On a grimy sidewalk in a defeated neighborhood, an old man is beaten to death. When a cop investigates, he finds two killers and a startling legacy of In a prestigious London art gallery an impoverished actor is swindled out of a fortune-until an eccentric appraiser hatches a delicious scheme for On an airplane high over war-torn Afghanistan, a passenger sends a note to the plane`s captain, warning of suspicious behavior. But no one can guess who is really conspiring aboard the 747, or From the war-torn Italy to the Little Big Horn, from soldiers of fortune to victims of fate, The Veteran is a riveting experience in crime, heroism, and the kind of mano-a-mano duels-and surprising twists of fate-that are the hallmark of Frederick Forsyth at his very best.