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  • Published: 30 May 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446474495
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 448

The Fourth Protocol




The chilling thriller from an international bestselling phenomenon

A chilling thriller from the international bestselling author of THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, THE ODESSA FILE and THE DOGS OF WAR

'Frederick Forsyth is a master' WASHINGTON POST
'Freddie Forsyth was the world's first rockstar writer' PETER JAMES
'Forsyth deserves his place among the thriller greats' THE TIMES

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Plan Aurora, hatched in a remote dacha in the forest outside Moscow and initiated with relentless brilliance and skill, is a plan within a plan that, in its spine-chilling ingenuity, breaches the ultra-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare.

A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a jigsaw of devastation. MI5 investigator John Preston, working against the most urgent of deadlines, leads an operation to prevent the act of murderous destruction aimed at tumbling Britain into revolution...

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Readers love The Fourth Protocol:

'One of the best spy books around.' 5-star reader review

'The Fourth Protocol is my favourite spy novel of all time.' 5-star reader review

'Trust a master story teller to write an epic!' 5-star reader review

'I have probably read this book cover-to-cover a dozen times.' 5-star reader review

'Have read this book several times but a re-visit every so often seems to be inevitable and worth my time.' 5-star reader review

  • Published: 30 May 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446474495
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 448

About the author

Frederick Forsyth

Former RAF pilot and investigative journalist Frederick Forsyth defined the modern thriller when he wrote The Day of the Jackal, described by Lee Child as ‘the book that broke the mould’, with its lightning-paced storytelling, effortlessly cool reality and unique insider information. After that, he wrote thirteen novels which became bestsellers around the world: The Odessa File, The Dogs of War, The Devil’s Alternative, The Fourth Protocol, The Negotiator, The Deceiver, The Fist of God, Icon, Avenger, The Afghan, The Cobra, The Kill List and The Fox. He also published his memoirs in The Outsider. Frederick Forsyth died in June 2025.

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Praise for The Fourth Protocol

Forsyth remains a superior entertainer

Kirkus Reviews

A triumph of plot, construction and research

The Times

Pure unadulterated plot

New York Times

A triumph . . . as good as any Forsyth since The Jackal

The Times

Forsyth's best book so far

Washington Post

The most fascinating, informative and suspenseful spy novel since le Carre's The Little Drummer Girl

Irish Press

When it comes to espionage, international intrigue and suspense, Frederick Forsyth is a master

The Washington Post