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The Veteran

Five Heart-Stopping Stories

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The Veteran

By: Frederick Forsyth
Narrated by: Patrick Macnee, Bruce Boxleitner, Christopher Cazenove
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From master storyteller Frederick Forsyth - best-selling author of The Day of the Jackal and The Odessa File - comes this collection of five suspenseful gems.

Justice does not always come easily, and it comes in many guises. On the seedier side of London, a shopkeeper witnesses a brutal beating in “The Veteran” (read by Patrick Macnee). In a better neighborhood, a famous London auction house is scammed in “The Art of the Matter” (also read by Macnee). The additional stories recount a persecution in 16th century Sienna (“The Miracle” - read by Christopher Cazenove), a mid-flight drug smuggling heist (“The Citizen” - also read by Macnee), and the lone survivor of Custer's Last Stand (“Whispering Wind” - read by Bruce Boxleitner). Mixing together the elements of great suspense - revenge, mystery, murder and deception - this collection is Forsyth at his best.

©2014 Frederick Forsyth (P)2001 Phoenix Books, Inc. Anthologies & Short Stories Short Stories Fiction England
Well-researched Stories • Gripping Narratives • Twisty Endings • Superior Storytelling • Great Stories
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Frederick Forsyth is a superior author and the narrators of these 5 stories were also superior. These stories were not short stories, as the total length was over 12 hours. As Mr. Forsyth has matured, his story telling just gets better and better.

I loved the twisty endings of the first 4. Spoiler Alert: I cried throughout the last story and it did not have the happy ending I would have liked, but it did have a twisty ending. Raising a child by a single mother is hard.

Wonderful Stories

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If only for the first perfect story this is well worth the credit. Recommended highly

Good fun

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great stories and excellent narration
deserves 10/10 even the least story seemed unlikely to hold my interest but did

great stuff will work listening great stories

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5 great stories with a wonderful twist only forsyth could write. Highly recommended. expect to be surprised by each ending

never disappointed by forsyth

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Five brilliant short stories by the master, Frederic Forsyth. Highly recommended. Five stories are each completely different, but all have the Forsyth hallmarks of well-researched and gripping stories.

Masterful

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Good narration, five great stories from one of my favorite authors. Enjoyed very much. Recommend.

veteran

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Really enjoyed this collection of shorter works by Forsyth. He proves once again why he's one of the great storytellers of our time.

Strong collection of stories

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Since the publisher has not yet provided an index, here it is:
THE VETERAN - CH 1-26 - READ BY MCNEE
THE ART OF THE MATTER - CH 27-48 - READ BY MCNEE
THE STORY ABOUT SIENNA - CH 49-56 - READ BY CASENOVE
THE CITIZEN - CH 57-65 - READ BY MCNEE
WHISPERING WIND - CH 66-99 - READ BY BOXLEITNER

Here is the index to the five stories

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I thought I had the best of the best with Tom Clancy and LeCarre’. I’m so glad to have discovered Forsyth. He’s right up there with the best of them, at least in my humble opinion.

Engrossing!

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That there were not more stories as the caliber of the tales was very good.

Great narrative from a seasoned writer. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes several good yarns!,

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