The Fifth Horseman

by Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre, Dominique Lapierre Y Larry Collins

Book Overview

In a suspenseful novel of terrorist threat, Libyan leader Qaddafi holds New York City hostage with the threat of setting off a hidden nuclear bomb. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671243160
• ISBN13: 9780671243166
• Release Date: August 1980
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 478 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Fifth Horseman, Larry Collins, Dominique LaPierre

I first read this book almost 15 years ago. It is practically bleeding with researched technical facts to enhance the plot, which is also captivating. Two main characters, Whalid and the President, seem to change their outlook later in the book. It is a must read, especially now. A TLC broadcast from 1997, Doomsday: On The Brink, shows that as decades pass, such an incident might be inevitable. In the last 30,000 years, every other weapon the human race has invented has proliferated and been used. Decades? Centuries? Millenia? When the people who remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki have passed? Who might be tempted to push the button then? Not just political or military leaders, but terrorists? A terrifying must read.

Five stars is not enough for this book

Definitely this book deserves SIX stars, it will keep you reading from the first page till the last one, involves all the presidents of the world and even with that is an easy book to read, but here are my questions: Why could this happened 25 years ago and not right now? I think that this book is timeless. What does the president will really do? What does the Police, FBI and CIA among others will really do? They really know how to handle this kind of problem? All the countries will respect the president's decision? Read this book and think about these questions.

Yard Sale Find

I paid 25 cents for this book and it was the best quarter I ever spent. This book grabs you at the beginning and does notlet go of you to well after you are done reading it. The subject matter is so topical that the 22 years from original press does not matter at all. Buy it used, find in in the library, or if you have money to burn buy it from a Zshop. You won't be disappointed.

Sad but true

I read the book a few months ago and it's deeply sad to find out how it foretold the future. A future in which danger lies not in ballistic attacks but terrorism.Simply told, almost 20 years ago the writers imagined the background and the dynamics that could lead to a disaster really similar to what happened yesterday.My simpathy to all USA people for the great disaster that stroke their country.

Palpitant!!

Le "Cinquième Cavalier" décrit un incroyable chantage. Des terroristes Palestiniens, commandités par la Lybie, arrivent à cacher une bombe H en plein coeur de Manhattan. Les Américains ont 36 heures pour convaincre les Israëliens à évacuer les colonies "sauvages" installées dans les territoires occupés. Les auteurs, apparemment très bien informés, décrivent ce qui se passe à toutes les échelles de la hiérarchie du pouvoir, depuis les chefs d'état, en passant par les services secrets de différents pays, jusqu'aux policiers Newyorkais qui sont à la recherche de la bombe... Un livre qui tient en haleine le lecteur. Un vrai film!