#1 New York Times bestselling author Frederick Forsyth�� unforgettable novel of a conspiracy, a killer, and the one man who can stop him��
He is known only as ��he Jackal���� cold, calculating assassin without emotion, or loyalty, or equal. He�� just received a contract from an enigmatic employer to eliminate one of the most heavily guarded men in the world��harles De Gaulle, president of France.
It is only a twist of fate that allows the authorities to discover the plot. They know next to nothing��nly that the assassin is on the move. To track him, they dispatch their finest detective, Claude Lebel, on a manhunt that will push him to his limit, in a race to stop an assassin�� bullet from reaching its target.
He is known only as ��he Jackal���� cold, calculating assassin without emotion, or loyalty, or equal. He�� just received a contract from an enigmatic employer to eliminate one of the most heavily guarded men in the world��harles De Gaulle, president of France.
It is only a twist of fate that allows the authorities to discover the plot. They know next to nothing��nly that the assassin is on the move. To track him, they dispatch their finest detective, Claude Lebel, on a manhunt that will push him to his limit, in a race to stop an assassin�� bullet from reaching its target.