NEGOTIATOR, THE

　　Frederick Forsyth, master of the international thriller,retums with an electrifying story of a man of immense power and aconspiracy to crush the President of the United States. Only oneman--Forsyth's most unforgettable hero yet--can prevent the planfrom succeeding. His name is Quinn. He is the Negotiator.PresidentCormack is bent on a signing a sweeping U.S.-Soviet disarmamenttreaty, and the master conspirator is determined to stop him. Thekidnapping of a young man on a country road in Oxfordshire is butthe first brutal step in the explosive plot engineer thepresident's destruction. Enter Quinn. Quinn plays the kidnapperslike a master musician. . . until, in a shocking tumabout, hediscovers that ransom was not their objection after all--and thathe has been lured into a cunningly woven web. Now he must draw uponhis deepest strengths--to save not only the victim but the entirefree world.