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The thriller is a genre of fiction in which tough, resourceful, but essentially ordinary heroes are pitted against villains determined to destroy them, their country, or the stability of the free world.
The hero of a typical thriller faces danger alone or in the company of a small band of companions.
Thrillers are typically novels or movies, though television series such as Alias and 24 (US), and The Sandbaggers (UK), also fall into this genre, along with such non-fiction bestsellers as Holy Blood, Holy Grail and even Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh's account of the conquest of Fermat's Last Theorem.
Thrillers are suspenseful adventures with fast-paced plots and action, where resourceful heroes are pitted against villains, with the hero facing danger alone, or in the company of a small band of companions.
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