The death list
The death list (original: The Kill List ) is a novel by Frederick Forsyth published by C. Bertelsmann Verlag in 2013 , which is set against the background of Islamist terrorism .
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A series of assassinations rocked the United States and the United Kingdom . Police investigations reveal that the suicide bombers were inspired by an unknown Islamist hate preacher who posted videos of his sermons on the Internet. The preacher is placed on the so-called death list of the United States Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). An ex- marine , called “The Sniffer Dog”, is given the task of locating and killing the preacher.
The investigation shows that the preacher's identity is concealed on the Internet. His IP address cannot be traced. With the help of a young computer genius, the sniffer dog still manages to locate the computer from which the preacher sends his videos: It is located in Kismayo in southern Somalia .
Meanwhile, a Swedish cargo ship is hijacked by Somali pirates . The shipowner's son , who is to undergo a nautical training, is incognito on board. He is taken hostage and tortured by the Somali warlord and pirate leader Al-Afrit .
The sniffer dog lures the preacher out of cover with a trick: He has a video produced and published on the Internet in which an actor plays the preacher. In the video, the false “preacher” publicly regrets his actions and calls for forgiveness and reconciliation.
The real preacher must act now. When the information is leaked to him (through the "sniffer dog", which the preacher does not know) that the son of a rich shipowner is being held captive by Al-Afrit, he offers Al-Afrit to buy the hostage from him. He intends to execute the Swede on camera to restore his reputation as an indomitable enemy of the West. Money and hostage are to be exchanged in a village in the Somali desert.
Drones locate the vehicle convoys of the preacher and the warlord. The sniffer dog jumps off with a British special unit near the village and kills the preacher in a duel in a night attack.