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"Kostaja" follows the shocking murder of Ricky Colenso, a young aid volunteer in former Yugoslavia. The victim’s Canadian billionaire grandfather, Steven Edmond, seeks vengeance and turns to Cal Dexter, an ex‑Vietnam Special Forces veteran, to track down the killer. What begins as a personal vendetta escalates into a worldwide terrorism saga, taking the reader from the battlefields of Vietnam to war‑torn Serbia and the jungles of Central America. The novel delivers intense action, detailed political suspense, and a compelling portrayal of Dexter as a dynamic hero in the style of Frederick Forsyth.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: Suspense/Action Suspense
Authors: Frederick Forsyth
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