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Zusatztext Praise for Jack Higgins “A seasoned pro...Mr. Higgins knows how to tell a story!”— The New York Times Book Review “Jack Higgins has written some of the best suspense fiction of the past fifty years.”— The San Diego Union-Tribune “When it comes to thriller writers! one name stands well above the crowd—Jack Higgins.”—Associated Press “Higgins makes the pages fly.”— New York Daily News “Jack Higgins is one of the best-selling authors of popular fiction in the world! often considered the architect of the modern thriller.”—The Huffington Post “Higgins is an author with the creative power to hook the reader and keep them forever because of his terrific tales. There are many villains out there! but Higgins is by far the greatest at bringing to life the best and worst of them all.”— Suspense Magazine Informationen zum Autor Jack Higgins lives on Jersey in the Channel Islands. The author of dozens of bestsellers, most famously The Eagle Has Landed , he served three years with the Royal Horse Guards in Eastern Europe during the Cold War, and subsequently was a circus roustabout, a factory worker, a truck driver, and a laborer before entering college at age 27. He holds degrees in sociology, social psychology, and economics, and a doctorate in media. A fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, he is an expert scuba diver and marksman. Klappentext Jack Higgins "doesn't stint on action" (Publishers Weekly) in this New York Times bestseller featuring black ops specialist Sean Dillon. On a Long Island pier, a trusted operative for the President is wounded by gunfire. In London, an adviser to the Prime Minister approaches his car when it explodes. In New York, British soldier-turned covert operative Sean Dillon is approached by a man with a pistol in his hand... Someone is targeting members of an elite intelligence unit known as "the Prime Minister's private army" and all those who work with them. The culprit has a full complement of resources at his command-and Dillon has an idea of who it may be: an old nemesis out to destroy the unit out once and for all. But proving it will be difficult. And surviving it might be impossible. Zusammenfassung Jack Higgins “doesn’t stint on action” ( Publishers Weekly ) in this New York Times bestseller featuring black ops specialist Sean Dillon. On a Long Island pier! a trusted operative for the President is wounded by gunfire. In London! an adviser to the Prime Minister approaches his car when it explodes. In New York! British soldier-turned covert operative Sean Dillon is approached by a man with a pistol in his hand... Someone is targeting members of an elite intelligence unit known as “the Prime Minister's private army” and all those who work with them. The culprit has a full complement of resources at his command—and Dillon has an idea of who it may be: an old nemesis out to destroy the unit out once and for all. But proving it will be difficult. And surviving it might be impossible. ...
