Books with title The Day of the Jackalope

Known only as the Jackal, a super-assassin has been hired to assassinate Charles de Gaulle. His code name was Jackal, his price half a million dollars, and his demand total secrecy, even from his employers. Step by painstaking step, we follow the Jackal in his meticulous planning to the moment where the General is to meet the Jackal's bullet. The only obstacle in his path is one very excellent French detective, Deputy Commissaire Claude Lebel.

Known only as the Jackal, a super-assassin has been hired to assassinate Charles de Gaulle. His code name was Jackal, his price half a million dollars, and his demand total secrecy, even from his employers. Step by painstaking step, we follow the Jackal in his meticulous planning to the moment where the General is to meet the Jackal's bullet. The only obstacle in his path is one very excellent French detective, Deputy Commissaire Claude Lebel.

This book is regarded as one of the masterpieces in intense, edge-of-your seat suspense. It’s all about a carefully planned plot to assassinate Charles de Gaulle in the summer of 1963. The thoughts, emotions, and actions of the characters are presented to us wide open, as in a poker game when all the cards are placed face up. Drama, tension, and credible.

"The Day of the Jackal" is the electrifying story of the struggle to catch a killer before it's too late. It is 1963 and an anonymous Englishman has been hired by the Operations Chief of the O.A.S. to murder General De Gaulle. A failed attempt in the previous year means the target will be nearly impossible to get to. But this latest plot involves a lethal weapon: an assassin of legendary talent. Known only as The Jackal, this remorseless and deadly killer must be stopped, but how do you track a man who exists in name alone?

#1 New York Times bestselling author Frederick Forsyth’s unforgettable novel of a conspiracy, a killer, and the one man who can stop him… He is known only as “The Jackal”—a cold, calculating assassin without emotion, or loyalty, or equal. He’s just received a contract from an enigmatic employer to eliminate one of the most heavily guarded men in the world—Charles 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—only 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’s bullet from reaching its target.

Set in the picturesque landscape of the American southwest, the legendary jackalope comes alive in this appealing story of young Molly and a series of surprising and revealing adventures. Handicapped by only having one antler and ridiculed by the other jackalopes, Molly is aided through the intervention of the mysterious Grandal. Through him, she soon learns that the true source of strength is within. With that assurance and by using her own special gift, the little jackalope is able to touch the life of a lonely sheepherder and finds a mystical reward for herself in the experience. The door to Molly’s circle quickly widens to reveal her cousins, Priscilla and Abigail, the food-obsessed Jumbo, and an irrepressible magpie named Fraida. Enter also, Molly’s newfound friendship with a ginkgo tree and a threat to its existence from some of Molly’s friends. A new test comes with Grandal’s strange summons for assistance in aiding a trapped coyote, a fearful enemy of the jackalope clan. Adding to the danger on the mission is the proximity of the alluring, but deadly Matamor, an enchanting oasis. As the plot deepens, other jackalopes are drawn into the action, and Molly is increasingly confronted by her own doubts and fears. Driven by a sense of duty, but caught in the vortex of a powerful force at the end, she is swept to a startling revelation and conclusion.