The summer before he goes to college, Ricky Colenso travels to Bosnia as an aid worker. A few weeks later, he disappears and is never heard from again. In the fog of that horrble time and place, the killer, too, has vanished. Attorney Calvin Dexter hangs his shingle in a quiet New Jersey town, has a reasonable successful practice, and takes the hills strong while triathlon training. But Dexter is no ordinary man. In a world that has forgotten right and wrong, there are few like Cal Dexter who can settle the score. And so, years later, a worlwide chase is on and Dexter begins to draw a net around the killer. Only this time, the CIA must find a way to stop Dexter before his quest for vengeance throws the world into chaos. A heart-stopping novel of murder and mystery, double-cross, old loyalties and new hatreds. Avenger has all of Frederick Forsth's thrilling trademarks.