Eye of the Needle is the award-winning thriller that launched the career of master storyteller Ken Follett, later adapted for the screen by Richard Marquand, starring Donald Sutherland.

**Eye of the Needle/b>b>, Ken Follett's breakthrough international bestseller, is a heart-racingly exciting tale about the fate of the war resting in the hands of a master spy, his opponent and a brave woman./b>b>Victory Hangs in the Balance/b>1944. In the weeks leading up to D-Day the Allies are disguising their invasion plans with elaborate decoys of ships and planes. If they can land a force on mainland Europe they will gain the upper hand in a war that has ravaged the world for years, and take the fight to the Nazi menace.b>A Cold-blooded Killer/b>His weapon is the stiletto, his codename: The Needle. He is Hitler's prize undercover agent - a ruthless and professional murderer. In England he uncovers the Allies' D-Day plans but his cover is blown in the process.b>A Deadly Chase/b>Leaving a trail of bodies in his wake, The Needle ruthlessly races to a U-boat waiting to convey him and his critical message to Germany, with MI5 on his tail. But he hasn't planned for a storm-battered island and the remarkable young woman who lives there . . .

An absolutely terrific thriller, so pulse-pounding, so ingenious in its plotting and so frighteningly realistic that you simply cannot stop reading

Vorwort
The award-winning thriller that became an international bestseller and a distinguished film and launched the career of master storyteller Ken Follett.

Autorentext
Ken Follett was born in Cardiff, Wales. Barred from watching films and television by his parents, he developed an early interest in reading thanks to a local library. After studying philosophy at University College London, he became involved in centre-left politics, entering into journalism soon after. His first thriller, the wartime spy drama Eye of the Needle, became an international bestseller and has sold over 10 million copies. He then astonished everyone with his first historical novel, The Pillars of the Earth, the story of the building of a medieval cathedral, which went on to become one of the most beloved books of the twentieth century. One of the most popular authors in the world, his many books including the Kingsbridge series and the Century trilogy - a body of work which together chronicles over a thousand years of history - and his latest novel Never - which envisages how World War III could happen - have sold more than 188 million copies. A father and husband, Ken lives with his wife in England and enjoys travelling the world when he can.

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Victory Hangs in the Balance
It is 1944 and weeks before D-Day. The Allies are disguising their invasion plans with elaborate decoys of ships and planes. If they can land a force on mainland Europe, they will gain the upper hand in a war that has ravaged the world for years.

A Cold-Blooded Killer
His weapon is the stiletto, his codename: The Needle. He is Hitler's prize undercover agent - a ruthless and professional murderer. In England he uncovers the Allies' D-Day plans but his cover is blown in the process.

A Deadly Chase
Leaving a trail of bodies in his wake and with MI5 on his tail, The Needle races to a waiting U-boat to convey him and his critical message to Germany. But he hasn't planned for a storm-battered island and the remarkable young woman who lives there.

'A tense, marvellously detailed suspense thriller based on a solid foundation of fact' *Sunday Times

• 'An absolutely terrific thriller, so pulse-pounding, so ingenious in its plotting and so frighteningly realistic that you simply cannot stop reading' Publishers Weekly