Resumo de The Veteran - Frederick Forsyth

The Veteran is an exotic assortment of four stories & one tiny novel, all bearing the unmistakable signature of forsythian suspense with nailbiting finish. While writing these stories the author Frederick Forsyth has taken a leave from his shadowy world of espionage & political treachery & has delved into the unfathomable labyrinth of human mind.The pentagram bouquet opens with the 'Veteran'; an apparently normal mugging incident goes wrong & is soon transformed into an interesting court battle where the bejeweled barrister James Vansittart simply steals away the two petty criminals Price & Cornish who were convicted of killing a nondescript person by his legal prowess. However the real charm still awaits the reader till the finishing line.'The art of the matter' revolves around the mystic & charming world of arts, auctions & vintage pictures. The story begins at the busy office of the House of Darcy, the renouned arts, auctioneers & valuers. Mr. Trumpington Gore, a definite dissolutioned loser of the world of silver screen approaches with a long forgotten family heirloom picture to compensate for a few days fasting & encounters the crooked & slithery C.E.O. of the House of Darcy, Mr. Peregrine Slade. The long forgotten picture turns out to be something else totally extraordinary. While Slade clinches the deal of his life by depriving all, both Mr. Gore & Mr. Benny Evans, the wretched valuer of the concern get a raw deal. How they turn the table against Mr. Slade & enjoy the sweet taste of revenge awaits the reader with twists here & there for the ultimate satisfaction.'The Miracle' is a true short story that starts in Siena, modern day Italy & reels back to the turbulent days of the 16th century & again zooms forward to the blood lusty days of the last phase of the second world war. It depicts, establishes & then immortalises a character in the form of a worman , Catherine di Petrucci, the daughter of one of the most influential resident of Sienna during the 16th century. She becomes a nun & in the course time metamorphoses into an angel & her silent steps are imprinted in the folklore of Sienna. Miracles do take place at the makeshift war hospital of the town & leaves everybody stunned. The story ends where it started & the spellbound american tourist gets the shock of his life.In modern times at the age of globalisation the global citizen usually travels by air & the author catches a few hours of a flight of British airways between Bangkok & London. Captained by the ebullient Adrian Fawon, the typical symbol of british neatness. He is torn between the anxiety of a possible hijack & the safety of his passengers, while a net is slowly dragged by the customs & drug enforcement team of the British government led by Biu Butler, the superslueth. The story suitably named 'The Citizen' is a three card trick & the end itself is so stunning that it leaves the reader spellbound.The tiny novel 'Whispering Wind' is born durning the fierce fighting days of United States of America, during the last quarters of the 19th century. Grim battle was going on between the native Cheyenhne & Sioux, with the whites. It is the story of a lone survivor of a fatal war. It is the impossible tale of a person named Ben Craig, a member of the invincible army of general George Armstrong Custer. During the march through the forest of Northern Cheyennes & brutally slaying the stray groups of rebel cheyennes & Sioux, the army chances upon an Indian congregation, only Ben survives the encounter. Once the war is over Ben is spared by the Cheynne leaders. After a brief period of stay he escapes with a cheynne girl whom he had saved earlier.However, relentless pursuit by both Indians & whites compels the girl to return. The cruel winter creeped in with snow & hailstorm. Craig, tired after the long odyssey slept in a cave & lived toer world where the present & the past melts together in a mystic fashion.

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