's headlines. It is a great story that will make you think about the issues that the inteligence community struggled with prior to 9-11.

This is one of the best

I was drawn to this title because of the Odessa file. I was glad I did. I specially like how friendships between warriors were portrayed