The Devil's Alternative
is a novel by Frederick Forsyth first published in 1979. It was his fourth full-length fictional novel and marked a new direction in his work, setting the story several years in the future rather than in the recent past.
The Deceiver is a novel by Frederick Forsyth who used the Cold war to tell a story about a retiring agent of the Foreign Office named Sam McCready. He is the head of Deception, Disinformation and Psychological Operations (DD and PsyOps) and is put to a hearing in which his future is to be decided. During this hearing four of his most valued and celebrated cases are recalled.
The book presents an excellent overview of the field and will certainly serve as an important source of reference for speech perception and language acquisition researchers. At the same time, it contains many fascinating theoretical insights into the operation of basic principles of development that have the potential to inspire future research within and beyond the area of speech perception.