Frederick Forsyth: The Negotiator

I could not find much about The Negotiator on the internet. So I did not have any opinions/bias when I started to read The Negotiator.
This was my fifth Frederick Forsyth.
I would say that I was neither dissapointed nor ecstatic reading the novel.
The first half of the novel was gripping and kept me on the edge. But half way through the plot falls flat on the belly. This was a bit of dissapointment. By the end of the novel, it turned out to be like any other story of betrayal by a close aide.

Best Part of the Novel:
The first half where the stage is set for an exciting finish

Worst part of the novel:
The ending. When I put down the novel I did not feel the saddness of the end of the novel, the way I felt when I finishes the fist of God and the Fourth Protocol.

Brief from the back of the novel:
I quote
In the 1990s, the growing world shortage of oil and the imminent ratification of the Nantucket arms reduction treaty, cause two right-wing factions in America to prepare ruthless plan to force the President of the United States out of office. If it succeeds, the president will be psychologically and enotionally destroyed - and the superpowers on the brink of war.

A hostage is taken, and his release is negotiated-by foremost anti-terrorist expert, Quinn. With success in the grasp, events take a new and dangerous turn, putting Quinn-and the world-into mortal danger. Now he must use all his experience to find the traitor, whose position of power threatens the safety of civilisation...
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My Ratings:
Plot : * * *
Story Telling : * * *
Suspense : * * * 1/2
Over All : * * * *