The Devil's Alternative Audiobook By Frederick Forsyth cover art

The Devil's Alternative

 Preview

Audible Standard 30-day free trial

Try Standard free
Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection of titles.
Yours as long as you’re a member.
Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
Standard auto renews for $8.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

The Devil's Alternative

By: Frederick Forsyth
Narrated by: David Rintoul
Try Standard free

$8.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $14.43

Buy for $14.43

Whichever option I choose, men are going to die.

When the entire Soviet Union wheat crop is destroyed by a devastating string of failures, the population faces starvation. The USA is quick to offer assistance. They devise a plan to trade vital food resources with the Russians in exchange for sensitive political information. But the Politburo has other ideas: the invasion of Western Europe to commandeer the food for them...

As the paths of communication breakdown the president of the United States and leaders from around the world face an appalling choice: Should they allow the loss of thousands to save the lives of many more? This is the Devil's Alternative and in this incomparable and gripping thriller the Cold War giants must fight a battle to the death.

©1979 Frederick Forsyth (P)2012 Random House AudioGo Cold War Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Political Soviet Union Espionage Suspense Russia Fiction
All stars
Most relevant

What did you like best about The Devil's Alternative? What did you like least?

the closer to the end the story got better it is a litttle longwinded at the start slow going nearly stopped listening

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

yes a lot more action at start

What three words best describe David Rintoul’s performance?

slow to go

Could you see The Devil's Alternative being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

matt damon and donald sutherland and anthony laparlia

ALTERNATIVE

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
very good clarity , narrator is 1st class would not mind another book by him

very good

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I just couldn't imagine a better narration. Such a pleasure just listening to Rintoul's genius. Forsyth's real world understanding of spycraft and politics makes for a wonderfully believable adventure.

Unsurpassable performance of a brilliant novel

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Better than most of his other books and, in my opinion, at least as good as The day of the Jackal. The characters are actually interesting and relatable which I often find is an issue with some of his other works and the story builds and builds for the finale.

One of Forsyth's best

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.