ISBN 10: 1854713043 ISBN 13: 9781854713049 The Day of the Jackal, first published 1971. Pages 1-282. On one hot afternoon in August 1963 Charles de Gaulle, President of France, comes closer to death by assassination than at any time in his turbulent political career. The attempt on his life is one last desperate throw of the dice by the outlawed OAS, veterans of the bloody, futile war in Algeria. Embittered by the President's appeasement of the militant nationalist movement in the former French colony, they longed to exact retribution. The only man on earth capable of fulfilling their lust for vengeance is an anonymous, blond-haired Englishman who calls himself 'The Jackal'. The Dogs of War, first published 1974. Pages 283-572. Cat Shannon and his small band of elite mercenaries are looking for a war. Tycoon Sir James Manson has just the job to suit their extraordinary talents, in the tiny Central African republic of Zangaroo, ruled by the tyrannical Jean Kimba. Shannon and his 'dogs' have just one hundred days to plan and effect the most dangerous assignment of their unorthodox military careers – one hundred days to steal a country.