A "New Cold War" Novel

By a top selling author of the Old Cold War. From the Scotsman:

Since the end of the Cold War thriller writers have been searching for a theme to replace it, and novelist Frederick Forsyth believes they may have found it in global terrorism.
In his latest novel, "The Afghan", the 67-year-old describes how a British agent seeks to infiltrate the higher echelons of al Qaeda in a bid to thwart a major attack.
The author of classic bestsellers including "The Day of the Jackal" and "The Odessa File" sees many similarities between the standoff between the Soviet Union and the West and the phenomenon of violent Islamic extremism...

Forsyth said the hunt for a subject to match the Cold War was still on.
"No one has ever come up with a turn-on as big as the KGB," he said, adding that terrorism was a possible replacement. The end of the Cold War also dealt a major blow to the popularity of the thriller genre.
"You look at what's selling out there, and thrillers are way down the list," he said.
"Fantasy is big, the paranormal is big, ancient/medieval history is big.

Perhaps soon, Hollywood will get over its apathy and give us more anti-terrorism films, like Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center".