
Revenge of Odessa
Penguin (Transworld) (Publisher)
Published on 21. May 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-1-80499-609-6 (ISBN)
Description
The master storyteller - author of The Day of the Jackal - returns, with his most explosive thriller yet.
'A must-read!' FIVE-STAR Review
'Absolutely SUPERB!' FIVE-STAR Review
'Fantastic!' FIVE-STAR Review
The Nazis were never defeated. They were just biding their time...
Summer, 2025. A US senator is burned to death in his Washington townhouse. Masked gunmen massacre supporters during a football match in Berlin. And an old man is murdered while he sleeps in the dementia ward of a German hospital. Three apparently unconnected events, three steps on the countdown to apocalypse.
When journalist and podcaster Georg Miller starts joining the dots between them, he finds himself the target of professional killers. His investigation soon reveals that his would-be assassins are from an organisation known as the Odessa, a menacing and powerful Nazi group intent on regaining power.
The Odessa has spread its poison from a covert compound in the Bavarian countryside all the way to the halls of the American Capitol. And now, as their campaign to destabilise the Western political system accelerates, Georg must stop the next attack, before it changes the course of history...
***Readers love Revenge of Odessa***
'I loved this book...I hardly had time to catch my breath.' Imran Mahmood
'I was totally hooked.' FIVE-STAR Review
'Forsyth and Kent expertly weave tension, pace and suspense into a ticking clock thriller...Outstanding.' Vaseem Khan
'A rock-solid winner.' FIVE-STAR Review
'A must-read!' FIVE-STAR Review
'Absolutely SUPERB!' FIVE-STAR Review
'Fantastic!' FIVE-STAR Review
The Nazis were never defeated. They were just biding their time...
Summer, 2025. A US senator is burned to death in his Washington townhouse. Masked gunmen massacre supporters during a football match in Berlin. And an old man is murdered while he sleeps in the dementia ward of a German hospital. Three apparently unconnected events, three steps on the countdown to apocalypse.
When journalist and podcaster Georg Miller starts joining the dots between them, he finds himself the target of professional killers. His investigation soon reveals that his would-be assassins are from an organisation known as the Odessa, a menacing and powerful Nazi group intent on regaining power.
The Odessa has spread its poison from a covert compound in the Bavarian countryside all the way to the halls of the American Capitol. And now, as their campaign to destabilise the Western political system accelerates, Georg must stop the next attack, before it changes the course of history...
***Readers love Revenge of Odessa***
'I loved this book...I hardly had time to catch my breath.' Imran Mahmood
'I was totally hooked.' FIVE-STAR Review
'Forsyth and Kent expertly weave tension, pace and suspense into a ticking clock thriller...Outstanding.' Vaseem Khan
'A rock-solid winner.' FIVE-STAR Review
Reviews / Votes
Praise for Revenge of Odessa * - * Captures a real flavour of the groundbreaking original. * Sun * Cracking...like Forsyth's best works, Revenge of Odessa, both entertains and unsettles. * Financial Times * Displays all of Forsyth's political prescience and reminds us how clever he was at forecasting our dangerous future. * Daily Mail * Published in the shadow of Forsyth's passing, this sequel to the classic, half-a-century-old blockbuster brings the story of the Odessa bang up to date. Drawing on contemporary narratives, Forsyth and Kent expertly weave tension, pace and suspense into a ticking clock thriller that scarcely lets up from the electrifying opening to the explosive finale. Outstanding. * Vaseem Khan * The long-awaited sequel to...The Odessa File is every bit as dramatic as you'd expect. * Daily Express * I loved this book. Breakneck pace and an utterly gripping plot. I loved the characters, the twists and turns, the violence. I hardly had time to catch my breath. * Imran Mahmood * Return of Odessa is a terrific swan song from the man who changed the course of an entire genre of popular fiction. * Irish Independent * A grandmaster of thriller writing and one of its rising stars combine to deliver a blistering, all-too-plausible, tension-soaked tale that hits like a sniper's bullet. Explosive, chilling, and impossible to put down. * Adam Hamdy * A twisting, up-to-the-minute thriller that effortlessly blends Forsyth's classic style with Kent's modern pace and punch. Revenge of Odessa is a book for the fraught geopolitics of our times. * Mason Cross *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
315 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80499-609-6 (9781804996096)
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Frederick Forsyth | Tony Kent
Revenge of Odessa
The global bestselling author of The Day of the Jackal, now a major TV series, returns with his most gripping thriller yet
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Frederick Forsyth (Author)
Former RAF pilot and investigative journalist Frederick Forsyth defined the modern thriller when he wrote The Day of the Jackal, described by Lee Child as 'the book that broke the mould', with its lightning-paced storytelling, effortlessly cool reality and unique insider information. After that, he wrote thirteen novels which became bestsellers around the world: The Odessa File, The Dogs of War, The Devil's Alternative, The Fourth Protocol, The Negotiator, The Deceiver, The Fist of God, Icon, Avenger, The Afghan, The Cobra, The Kill List and The Fox. He also published his memoirs in The Outsider. Frederick Forsyth died in June 2025.
Tony Kent (Author)
Tony Kent is a criminal barrister, founder director of Chiltern Kills festival and bestselling author of the Dempsey / Devlin series. Tony has published five books in the series, including a Zoe Ball Book Club pick for ITV and a Richard and Judy Book Club pick. Tony's novels call upon his experiences as one of the UK's most in-demand criminal defence lawyers & his particular expertise in terrorism and international organised crime, which has brought him into frequent professional contact with Scotland Yard, MI5, Interpol, US Homeland Security and the FBI.
Former RAF pilot and investigative journalist Frederick Forsyth defined the modern thriller when he wrote The Day of the Jackal, described by Lee Child as 'the book that broke the mould', with its lightning-paced storytelling, effortlessly cool reality and unique insider information. After that, he wrote thirteen novels which became bestsellers around the world: The Odessa File, The Dogs of War, The Devil's Alternative, The Fourth Protocol, The Negotiator, The Deceiver, The Fist of God, Icon, Avenger, The Afghan, The Cobra, The Kill List and The Fox. He also published his memoirs in The Outsider. Frederick Forsyth died in June 2025.
Tony Kent (Author)
Tony Kent is a criminal barrister, founder director of Chiltern Kills festival and bestselling author of the Dempsey / Devlin series. Tony has published five books in the series, including a Zoe Ball Book Club pick for ITV and a Richard and Judy Book Club pick. Tony's novels call upon his experiences as one of the UK's most in-demand criminal defence lawyers & his particular expertise in terrorism and international organised crime, which has brought him into frequent professional contact with Scotland Yard, MI5, Interpol, US Homeland Security and the FBI.