Author: Forsyth, Fredrick Title: Day of the Jackel Subject: Action Adventure Rank (out of 10): 9 Year Read: 2010 Recommended By: NA My Comments: A suprisingly good book that is quite realistic. A recommended read even for those that don't particularily like this genre. Much better than the competitors such as the Bourne this-and-that. Comparible to Tom Clancy in many ways but more European and it takes place in a very specific time frame in the early 60s. Official Reviews: Product Description The Jackal. A tall, blond Englishman with opaque, gray eyes. A killer at the top of his profession. A man unknown to any secret service in the world. An assassin with a contract to kill the world's most heavily guarded man. One man with a rifle who can change the course of history. One man whose mission is so secretive not even his employers know his name. And as the minutes count down to the final act of execution, it seems that there is no power on earth that can stop the Jackal.