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| Book Title | Avenger |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Author | Frederick Forsyth |
| Publisher | St. Martin’s Paperbacks |
| Published | 2004 |
| Format | Mass Market Paperback |
| Condition | Good |
| Condition Notes | Vintage-style mass-market paperback showing moderate reading and shelf wear. The front cover has rubbing, surface scratches, edge wear, and creasing, particularly along the spine edge and corners. There is significant sticker-removal/scuff damage across the upper-right portion of the cover, obscuring part of the promotional text. Corners show bending and wear, but the cover remains firmly attached and the main title artwork is bright and clearly readable. A solid Good reading copy with noticeable cosmetic wear. |
| Condition | Good |
A brutal murder has gone unpunished, and one grieving grandfather is determined to see justice done.
The man he turns to is Calvin Dexter, a seemingly ordinary New Jersey attorney with a hidden past. Years earlier, Dexter served as a highly skilled soldier in Vietnam. Now he secretly uses those abilities to hunt down criminals who have escaped the reach of conventional justice.
His target is a ruthless Serbian warlord responsible for the death of an American volunteer. Finding him means following a trail across continents and penetrating layers of protection surrounding a man who believes himself untouchable.
But Dexter’s mission soon collides with a much larger intelligence operation. As the CIA pursues its own objectives, hunter and hunted become pieces in a dangerous international game where justice, revenge, and national security may be impossible to separate.
EugeneBookStore Summary
Frederick Forsyth returns to the territory that made The Day of the Jackal a classic: meticulous planning, international intrigue, intelligence agencies, and a highly capable man pursuing an extraordinarily difficult target.
Avenger combines a personal revenge story with the machinery of a global espionage thriller. Calvin Dexter is particularly appealing—a quiet professional whose ordinary appearance hides an exceptional and dangerous past.
A strong choice for readers of Tom Clancy, Ken Follett, Robert Ludlum, Jack Higgins, and Daniel Silva.
Collector Notes
This is the St. Martin’s mass-market paperback edition of Frederick Forsyth’s Avenger, ISBN 9780312997229. It features the distinctive black cover with oversized green-and-pink lettering and the tagline “Vengeance Is a Personal War.” This is a later paperback rather than a first edition and is primarily desirable as an inexpensive reading copy or as part of a Frederick Forsyth collection. The substantial sticker-removal damage at the upper right reduces collector appeal, although the primary cover design remains attractive and recognizable.
