A young American aid volunteer, Ricky Colenso, is brutally murdered in former Yugoslavia. His grandfather, the Canadian billionaire Steven Edmond, is bent on revenge. The quest to find Ricky's murderer leads Edmond to Cal Dexter, an ex-Vietnam Special Forces operative, the one man who could bring the killer to justice. What starts as a personal tragedy soon explodes into a terrifying drama on the center stage of world terrorism.

From the battlefield of Vietnam to war-torn Serbia and the jungles of Central America, "Avenger" is packed with riveting detail, breathtaking action, and political suspense. In Cal Dexter, we meet an unforgettable hero in the most dynamic Forsyth tradition.