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ICON
Best-selling phenomenon Frederick Forsyth has set the thriller standard.
Russia is on the brink of anarchy, and its current president stands powerless against the growing famine and inflation, the escalating crime and corruption, and the teeming hordes of unemployed rebels roaming the streets. Radical right-wing party leader Igor Komarov (Patrick Bergin) welcomes the chaos. He looks forward to the new election, having gained the respect of the restless masses by promising law, order, prosperity, and to restore the lost greatness of their homeland. Who is this icon of peace who assures a Russia reborn? One man who knows is Jason Monk (Patrick Swayze), ex-CIA and "the best damn agent-runner" in the business. He's seen Komarov's confidential "Black Manifesto," which calls for a return to dictatorship, military expansionism, and genocidal ethnic cleansing.
Now Monk's determined to blow the lid off Komarov's secret new order, and he's on a personal vendetta as well - to find Anatoli Grishin (Ben Cross), the sadistic KGB officer who once tortured and murdered four of his agents and is now Komarov's head of security. Monk's mission is to stop Komarov, whatever it takes, and finally settle the score with Grishin. But to accomplish it, he must remain alive. The forces allied against him are ruthless - and time is running frighteningly short.
Based on the thrilling novel the New York Times calls "vintage Forsyth," this gripping thriller poses a scenario as frighteningly plausible as tomorrow's headlines.

THE HOLCROFT COVENANT
From the best-selling author of the Bourne series, Robert Ludlum, comes this international thriller starring two-time Oscar® winner Michael Caine as Noel Holcroft. After the death of his father, a former advisor for Adolf Hitler, Noel learns he is $4 billion dollars richer. Now, Noel must execute the orders of his late father's dying wish - spend the money to do well and restore his name. All Noel has to do is sign the Holcroft Covenant. What the Covenant really is, what his father's intentions really are, and why he's been called on to sign the document, Noel will slowly discover in a pulse-pounding, twist-a-minute thrill ride.