THE AFGHAN--Frederick Forsyth--Set in the reasonably immediate future, the story revolves around a potential terrorist plot against the West, who, what, how, when all unknowns. Acting in concert the U.S. and U.K. send the hero into the midst of the terrorist group and the action builds. The power of this book, for me, was the decriptions of the 'making of a terrorist' and the mindset of the terrorist. Forsyth condences so much yet makes it frighteningly alive. It well presents some of the delimas facing the world today.